Me and my fibroids – Linda ’ s story

My story started about five years ago at the age of 49. My periods were getting heavier and more frequent. I went to a gynaecologist and after having an ultrasound it was found that I had a 6 cm submucosal fibroid. I discussed options with the specialist and I decided at that time to wait and see what would happen and we would monitor things. I started taking iron pills as I was now anemic and some tranexamic acid pills to lessen the bleeding. Having the heavy bleeding was no joke and there were times that I soaked through tampons and pads together. Fast forward 4 years and my fibroid is now almost 8 cm and I show no signs of hitting menopause. I start having bladder retention where I can’t pee! I end up in emergency more than once during a 6 month period having catheters put it and going home with them. The only explanation….my uterus, because of the large fibroid, is causing distress on my bladder and stopping the flow of urine. I have an mri and the fibroid has indeed grown. Time to do something as I don’t know when the bladder retention might happen again. The options are uterine fibroid embolization…which may still have the fibroid grow back…or a hysterectomy. I choose the hysterectomy. Last summer, July 2018, I had the hysterectomy. My gynaecologist had told me she wasn’t sure if she could do abdominal or vaginal because of the size of my uterus, which now makes me look 3 months pregnant, and is definitely uncomfortable. In I go…scared but ...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - Category: OBGYN Authors: Tags: Health fibroids hysterectomy stories Source Type: news