A positive fibroids story – Beverley’s story

I have to say it is the best thing I have had done.  I was becoming irregular and my GP said it was my age at 47 and to be expected.  However I never had a period for 4 months leading up to my wedding and for a month after, he said this was stress (even though I did not feel stressed at all). However every time I flew I would have my period and it would be really heavy and I was flying quite frequently long haul.    This happened in May and it was an absolute nightmare on the plane.  In August I had a period which was fine but then a week later got on the plane only for the same thing to happen and it lasted for 3 weeks, it then stopped for 1 week only to return the day before I flew again.  I made an appointment at the GP’s and again gave me a leaflet on the menopause and some tablets to stop it being so heavy.  He was training and he did not even look at my stomach, which was quite large and bloated, and I only have a small frame.  I was really upset when I came out, as nothing was resolved. I then visited my husband as he lives abroad and it still had not stopped so I visited a private GP and she suggested I see a gynecologist as all ladies have a gynecologist here and see once a year as a regular appointment.  I went to see this wonderful lady and she said she would examine me.  She said as soon as she saw me she could tell my stomach looked too large and did an ultrasound which found that my uterus was the same size as being 5 months pregnant and I had two f...
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