December 22, 2008 was my post-op appointment with my surgeon to discuss the outcome of my surgery. There was good news and bad news. :redface:
The bad news is I have a uterine fibroid slightly smaller than Montana. I will need an abdominal myomectomy which has been scheduled for March 2009.
You may recall I was perturbed that the two ultrasounds I had in the 60 days prior to my 12/2/08 surgery didn't show this fibroid.
I was concerned that the doctor had mixed up OR reports, especially since he told my mom I needed a hysterectomy when I was in recovery, but didn't say diddly squat to me. :irked: 
Well, it turns out that because I have a retroverted (tipped) uterus and the location & size of the fibroid when they did the transvaginal pelvic ultrasounds they missed the fibroid. It is located at the back of my uterus and takes up a little over 50% of my uterus. This fibroid is so big that the ultrasound thought it was part of my uterus! :yikes:
Now for the good news. I was given two options. Hysterectomy or abdominal myomectomy to remove the fibroid but leave the uterus in tact and able to carry a baby to term. :smile: I chose the abdominal myomectomy. Yup, that's right even with this meteor in my abdomen I can retain my fertility.
My doctor informed me that this is major surgery and will require an overnight stay in the hospital. Recovery will take 4-6 weeks. After this he said I need to be prepared to conceive a child within 6 months.
He also mentioned that I will need to schedule a c-section when I do conceive. That's fine by me as episiotomys scare the hell out of me. Also, I get to retain the tightness of my va-jay-jay.
I can't wait for this year to end. 2008 has sucked eight days to Sunday. I am so ready for 2009 I could weep.
Fucking A!
My Surgery Went Fine
TMI - About My Girly Bits
Hope Springs Eternal
The bad news is I have a uterine fibroid slightly smaller than Montana. I will need an abdominal myomectomy which has been scheduled for March 2009.
You may recall I was perturbed that the two ultrasounds I had in the 60 days prior to my 12/2/08 surgery didn't show this fibroid.
Well, it turns out that because I have a retroverted (tipped) uterus and the location & size of the fibroid when they did the transvaginal pelvic ultrasounds they missed the fibroid. It is located at the back of my uterus and takes up a little over 50% of my uterus. This fibroid is so big that the ultrasound thought it was part of my uterus! :yikes:
Now for the good news. I was given two options. Hysterectomy or abdominal myomectomy to remove the fibroid but leave the uterus in tact and able to carry a baby to term. :smile: I chose the abdominal myomectomy. Yup, that's right even with this meteor in my abdomen I can retain my fertility.
My doctor informed me that this is major surgery and will require an overnight stay in the hospital. Recovery will take 4-6 weeks. After this he said I need to be prepared to conceive a child within 6 months.
I can't wait for this year to end. 2008 has sucked eight days to Sunday. I am so ready for 2009 I could weep.
Fucking A!
My Surgery Went Fine
TMI - About My Girly Bits
Hope Springs Eternal