Wednesday morning, after waiting for another hour after my scheduled surgery time, I went under for my myomectomy. I've been diagnosed with them since 2001. Over the years they went from 2 centimeters to 6! So, after having them monitored over the last several years, I decided to just to it. Unlike a hysterectomy, a myomectomy saves your uterus so that you can have children. Uterine fibroids are common minorities, particularly African-American women. They feed off of estrogen, found in most birth control pills. Could they be the cause? Not necessarily but they do make them grow.
After they wheeled me to the room for surgery, all I remember is the anesthesiologist saying, "I'm going to give you something to relax you." Then a couple of hours later, I woke up in a comfortable hospital bed. I had been having severe trouble with fibroids for some time, but thanks to my doctor, I am fibroid free. He removed 15 (yes fifteen) fibroids, including one that was hiding out in my uterine cavity. I am relieved. Once I'm out of the hospital, I begin my reinvention!! I would upload the pics, but I don't think anybody wants to see those big masses of tissue, right?
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