Fibroid removal - what to expect?

[bella12]

I've not had mine removed so am of no help unfortunately but I wish you all the best! What size are they saying it is? I think depending on size they'll either do a laparoscopy (less chance of damage) or a myomectomy (pretty major surgery and what the first specialist I seen wanted to do as mine was around 7x4x4 cms.) I was lucky enough to seek a second and third opinion and ended up having a lap just to suss things out, they then put me on Synarel to try and stop or reduce its growth. This did reduce it slightly but you can't take this medication for more than six months so once I stopped it, it started growing again. Mine is inside the uterus same as yours. I'm now 36 weeks pregnant and at my 32 week scan they told me they can't see it anymore, I had heard stories of fibroids degenerating during pregnancy but the first challenge is getting that BFP to stick.

I hope someone else can share their experience with removal with you, sounds as though you are in a remote area otherwise I would suggest a second opinion best of luck!!!

[toomanyshoes]

Thanks for replying, we will be getting other opinions really just wanting to arm myself with as much info as possible at this stage.

I didn't take home a copy of the report so can't remember, just remember they said it was now in the uterus instead of the lining.

Wondering why they didnt see it at my 5w6d scan a few weeks ago when we saw the sack and heart beat?