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Kg1974:
Hello, I'm 45 and have a 9cm fibroid. My consultant told me on Wednesday that if a further scan in a few months shows it has grown again (it was 4.5cm 4yrs ago) he will remove it but "at my age and given that I dont need my womb anymore" they would do a hysterectomy so I'd need to go on HRT. Thanks!
I'm a bit worried that I'll put on weight and get hairy and moody overnight and having read some of these posts, it sounds par for the course. I'm sure if this happened to men they'd have figured out how to deal with it better by now. Can it really take months/years before you start feeling ok again?
5 yrs ago I was told I was perimenopausal so was put on the coil, antidpressants and eostrogen gel. I put a stone on in a matter of weeks. Turns out my bloods were actually fine and my new doctor told me she had no idea why I'd been put on all of that but it certainly put me off. I've been on the mini pill for the last 2 yrs and it's been great. I know it's vain to not want to gain weight and there are worse things that could happen in life but aside from the fibroid, I feel fitter and healthier than I did in my 20s and don't want that to change. Could diet and exercise get me through without HRT?
CLKD:
This is your body. Is the fibroid causing particular problems? Why would a Consultant do major surgery ......... what is your main symptom with it insitu?
Bet he's a man with NO knowledge of HRT! I wouldn't let him touch my body with a barge pole at this stage.
It isn't apparently fast growing? Can it not be removed or is there not a method to reduce the fibroid? Why go into surgical menopause when you will get there eventually anyway?
I would ask your GP for a referral to a menopause clinic B4 you sign a consent form. ;). Get the low-down on what HRT is available post hysterectomy . There is no reason to gain weight and hairy chins can be kept under control with a good light and tweezers ;)
Kg1974:
--- Quote from: jaypo on February 14, 2020, 03:18:27 PM ---Can't they leave your ovaries? I had multiple fibroids which made life unbearable,huge clots etc and I had a vaginal hysterectomy with ovaries left,then you can ease into meno,if ease is the correct word :o
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He said it was too big to remove vaginally so I'd have to have it cut out and they wouldn't just remove a fibroid at my age.
I'd like to keep my ovaries as they're perfectly healthy.
Kg1974:
--- Quote from: CLKD on February 14, 2020, 03:56:27 PM ---This is your body. Is the fibroid causing particular problems? Why would a Consultant do major surgery ......... what is your main symptom with it insitu?
Bet he's a man with NO knowledge of HRT! I wouldn't let him touch my body with a barge pole at this stage.
It isn't apparently fast growing? Can it not be removed or is there not a method to reduce the fibroid? Why go into surgical menopause when you will get there eventually anyway?
I would ask your GP for a referral to a menopause clinic B4 you sign a consent form. ;). Get the low-down on what HRT is available post hysterectomy . There is no reason to gain weight and hairy chins can be kept under control with a good light and tweezers ;)
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As I'm on the minipill I've no bleeding of any kind. The only issue is lower back pain and cramping plus of course I can see and feel it. I can live with it as it is but not if it's going to end up the size of a watermelon in another 4yrs. The medication option would mean I'd have to come off the pill so that's no good.
I dont know why they cant just take it out instead of having to have a hysterectomy
pants46:
Kg,
I had to calm down, before I replied.
Please, please, please get a 2nd opinion. Then a 3rd.
And do not under any circumstances let than man fiddle about with your ovaries.
I'm 47, last year (when I was 46) I had one ovary removed after being told I wouldn't go into menopause. 36 hours after the surgery, bam ... I was hit by eveything. It has ruined my life.
I too was on the minipill. I'm now on HRT and ADs. I'm about to add anti anxiety meds. I've put on 2 stones (after working hard a few years ago to lose 3). I struggle to drive. I don't want to leave the house. In fact, I dont want to leave my bed. I lost my job a week ago.
Good on you for coming here and getting advice. I wish I had done the same.
Surely the fibroid can be removed vaginally. Ok, you may need a general anaesthetic. But babies heads are bigger than that ??!!
Don't rush into anything, and don't be pressured into doing anything you don't think is right for you.
Best, Pants.
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