Incredible! It’s up to Part 4.
I’ll just leave the Abdominal Myomectomy links for those who want more information and you can take from there.
For more information:
Abdominal Myomectomy (FibroidSecondOpinion.com)
Abdominal Myomectomy (OBGYN.net)
Abdominal Myomectomy (Mayo Clinic)
Abdominal Myomectomy surgery video (OR-Live.com)
If you have a post-Abdominal Myomectomy experience, please tell! If you’ve shared before, go ahead and share some more.
First AM forum = 640 comments.
Part 2 = 457 comments
Part 3 = 479 comments
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July 25, 2012 at 4:28 pm
Hello,
I am a 29 year old women, I was told I had fibroids about a year and a half ago. I was scheduled for the surgery a year ago but I was scaried, so I canceled it. I was recently told that the tumors have incresed in size. I am really considering going through with it this August. I am Terrified of have the surgery, but ready to go on with my life fibroid free, and start a family.
Questions: How long is the hospital stay after the surgery?? 2. How long does it take to heal?? 3. Did the pain and heaviness of the period decrease?? 4. What is the expected healing time before trying to get pregnant??
5. Have anyone had any signs of their tumors growing back??
Thank you so much for your input
July 25, 2012 at 4:29 pm
Hello,
I am a 29 year old women, I was told I had fibroids about a year and a half ago. I was scheduled for the surgery a year ago but I was scaried, so I canceled it. I was recently told that the tumors have incresed in size. I am really considering going through with it this August. I am Terrified of have the surgery, but ready to go on with my life fibroid free, and start a family.
Questions: How long is the hospital stay after the surgery?? 2. How long does it take to heal?? 3. Did the pain and heaviness of the period decrease?? 4. What is the expected healing time before trying to get pregnant??
5. Have anyone had any signs of their tumors growing back??
Thank you so much for your input
July 25, 2012 at 10:34 pm
Hi Tonia, You’ll find that not too many people are on this site anymore because the person who started it has abandoned it and so it doesn’t work very well (I personally think she might have died because i can’t imagine she would have left it.)
The reason I’m writing this is because you’ll find answers to all of your questions if you read through many of the letters here – if you click on the “older comments” link and it doesn’t work, just put in wordpress. after geekwithfibroids. into the web address, and you will get the older posts that have a wealth of info. It should look like this at the beginning of the address: http://geekwithfibroids.wordpress.com
That said, I’ll tell you what i know.
1 &2 . For a laparoscopic myomectomy you can go home the same or next day – that’s what I had, and I was back at work in a week, although I probably could have gone back sooner. With the abdominal myomectomy I think you stay in the hospital longer and it takes longer to heal because your incision is bigger and the incisions in your uterus have to heal- you’ll have to look at the old comments to get the answer from women who actually went through the procedure.
3. If the fibroids were causing the bleeding and heaviness and they are removed, yes that will go away!!
4. I don’t know, I’m not trying.
5. It does happen to some women… but not to me so far.
As for your fear of surgery, if you researched your doctor and are confident in him or her, then don’t be afraid, prepare yourself as the women here suggest and you’ll be fine. I also postponed my surgery and I am so glad I finally did it… dont’ put it off!
Good luck!
July 31, 2012 at 1:54 pm
Hi Tonia,
I just had an abdominal myomectomy done three weeks ago. Like you I also canceled my surgery in march of this year. I am currently in the healing process.
1.) I stayed 3 days in the hospital so with an abdominal myomectomy you will stay no longer than 4 days in the hospital.
2.) My gynecologist told me that I have approximately 6 weeks to heal. Yet the total time to heal completely varies from 12 weeks to a year.
3) I got my period a day after the surgery and for the first time in my life my period came down for a week and three days opposed to my regular 3 days. again my gynocologist assured me that this was the process of cleansing my uterus after the operation. Hopefully I’ll be back to my standard 3 day period in August.
4.) The healing process before pregnancy takes 3 moths as your uterus has several stitches in it that needs to be healed first.
5.) I just had 18 fibroids removed on July 10th 2012. My surgeon had to leave a small one behind because it was lying on my artery in my uterus. I did however understand that they do grow back but before they do I will be taking fibrovera to regulate my hormonal imbalances that tend to make the fibroids grow.
The funny thing in all of this is, though I had 19 thriving fibroids they never give me any problems other than the need to frequently urinate. I only chose to remove them because I am now aiming to concieve. Now 34 and I wish to become a mother at 35.
After the operation however I am having some serious issues with defecating.
This is a very helpful website that depicts the operation and healing process.
http://www.jpaget.nhs.uk/documents/GY_16_Myomectomy_Booklet.pdf
Hope to have been of some help
Tiny
July 31, 2012 at 9:13 pm
THank you so much with your reply. It really helped.
August 1, 2012 at 4:15 pm
Hi Tiny and Tonia,
I had my abdominal myomectomy on January 6th of this year, so it’s been almost 7 months. My periods were still very crampy and sometimes heavy afterward (I actually got my period on the DAY OF my surgery. Fun!). But, I noticed that the last period I had, last month, was not painful and only lasted a few days, which I was happy about. I mostly had the surgery to make conception and pregnancy easier. I am 36 and have not yet had children, but I do want a child. The area near my incision is still sometimes tender and numb on the left side surface. It’s weird when it itches there and I go to scratch and I can’t feel it! Frustrating. Tiny, I too, have had issues with defecation lately. Do you think it really has something to do with the surgery? Hmmm…
July 31, 2012 at 9:14 pm
Thank You so much. I really appreciate it.
August 1, 2012 at 7:12 pm
You’re most welcome Tonia,
Angel, according to the doctor, he said that after the operation the anesthesia affects the bowels and makes them lazy. I am starting to believe that as before the operation I had daily bowel movements. Now it seems like I am defecating once a week and very little. Today I recieved an anal laxative that is to help stimulate my bowels”can’t wait”
The left side of my abdomen is also very sensitive and the stitches are itching, yet all I could do is pat them cause I am scared to scratch them.
Angel do tell, are you busy with TTC? And if you are, is it working out for you?
Forever Tiny
November 27, 2012 at 1:08 pm
I had 9 fibroids so I went for abdominal myomectomy October 18,2012 I saw after 3 Weeks I was doing good,and I stoped eating mortin when my husband saw I m getting better I in my 4 Weeks he had sex ,during sex he bent my legs too,than after 2,3 days I felt I have pain more pain than before,when I touched it feel like current on it ,there was two bubbles in the corner of my incision and had PUss too…I started crying my husband too me to doctor he got very very angry he said I did very nice job,and now there is infection ,If u dont feel good after these antibiotics than u can be in trouble…I was terrible regret the time idid sex and bent ,please if u go any c sectin dont bend your west ,hips dont sit on floor,dont lean on somthing,,til 4,5 months
January 9, 2013 at 10:15 pm
I had an abdominal myomectomy 15 months ago at first things went back to normal the swelling and bloating I’d lived with for so long went down an not having to take all the tablets to stop horrendous amounts of bleeding with the fibroids was a god send. Although I got pneumonia during my operation the surgeon used latex stitches to which I’m allergic to this triggered Anaphalactic shock and I had an asthma attack on the table causing fluid to get in my lungs after I recovered this I got a serious infection an the only way I can describe it is the whole stitched site exploded an so much brown goo oozed out I was scared to death home alone with my daughter of 6 years old I couldn’t get up I thought my insides would fall out I was told to keep a towel on it over night then back to hospital the next day ended up havin 2 further surgerys and some kind of air pressure therapy with a tube suckin excess goo into a machine an then another operation and lots of muscle removed due to this… I’ve since been tryin to concieve to no avail an now I’m suffering with constipation stomach pain and feeling sick an back to being constipated for weeks at a time, my periods have disappeared and I’m lucky if I get spotting, my doctor is a waste of time an practically wants me to diagnose myself what is the point I’m going for a second opinion next week because I can’t go on like this I’m so disheartened and fed up…. Fibroids and a negligent surgeon have ruined the last 4 years of my life well at the very least made it extremely difficult I am still unable to lift things and walk long distances because of all the muscles I had removed an also suffer from nerve pain where they too have been damaged during the operations…. If you can have this operation vaginally I urge you too don’t risk this kind of suffering… I wish you all a speedy recovery fibroid free x
January 9, 2013 at 10:45 pm
Hollie! What a horrendous nightmare! I guess you are one of those few exceptions that have problems! From what you are saying it sounds like you are lucky you didn’t die!!! I had my fibroids removed laparoscopically and have had no problems at all, but even that way or vaginally, if I’d been allergic to latex I would have been in trouble too, although I guess there would have been less stitches in the first place. I’m curious, did you have any idea you were allergic to latex before the operation? I sometimes wonder if I’m developing an allergy because sometimes my lips swell up a little after I eat mangos … and it’s my understanding they have latex…
Have you seen other surgeons – at a different location about this? I’m asking because if they know each other I find they are very reluctant to say anything bad about another surgeon’s work… so you might consider even going to another city, if you can, to be seen – and maybe even consider malpractice – especially if he knew about the latex – which he must have once you reacted on the operating table – unless he thought it was something else!
At any rate, I hope you can eventually conceive and that you can heal as much as is possible sooner rather than later… and that you can do something about the pain. I’m so sorry! Take care and keep us posted – I think it’s important for people to know that this kind of thing can happen, although rare, it can happen…
Amy
January 9, 2013 at 10:18 pm
I had an abdominal myomectomy 15 months ago at first things went back to normal the swelling and bloating I’d lived with for so long went down an not having to take all the tablets to stop horrendous amounts of bleeding with the fibroids was a god send. Although I got pneumonia during my operation the surgeon used latex stitches to which I’m allergic to this triggered Anaphalactic shock and I had an asthma attack on the table causing fluid to get in my lungs after I recovered this I got a serious infection an the only way I can describe it is the whole stitched site exploded an so much brown goo oozed out I was scared to death home alone with my daughter of 6 years old I couldn’t get up I thought my insides would fall out I was told to keep a towel on it over night then back to hospital the next day ended up havin 2 further surgerys and some kind of air pressure therapy with a tube suckin excess goo into a machine an then another operation and lots of muscle removed due to this… I’ve since been tryin to concieve to no avail an now I’m suffering with constipation stomach pain and feeling sick an back to being constipated for weeks at a time, my periods have disappeared and I’m lucky if I get spotting, my doctor is a waste of time an practically wants me to diagnose myself what is the point I’m going for a second opinion next week because I can’t go on like this I’m so disheartened and fed up…. Fibroids and a negligent surgeon have ruined the last 4 years of my life well at the very least made it extremely difficult I am still unable to lift things and walk long distances because of all the muscles I had removed an also suffer from nerve pain where they too have been damaged during the operation…. If you can have this operation vaginally I urge you too don’t risk this kind of suffering… I wish you all a speedy recovery fibroid free x
February 2, 2013 at 1:56 am
10 days post-op when will the pain from sneezing and coughing stop?
February 2, 2013 at 2:45 am
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February 27, 2013 at 7:15 pm
I had a myo on d 3rd of jan 2013 whc makes me 8weeks tdy afta myo,I wld say having the op was the best decsion av made so far,I went back to my old self,who was all busy and alive,the weight as a result of the fibroid disappeared.
Even though we’ve not started trying again cos its not completely dried up,there was a part dat had a swelling and brought out puss,it got opened a bit.
I believe a serve a. God of all possiibilities,he wld d it whn d time is right.
May 1, 2013 at 2:55 am
I’m 5 days post op from an abdominal myomectomy. I had a 8cm subserosel fibroid and have been ttc for over a year without success. My period has been progressively getting worse the last few years to the point that otc pain killers werent helping and this was ultimately the reason I persued surgery. This surgery was difficult and invasive and I’m really hoping it was a success.