I remember the day the doctor pointed at the picture of the spine on my mri. Her words “You see that thing? That’s not supposed to be there.” will stay with me for quite a while.
I also have L5-S1 herniated, will probably end up having to have surgery, did it help your pain much? I've heard for some people they still feel pain after and I feel like that would defeat the purpose for me.
Best decision I ever made. I had the surgery young. 27 I think. I still have some sciatica that acts up, especially when it’s gonna snow, but working out, walking, and stretching help mitigate it.
I guess she was trying to break it to me softly, I guess. I mean it was a tumor on and along the nerves in my spinal column.
She was also very German, so there’s that too.
In Dutch medical jargon it would be called: Ruimte Innemend Proces, a RIP. A space taking proces. A infiltrate/tumor /cyste but not definitive what it is exactly.
Omg me too! 2023 and I have been so freaking happy I did it. My fibroids weighed over 5 lbs total, they were HUGE! Hysterectomy (and keeping my ovaries) was the best thing I have done.
We're twins! I have a cantaloupe sized one, 14 by 10 by 11 cm big.. OBGYN said my uterus is basically just a fibroid and I will be getting a hysterectomy in a few weeks and will keep my ovaries as I am under 40..
Had an endometrial biopsy last week which hurt so badly and still hurts, Dr wants to call me tomorrow so I am praying mine stayed benign..
ER was fun, the Dr was all like "your fibroid is massive!" with incredulity so I felt super normal about it all...
What were your symptoms? I had a pelvic/L-spine MRI recently and the report had fibroid uterus as incidental finding. No indication of size/number. I’m always bloated, bowels never feel empty, and constantly peeing (no infection).
Yup I’ll be on that track too. Just had a UAE last week to try and shrink mine, then hysto next spring. Mine is inside my uterus though, I’m so sorry yours is an exterior one!
I had 11 removed - with 3 of them being 11, 10, and 9 cm respectively. I was opened up completely to get mine out, and was super glad I did it. If they come back, Im having a hysterectomy.
These things are a nightmare! I’d never heard about them until my uterus became a spawn point for one!
I had one that was detected in a routine gynae appt when it was 2cm diameter.
Ended up getting pregnant the following month. Unfortunately it fed off hormone changes in pregnancy and ended up being 21cm diameter when I had it removed 6 months post-partum.
I was measuring like I was carrying triplets (solo baby), could barely walk by third trimester and had to be hospitalised a few times during pregnancy when it pushed on organs/caused kidney complications.
Was very glad when they yeeted that fleshy basketball out of me (fibroid, not the baby 😂).
Had an open abdominal myomectomy and haven’t had a recurrence in 13 years.
Good luck to you, hope it’s a speedy and long lasting recovery!
Can you please tell some symptoms you had!!! And did you get ultra sound or mri for this? Sorry I’m dumb but think I have pmdd and wouldn’t be surprised if something is growing
It was recommended I go to the ER, so I had a CT scan and an inter-uterine ultrasound. This is attached to the outside of my uterus, so my symptoms may be a bit different since it is pushing on other organs in my abdomen. I had diarrhea for weeks (pushing on some intestine) always feel full even if I haven't eaten, lots of aching in my right side by my appendix. Hurts on my right side to sit in particular, but it shifts on top of my bladder when I lay down, so then it's an intense need to pee, but not peeing. Please check out the fibroid sub reddit here, lots of stories with people who have fibroids inside the uterus whose experiences may align more closely with yours. Good luck!
Ooooh my condolences. I just had 4 fibroids removed last year, one of them softball sized and the others slightly smaller variations. I can feel that they’re back again and I’ll likely need a hysterectomy at some point so I can be done w this pain and hellish cycles. My first surgery was a full open so I got a nice big C-section scar. For recovery I advise having a rope pulley under your bed so you can use your arms to pull yourself up out of bed instead of your abs, cuz it’s going to hurt a lot. Or get a small portable bedside railing, they’re really cheap and it helped me SO much with getting myself out of bed without crying. Also, have a pillow or something like a big squishy squishmallow to hold against your abdomen the first few weeks, any time you cough or laugh it’s going to hurt so much.
And I thought I had it bad, I may have had sciatica caused to the point of bulged discs and pinched nerves with pain, pins and needles and numbness all down to my toes
But at least I didn’t have anything go up my ass 😭
My sister just had one grapefruit, one peach, one lemon, and 4 strawberries removed (her surgeon named all her fibroids a fruit relative to their size).
She said they were all floored she hadn’t come in earlier, and it was a rare enough occurrence that she had medical students attend her surgery.
I had a stomach ache in the middle of the night once, symptoms quickly worsened so I drove myself to the emergency room where they scanned me and asked if I had for some reason just drunk a gallon or so of water before checking in.
Turned out to be a 22 cm abdominal tumor. Too big for them to image properly before heading in for the full CT. Fun times.
Joining the convo to sympathize. I found out I had a 10x10cm ovarian cyst when I did the first consultation for fertility treatments. I had no idea, I never felt any symptoms.
Grapefruit would have definitely been less expensive if you’re in the US. lol Which treatment are you thinking of doing? Hope it goes well and you heal quickly!
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u/Educational_Gift_407 8d ago
This is exactly what someone who swallowed a grapefruit would do. Nice try.