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DO NOT look at the pic below if you are squeamish!!!!
Yesterday I reported to the hospital at 5 am to have my fibroids removed hopefully by laparoscopic surgery. I went through the usual channels, and remember talking to the doctors when I was in the operating room waiting for them to start. The next thing I knew I was in total pain waking up in the recovery room and being told everything was fine. At that point, I was in lots of pain and just could not get comfortable!
I eventually was moved to a private room, and was taken care of by some of the nurses I had from bed rest at the end of my pregnancy! I was in recovery around noon feeling so crappy, but by about 3 o'clock I felt a lot better. I admit my morphine pump contributed to that!
So, when the residents came to check on me with their sign out rounds around 4, they told me they were not able to do the procedure laproscopically in the end. No wonder I felt so crappy! They said the fibroid had become necrotic, which means dying from the inside out. The dead part was mush, and could not be extracted laproscopically. So, after all the work was done, they still had to open my c-section incision again to remove the fibroid.
Docs said this should be much easier to recover from still because they didn't do much around the incision. Just pulled the fibroids out and closed it back up.
Here is the good part. The doctors I talked to all described the fibroid differently. One said it was the size of a baby pig, another said a watermelon, another said a Thanksgiving turkey. My surgeon took a picture with her blackberry after the surgery and texted it to me! Don't look below if you don't want to see it. (That bowl is 10-12 inches in diameter).
The attending surgeon said he has no idea how I was able to be any kind of comfortable with that thing inside of me. He said he also found a little endometriosis, but not a big deal. He left one fibroid behind because it intersected one of my fallopian tubes and he knows I want more kids.
I was able to get up out of bed around 5 and again around 8. This morning I was fully up and around and took a shower. I was really hurting after that! The docs said I was free to come home, and I jumped at the chance. I think it is much easier to recover at home!
Update! July 24, 2008: I got the staples out today. My incision is healing well thank goodness! But I heard the pathology report on my fibroids. The big one pictured below was over NINE POUNDS!!! The other 3 removed were not weighed, but each was roughly one-third the size of the biggie. The nurse estimated 15 pounds total lost from the surgery, though the scale will not show it til the swelling is totally gone. Holy crap!!
24 Comments on My Fibroid Surgery is Over!
johna - 24.8 hours ago
Praise God you're ok!
Boopy - Wednesday, 23 Jul
OMG!!!! That is a crazy fibroid!!!! Mine got as big as a grapefruit....nowhere near the size of yours!! Also, mine shrunk as of now...so they won't do surgery. The problem I face in the future is them growing back during pregnancy as that's the type I have...hormonal fibroids. I'm scared to have another baby, but know I will. Having my little girl in the NICU for 8 weeks was one of the hardest things I've had to endure...and for a first time mommy, that's almost enough to not do it again. I will be super high risk next time around...and the thought of being on bed rest at 5 months scares me. We shall see what happens. Right now I'm trying to focus on getting into some sort of routine with my lil girl before I go back to work Sept 3rd, but that doesn't seem to be happening. You are lucky that you didn't have the monitor to deal with. I'm grateful for it but it's so limiting. She is doing well however...and may be off it by mid august.
Well...she is crying right now...gotta feed her even though she just ate....must be a growth spurt...again. Hey...she's allowed...she's got a lot of catching up to do.
Your son is so cute....so glad to hear he did so well. You are blessed.
vicandjo - Sunday, 20 Jul
omg....its amazing what us women can handle...i hope you feel better soon..
Posie - Friday, 18 Jul
OH-MY-GOSH!!! That is amazing! How would they have ever gotten that out laproscopically? That must have been awful to have that in there! Can't believe baby and that fit! So glad it's over for you and you can heal on up, and no extra scarring!
Rachel918 - Friday, 18 Jul
WOw thats crazy that there was room for a baby in there as well. Im glad that they are out and you will have your own body back!! Sorry they had to cut you open but it sounds like you are doing well:) get some rest!!!!!
MilMom2Be - Friday, 18 Jul
Holy crap! Well, as a c-section mommy myself, at least you will only have the one scar! Lol, no need to add a new one...
gabymom - Friday, 18 Jul
Wow, hope you keep getting better.
ladobruk - Friday, 18 Jul
Oh my word...so glad you got that out of you! You will feel like a new women I am sure.
colombianmama - Friday, 18 Jul
I'm so glad everything went ok, now you finally can enjoy life better. How long is your recovery going to be?
knockoutmom - Friday, 18 Jul
oh wow!!! im happy that its over for you! that made me crack up reading what all the doctors called it. good luck recovering!!
juliedue2008 - Friday, 18 Jul
OMG... that is HUGE.. I bet you feel so much better... I have a tiny one about the size of a quater.. but it does not bother me at all.. Good luck and a speedy recovery!
Andais - Thursday, 17 Jul
I'm so glad you're feeling better and home safe and sound!
jcody777 - Thursday, 17 Jul
CRAZY!!! Glad you are okay!! Feel better!!
sherrybabydean - Thursday, 17 Jul
I sure hope mine have shrunk!I just can't afford the 10% co-pay to have mine removed.The last u/s said my biggest one was 13 cm. wide.That was bigger than my son's head.I guess I know why my back is killing me all of the time!It kinda does look like a turkey.Which is funny since my kids have nicknamed mine Tom.(Get it...Thomas the turkey) : )
Utopianite - Thursday, 17 Jul
One baby... and 2 C-Sections! Congratulations! :-) I hope you heal quickly from this one.
essence686 - Thursday, 17 Jul
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Glad to hear that you are fealing better. Whaat did it weigh?
preciousangels2 - Thursday, 17 Jul
Holy crap!!! That's huge! I'm glad it all went well and you're doing good... Hopefully you aren't in too much pain anymore.
mommyjewels - Thursday, 17 Jul
goodness babe.... i am so glad that you are ok. That is huge!!!!!!
onelove - Thursday, 17 Jul
WHOA MAMA!!! That's a BIGGIN!!!!! Now you make me want to post the pics of mine. I believe our Fibroids are running neck and neck in size. That sucks that they had to CUT you open, good thing you had the Morphine!!!! I'm glad it's over for you and the healing can begin. I PROMISE-in a month you'll feel like a NEW WOMAN!!!! WOOOO HOOOO We're FIBROID FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Take care and GET WELL SOON!!!!
XOXOX
~Laura
Cali.Momma - Thursday, 17 Jul
wooow! you told me the size before, but it looks like it ended up being bigger almost lol. do you feel lighter? lol. im glad youre going to be doing better now. now ttc? :P
tiffanygannutz - Thursday, 17 Jul
That is big!!! I'm glad you're doing ok.
lilgracie - Thursday, 17 Jul
Holy CRAP dude! That's intense! Glad you're doing well!
capabr - Thursday, 17 Jul
That is absolutely huge! It is a true blessing that you were able to carry your baby to term with it's size. It was like another baby growing inside of you.
Ruthann - Thursday, 17 Jul
I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU ARE DOING OKAY! TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF!
| 17-7-2008 - My Fibroid Surgery is Over! |  My mood while writing this blog:Happy and in Pain! |
DO NOT look at the pic below if you are squeamish!!!!
Yesterday I reported to the hospital at 5 am to have my fibroids removed hopefully by laparoscopic surgery. I went through the usual channels, and remember talking to the doctors when I was in the operating room waiting for them to start. The next thing I knew I was in total pain waking up in the recovery room and being told everything was fine. At that point, I was in lots of pain and just could not get comfortable!
I eventually was moved to a private room, and was taken care of by some of the nurses I had from bed rest at the end of my pregnancy! I was in recovery around noon feeling so crappy, but by about 3 o'clock I felt a lot better. I admit my morphine pump contributed to that!
So, when the residents came to check on me with their sign out rounds around 4, they told me they were not able to do the procedure laproscopically in the end. No wonder I felt so crappy! They said the fibroid had become necrotic, which means dying from the inside out. The dead part was mush, and could not be extracted laproscopically. So, after all the work was done, they still had to open my c-section incision again to remove the fibroid.
Docs said this should be much easier to recover from still because they didn't do much around the incision. Just pulled the fibroids out and closed it back up.
Here is the good part. The doctors I talked to all described the fibroid differently. One said it was the size of a baby pig, another said a watermelon, another said a Thanksgiving turkey. My surgeon took a picture with her blackberry after the surgery and texted it to me! Don't look below if you don't want to see it. (That bowl is 10-12 inches in diameter).
The attending surgeon said he has no idea how I was able to be any kind of comfortable with that thing inside of me. He said he also found a little endometriosis, but not a big deal. He left one fibroid behind because it intersected one of my fallopian tubes and he knows I want more kids.
I was able to get up out of bed around 5 and again around 8. This morning I was fully up and around and took a shower. I was really hurting after that! The docs said I was free to come home, and I jumped at the chance. I think it is much easier to recover at home!
Update! July 24, 2008: I got the staples out today. My incision is healing well thank goodness! But I heard the pathology report on my fibroids. The big one pictured below was over NINE POUNDS!!! The other 3 removed were not weighed, but each was roughly one-third the size of the biggie. The nurse estimated 15 pounds total lost from the surgery, though the scale will not show it til the swelling is totally gone. Holy crap!!
24 Comments on My Fibroid Surgery is Over!
johna - 24.8 hours ago
Praise God you're ok!
Boopy - Wednesday, 23 Jul
OMG!!!! That is a crazy fibroid!!!! Mine got as big as a grapefruit....nowhere near the size of yours!! Also, mine shrunk as of now...so they won't do surgery. The problem I face in the future is them growing back during pregnancy as that's the type I have...hormonal fibroids. I'm scared to have another baby, but know I will. Having my little girl in the NICU for 8 weeks was one of the hardest things I've had to endure...and for a first time mommy, that's almost enough to not do it again. I will be super high risk next time around...and the thought of being on bed rest at 5 months scares me. We shall see what happens. Right now I'm trying to focus on getting into some sort of routine with my lil girl before I go back to work Sept 3rd, but that doesn't seem to be happening. You are lucky that you didn't have the monitor to deal with. I'm grateful for it but it's so limiting. She is doing well however...and may be off it by mid august.
Well...she is crying right now...gotta feed her even though she just ate....must be a growth spurt...again. Hey...she's allowed...she's got a lot of catching up to do.
Your son is so cute....so glad to hear he did so well. You are blessed.
vicandjo - Sunday, 20 Jul
omg....its amazing what us women can handle...i hope you feel better soon..
Posie - Friday, 18 Jul
OH-MY-GOSH!!! That is amazing! How would they have ever gotten that out laproscopically? That must have been awful to have that in there! Can't believe baby and that fit! So glad it's over for you and you can heal on up, and no extra scarring!
Rachel918 - Friday, 18 Jul
WOw thats crazy that there was room for a baby in there as well. Im glad that they are out and you will have your own body back!! Sorry they had to cut you open but it sounds like you are doing well:) get some rest!!!!!
MilMom2Be - Friday, 18 Jul
Holy crap! Well, as a c-section mommy myself, at least you will only have the one scar! Lol, no need to add a new one...
gabymom - Friday, 18 Jul
Wow, hope you keep getting better.
ladobruk - Friday, 18 Jul
Oh my word...so glad you got that out of you! You will feel like a new women I am sure.
colombianmama - Friday, 18 Jul
I'm so glad everything went ok, now you finally can enjoy life better. How long is your recovery going to be?
knockoutmom - Friday, 18 Jul
oh wow!!! im happy that its over for you! that made me crack up reading what all the doctors called it. good luck recovering!!
juliedue2008 - Friday, 18 Jul
OMG... that is HUGE.. I bet you feel so much better... I have a tiny one about the size of a quater.. but it does not bother me at all.. Good luck and a speedy recovery!
Andais - Thursday, 17 Jul
I'm so glad you're feeling better and home safe and sound!
jcody777 - Thursday, 17 Jul
CRAZY!!! Glad you are okay!! Feel better!!
sherrybabydean - Thursday, 17 Jul
I sure hope mine have shrunk!I just can't afford the 10% co-pay to have mine removed.The last u/s said my biggest one was 13 cm. wide.That was bigger than my son's head.I guess I know why my back is killing me all of the time!It kinda does look like a turkey.Which is funny since my kids have nicknamed mine Tom.(Get it...Thomas the turkey) : )
Utopianite - Thursday, 17 Jul
One baby... and 2 C-Sections! Congratulations! :-) I hope you heal quickly from this one.
essence686 - Thursday, 17 Jul
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Glad to hear that you are fealing better. Whaat did it weigh?
preciousangels2 - Thursday, 17 Jul
Holy crap!!! That's huge! I'm glad it all went well and you're doing good... Hopefully you aren't in too much pain anymore.
mommyjewels - Thursday, 17 Jul
goodness babe.... i am so glad that you are ok. That is huge!!!!!!
onelove - Thursday, 17 Jul
WHOA MAMA!!! That's a BIGGIN!!!!! Now you make me want to post the pics of mine. I believe our Fibroids are running neck and neck in size. That sucks that they had to CUT you open, good thing you had the Morphine!!!! I'm glad it's over for you and the healing can begin. I PROMISE-in a month you'll feel like a NEW WOMAN!!!! WOOOO HOOOO We're FIBROID FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Take care and GET WELL SOON!!!!
XOXOX
~Laura
Cali.Momma - Thursday, 17 Jul
wooow! you told me the size before, but it looks like it ended up being bigger almost lol. do you feel lighter? lol. im glad youre going to be doing better now. now ttc? :P
tiffanygannutz - Thursday, 17 Jul
That is big!!! I'm glad you're doing ok.
lilgracie - Thursday, 17 Jul
Holy CRAP dude! That's intense! Glad you're doing well!
capabr - Thursday, 17 Jul
That is absolutely huge! It is a true blessing that you were able to carry your baby to term with it's size. It was like another baby growing inside of you.
Ruthann - Thursday, 17 Jul
I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU ARE DOING OKAY! TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF!
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