I've left it in first person, thank you for your input and insight. Kamala
I’m wondering if anyone can give some advice about fibroids and options for treatment. I have a large fibroid (7cm) and at least two smaller fibroids (1-2 cm) and have been experiencing heavy bleeding, clots and pressure. Every month is a battle for at least 7 days with two days of hemmoraging and often the bleeding continues 9 or more days. I’ve had up to 14 days of bleeding. All this has led to anemia.
I’ve discussed with my doctor my options and he has said my best options are either an abdominal myomectomy (large incision across abdomen and removal of fibroids) or laproscopic supracervical hysterectomy (removal of uterus but leaving ovaries and cervix).
I’m wondering what the risks and benefits are of the two surgeries. In particular I’m concerned about prolapse of my bladder in the future if I have a hysterectomy but wonder if the same risk is inherent in myomectomy or not.
I also wonder about how likely my ovaries are to work properly if I have a hysterectomy or if I will have to have hormone replacement therapy.
I wonder if the myomectomy will really solve the problem or if I will have continued bleeding and pressure or not and since my fibroid grew more than 1 cm this past year if I am more likely to be a patient who will have fibroids reccuring.
I wonder if a hysterectomy that leaves some of the muscles as a supracervical hysterectomy does, will be enough to keep the bladder from falling.
I also wonder, as a diver , if an abdominal surgery such as the myomectomy will damage the muscle in such a way as to make lifting a tank to dive much harder if not impossible as compared to the laproscopic surgery.
My latest testing showed a 6.2 x 6.9 x 5.3 cm submucosal mass lesion and another subserosal mass lesion in the fundus of the uterus measuring 1.9 x 1.6 x 1.0 cm. These most likely represent fibroids.