The very beginning of my new journey with fibroids
Hi! I'm pretty new here and it's my first time posting. Most of the posts I've seen here so far from you lovely humans have been really informative, but most of you are either very far along in your journey or have already had surgery, and I just got diagnosed in February, so I wanted to share my experience as a newbie and hope to find a sense of community here.
For starters, I'm very blessed to have medical history on my side. My mom had fibroids and it runs in her family, so the moment something felt off with my body I was already prepared. I went to the hospital one day in February with severe abdominal/pelvic pain and cramping, which had been persisting for a few days or so and I wasn't on my period, and I already had a strong feeling it was fibroids. I told them about my medical history and they did an ultrasound (among other tests) and sure enough, they found 2 fibroids, less than 2cm each. I had to go back to the hospital again in May for the unbearable pain and I also couldn't poop without extreme shooting pain, so I just didn't poop for like 4 days. I was BAWLING in the ER, which was so embarrassing 😭 sure enough, at least one of the fibroids grew a bit, but the other one didn't seem to show up on the ultrasound this time. I previously googled the type of fibroid that one was (I forget the name but I'll look it up and put it in the comments) and it apparently is notoriously hard to capture on ultrasounds.
Fast forward to now...the cramps are persistent and I can't really function without my portable heat pack these days. I had to file for intermittent leave from my work to protect my job from frequent absences between flare ups, doctor's appointments, and, down the road, surgery. I plan to have a hysterectomy ASAP. I'm in my 30s and my partner and I both don't want kids. Where I'm located they shouldn't give me much issue on that, and my partner also had a hysterectomy due to similar but more severe issues, so it's not like we could have kids anyway (I know adopting is an option, but again we do NOT want kids, EVER). I have no idea how long this process will take...I'm currently waiting for an appeal with my insurance to settle before I can make an appointment with a specialist to review everything and put together a plan. That's a whole other story. In the meantime, it's heating pads, Mary Jane for the pain, and checking on the insurance appeal status.
Wish me luck, y'all! Y'all are strong as hell, I have no clue how some of y'all are walking around with footballs in you. I feel like such a wimp complaining about less than 2cm 😭 I almost didn't want to post but I'm sure I'm not the only one just getting diagnosed, and I'm sure y'all who have been going through it have great wisdom 💞 I'm so scared of what's to come. I'm not great with pain and discomfort and I know it's only going to get worse until I can get surgery but I know that's a long way down the road.