13 Fibroids later..
The best part about coming home is my little old man. He ignored me for three days because we weren't there, but he's finally not angry now.
I had my open abdominal myomectomy on Friday May 15th. I was very hesitant because in my mind once they open you up you don't know what else could go wrong.
But then I had pretty bad symptoms of fibroids for 6 years now and it was progressively getting worse ... Heavy long periods which made me anemic, not to mention I work out alot and my job is very intense. I also had bowl movement issues and would get bloated and it was painful. And on top of that sometimes I would have very intense episodes of optical migraines where I would get the blurry vision and three days of agonizing throbbing headaches, nausea and vomiting. When I write this down... I see I was just accepting my situation as it is what it is, and it sounds just as bad as it was. I just learned to deal with it...
But if you have any relating experience to me and are wondering if the surgery is worth it... I'm 5 days in after the surgery (lost a lot of blood, am still anemic and they found 13 Fibroids instead of 8, largest was 9,7,5cm, I was 16 weeks pregnant) I say it's worth it.
I chose a surgeon who's known for pushing boundaries of minimally invasive removal of the tumors for 35+ years. And that's her main job, she doesn't deliver babies or anything general OBYGN. She is highly specialized for Myomectomy and she advised me she would only perform open surgery to preserve my fertility. I immediately trusted her and so far no regrets. She was at my bedside after surgery and day after surgery and called me the day after. She referred me for PT and encouraged me to take enough time to heal up before going back to work. Let's see how that pans out.
Anyway, if you're in doubt and are scared I'm with you. I was thinking why me, I eat healthy, I'm very active (run marathons) I swim and bike, I don't really drink and never smoke. But here we are :) and that's okay. Just makes me a bit more stronger 💪 and you too. Who ever you are. Where ever you are. If you're going through something hard like invasive surgery I root for you and if you go in with a calmn and trusting mindset that everything will work out, it will.
You got this.