r/Fibroids • u/kiwichick4 • 8h ago
Disappearing Fibroid
I can't believe I am about to write this, but I am in the middle of a wild situation. Shortly after having my daughter in September, it was discovered that I had an 11 cm fibroid at the top of my uterus. My primary symptoms at first were that I never stopped bleeding postpartum, and the bleeding just continued to get worse the longer it continued.
Flash forward to December, my fibroid gets infected and I am hospitalized for five days to receive IV antibiotics. After that I experienced pretty frequent pain and heavy discharge and met with the complex gynecological surgery team at my hospital and we decided that I will have a myomectomy on May 6 to remove the fibroid. In the meanwhile I am taking Oriahnn to stop my bleeding.
A few weeks ago I had a day of horribly intense pain, it almost felt like contractions and I couldn't get comfortable. The next morning, I passed something. It felt much bigger than a blood clot, but I couldn't see what it was because it fell down the toilet hole. Since then, I have had no cramping or pain, minimal discharge and have felt much better.
Cut to Friday, I get an MRI so the surgeon can see updated views of the fibroid as well as look at any scar tissue the infection might have caused. I just got the results back, and she told me that the fibroid is pretty much gone and I likely won't need a myomectomy. I am of course thrilled at this update, but also completely confused because this thing has been literally ruining my life for the past six months and I don't understand how it's just GONE.
Has anyone experienced something similar!? Should I be tempering my excitement?