To Ab Myo or To Not Ab Myo

The decision to have an abdominal myomectomy was a big one for me.  Never been in hospital, used to having my own independence and the thought of things going wrong quite clearly scared me.  


Having had heavy periods and being diagnosed with fibroids around 4 years ago was where things began for me.  For the first couple of years my symptoms were being managed by taking tablets but gradually the impact of these was lessening and by stomach was ballooning.  

In the past year as well as starting to buy size 18 clothes (I used to be a 12/14) and am pretty fit hitting the gym regularly. I was effectively reaching the end of the road - and when I was away travelling worrying my arse off about what to do when my period arrived with its crazy flow and me sharing a room - I knew that I had to take action to deal with this.  The horrible fibroids that were invading my body had to go. 


When I got back from travelling, I had an appointment with the specialist 2 days and that was when I voiced that I wanted a myomectomy to have my fibroids removed.  The Dr went on to tell me the downsides of the op, how it's a major thing to do and the long recovery time.  But my mind was made up.  Being Afro Caribbean means that its more likely that the fibroids may make a reappearance.  I wanted to hopefully get this thing settled ideally once and for all or if not quite that, at least have some respite from my symptoms.