The Surgery

Okay, so I admit I'm a total wuss. I've never had major surgery that I can remember and the thought of my body being cut open and "messed with" was not appealing to me at all. I had to weigh the pro's and con's of having a myomectomy, make a decision and go with it.

• Was my quality of life being significantly affected by the monsters? YES



• Was I willing to wait to shrink the fibroids in order to undergo a less-invasive procedure? NO

My decision was to go ahead with the myomectomy and to hopefully retain my fertility in doing so. I'm in my mid-thirties and don't have kids but am in no hurry to get rid of my uterus just yet!

The procedure I underwent is called a laparotomy. The kindly doctor went in and slayed the four offending monsters and was luckily able to save my uterus. He did so via a "bikini-line" incision (which I'll discuss further in the future). It's basically the same procedure as a C-section, as far as the incision goes. I will emphasize here that it is "basically" the same but I think in a lot of ways the experience as a whole is quite different, which is one of the reasons I wanted to start my blog. For one thing, having a baby is a joyous occasion (ideally) and having a tumor removed is NOT.