As I've mentioned on here a few times, I have a lot of fibroids. They've been growing the last two years and are causing me a lot of discomfort, pain, anxiety, and just generally disrupting my life. Doctors don't take them very seriously and so the course of treatment has mostly been left to me, which I hate.
I have major dear about surgery so leaving the decision to me sucks. But, I have at least 8 fibroids, more than one of them is the size of an orange or larger. I can feel them in my abdomen. They cause gas, constipation, heartburn, and sometimes severe pelvic pain.
I'm finally considering a hysterectomy since I'm still at least 10 to 15 years out from menopause but have no intention of having more kids.
I've made an appointment with a fibroid center and reached out to a second one so I can get a few opinions. I want the least invasive procedure possible.
I guess with this post I'm looking for any experience with hysterectomy for fibroids or otherwise (I'd leave my ovaries ideally), and advice or experience dealing with a semi-elective surgery when you have health/surgery anxiety, and just any moral support you can dish out!
The fact that I'm dealing with this again, after emergency surgery for a 14 cm fibroid in 2011 is also making me really depressed and dejected. I know others deal with my worse/scarier things, but this chronic condition with worsening pain is just really starting to beat me down.