#fibroid

All in all, it's going great! I've got a lot more energy than I've had in months (years?) and oh my god my back doesn't hurt!!!

I was remembering a job I went out on in October in International Falls, like three days into the pain suddenly getting bad. So they have this Menard's (a Midwestern chain of hardware stores) that's stupid long; I'm not sure if 1/4 mile is an exaggeration. Menard's isn't normally like 1/4 mile long. I was there to pick up something for the job and I needed the bathroom, and I'm not joking when I say some of the signage was so far away I had to squint and get closer, and my glasses give me 20/15 vision. The back pain was so bad that it felt like this damn store was getting longer and the bathroom was getting farther away. Makes me think of ENA: Dream BBQ. When I eventually did reach the bathroom, I just kinda stayed there for a while because I DID NOT want to walk, my back was screaming and sitting was the best thing. The rest of that job fucking sucked because I couldn't stand for more than like two minutes without losing my mind.

That pain didn't go away until I had the hysterectomy

Recovery has sucked so bad with a huge abdominal incision. My huge cat can't sit on my lap, sometimes I need a cane, and I still need a lot of help from others, especially to lift something more than 10 pounds. But it's everything that the fibroid pain is gone and I've noticed how every day I have more energy and less tenderness. In fact I trudged through deep snow the other day and only got a little winded from getting out of shape (probably shouldn't have been trudging snow).

I have a fibroid. It’s symptomatic but nothing major. I understand in the world of pathologies it’s minuscule.

What shocks me is that fibroids are surprisingly common. Until now I was not aware of them. I’m in the medical field. I work in research. I feel disappointed. Hurt. Angry. Sad.

I understand the morbidity and mortality of fibroids in comparison to malignancies, cardiac disease, congenital issues, trauma, etc is tiny…

Can fibroids cause you to gain weight?

Common Symptoms of Uterine Fibroids Fibroids cause weight gain and bloating due to a hormonal imbalance or the size of the fibroid. ... Consequently, weight gain and discomfort will follow as some fibroids can weigh up to as much as 20-40 pounds. This swelling and bloating can even make a woman look pregnant.

Do fibroids make you tired?

Fatigue. Fatigue is especially easy to miss as a symptom of fibroids because it's not caused by overwork or a lack of sufficient sleep at night, but is mainly due to the loss of blood from heavy periods. This blood loss leads to anemia and an iron deficiency from the lack of red blood cells

Do fibroids make you emotional?