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[which_chick]

I have pictures! Well, okay, one picture. But that's better than no pictures. AND it's in color, so yay.





Couple of notes here. The upper bloody lump bit is a myoma, the medical people's word for a fibroid tumor. Somebody's hand is holding it up there with the clampy thing. According to the ultrasound report, the diameter of the thing was about 3". Basically, the doc did a myomectomy (cutting out the lumpy bit) and THEN a hysterectomy (cutting out the uterus bit) so's to not need a bigger hole. Given that the existing hole is about six and a half inches long, I'm all for not needing a bigger hole. The lower bloody lump bit is my ex-uterus, which contains other myomas that are not readily visible due to being buried in the muscle tissue. (The ultrasound report discussed these, is how I know.) Generally, the perspective for the picture is from my feet looking upwards, kinda. I was most impressed with the amount of metal involved in spreading the hole wide enough to work in.

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[feenicks.livejournal.com]

Wow, what an awesome myoma!! Must be competition size - I hope I get pics of my uterus. Rumor has it that it was quite large and disgusting. Gwangi probably has a recipe for such a thing that includes lots of hot spices (I do NOT want the recipe, Zach!)

Other than the wonderful pain from tissues being seperated and stitched and stapled back together, do you feel lighter? I said that I did, but my less-than-cheerful family said it's just the Vicodin..........

Congrats on ridding yourself of the thing <3


btw - childbirth is NOTHING like Aliens, but the next 18 years plus can be like being trapped in an old vincent Price horror flick. =P

[which-chick.livejournal.com]

Hey, glad you're back in the land of the living! I hope you're feeling okay -- maybe Vicodin is more fun than Percocet. I don't feel lighter but the scale claims I weigh ten pounds less. (Part of that is likely because of my run-in with the flu and the fact that I have been eating lightly.)