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I just got back from my hospital appointment about the fibroids that may be causing my bladder issues. Firstly the GP hadn't even sent my scan over, so the consultant has no idea how bad the fibroids actually are. He said he will request the scan and see me again in a month or so to discuss it. He did tell me my options though - a hysterectomy, but he said amongst other things I'll have a 15% chance of being left in chronic, potentially debilitating pain from that, so that's a no from me. Or hormonal treatments to shrink it, but I've already had one stroke and hormonal treatments put me at higher risk of another, so that's a no. I'd rather keep the bladder issues than have either of those things. He also said when I go through full menopause, which may be soon as I already seem to be in perimenopause, it might shrink on it's own and depending on how big it is could even shrink away to nothing. Seems mad to put myself at risk of lifelong terrible consequences by treating something that may go away on its own.
If those are your options, I might be inclined to agree on trying to sit it out. It's not great with the bladder issues, but we'll see. They might say something different after the scan, or maybe there's a secret fourth option that you don't know about. I'm keeping my fingers crossed and hope you'll get a no-pain solution for the fibroids
Thank you.