Your doctor is right to employ the use of "watchful waiting." A fibroid that is not causing symptoms is generally not troublesome, and will shrink later, during menopause. Removal of fibroids won't guarantee that they won't come back; about 50 percent of fibroids that are removed in a myomectomy do return.
Here are two more pages with details about fibroids and treatment, from womenshealth.gov and the Merck Manual:
http://www.4woman.gov/faq/uterine-fibroids.cfm
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec22/ch246/ch246a.html
As far as shrinking your fibroid, options change based on whether you are or are not trying to become pregnant. Can I ask how old you are, and if pregnancy is an issue?
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Hi, Anon. You ask some great questions about a very common condition.
Our Empowher encyclopedia has some excellent information about fibroids, what causes them, and the symptoms to watch out for:
https://www.empowher.com/media/reference/uterine-fibroids
Your doctor is right to employ the use of "watchful waiting." A fibroid that is not causing symptoms is generally not troublesome, and will shrink later, during menopause. Removal of fibroids won't guarantee that they won't come back; about 50 percent of fibroids that are removed in a myomectomy do return.
Here are two more pages with details about fibroids and treatment, from womenshealth.gov and the Merck Manual:
http://www.4woman.gov/faq/uterine-fibroids.cfm
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec22/ch246/ch246a.html
As far as shrinking your fibroid, options change based on whether you are or are not trying to become pregnant. Can I ask how old you are, and if pregnancy is an issue?
February 20, 2009 - 11:17amThis Comment
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