Hi tdshaw,

my mum is 43 and she had to have a hysterectomy beacuse she had a fibroid tumor on her ovary the size of a football, it was so big her stomach was bloated out, it had grown over a period of 2 years and she never got it checked. Now I make her go to the doctor for regular checkups. The only thing was that it brought on menopause so she has to take hormone treatment. She suffers a few yucky side effects from the menopause like hot and cold flushes ( mostly hot ), tiredness all the time although she also has high blood pressure problems which doesn't help with that. When the menopause first started she felt like ants were crawling under her skin, itchy all the time. These things possibly won't affect you if you have a hysterectomy, every woman is very different and will respond differently to the treatment.

Good luck!! Hope everything works out for you.

.::suzy::.

Hi td,

the reason that I titled it that is because we are so different. My mother had a grapefruit size tumor in her uterus for almost 10 years, but never felt it or had any problems with it.

I am 48, 47 when I had my hysterectomy. I had to have one because I had three fibriods in and on my uterus, the largest was about the size and shape of a pear. It was sitting on the lining of my uterus and cause almost continual bleeding..Not heavy..But I had bleeding almost every day for about 1 year. It wasn't heavy enough to make me anemic, just uncomfortable. The dr put me on hormones to help when the bleeding got heavy. I was hoping that they would change in size and I wouldn't have to have the surgery, but they didn't, and I decided that I had had enough, so I went ahead with the surgery.

If the fibroid that you have isn't causing you any problems, I would say wait. Look on the internet for options as far as not having the surgery, but different treatments that would shrink the size. If your doctor doesn't give you any options, check with another. I don't know where you live, but the state of washington allows you to be seen by any ob-gyn doctor of your choice and the insurance has to pay.

Good luck..And don't be concerned until you have continual problems...Then insist on some kind of treatment before it effects your life.