My Record of Removing 21 Uterine Fibroids While Keeping My Uterus - Deciding on Surgery - ~Surgery and Post-Op Edition~

Based on the results of the MRI scan and tumor markers, it was determined that the possibility of malignancy was low.

While I was relieved for the moment, the reality of the multiple fibroids and their rapid growth remained unchanged.

A follow-up visit in April.

My doctor presented the option of a total hysterectomy.

I understood that this was a rational decision given the severity of my symptoms.

However, I could not give an answer right away.

Holding my swollen abdomen, I simply told the doctor, "I need more time to think," and went home.

For several days, I thought about it on my own.

And the conclusion I reached was,

"I want to keep my uterus."

That was it.

I don't know what the future holds. Still, I wanted to keep the possibility open.

At my follow-up visit in late April, I conveyed my decision to the doctor.

"I want to keep my uterus. I would like you to perform a myomectomy."

The doctor did not give an immediate answer.

"I will bring this up at a conference and hear the opinions of other doctors."

From those words, I felt once again that this case was not a simple one.

A follow-up visit in May.

I was told that as a result of the conference, it had been decided to proceed with a myomectomy.

My wish had been accepted, for the time being.

However, there was a condition.

Although preoperative tests suggested a low probability of sarcoma, the final determination would be left to an intraoperative rapid pathological examination.

If it were diagnosed as sarcoma on the spot, the entire uterus, including the ovaries, would be removed, and
chemotherapy would be performed postoperatively.

It was the moment when both hope and risk were presented at the same time.

Furthermore, since Relumina was effective, the policy was to continue taking it until the day before surgery to shrink the fibroids as much as possible.

Because the surgery would be large-scale, it was decided to perform it on a Wednesday when it would be easier to secure personnel.

Around this time, my attending physician had returned to the university hospital due to a personnel transfer, and was seeing me during their outpatient days at the Red Cross Hospital.

They seemed to have wanted to perform the surgery themselves, but due to the organizational structure, that was not possible, and they introduced me to a new attending physician with a look of slight frustration.

Seeing that, I felt once again that I was glad to have been treated by this doctor.

And so, the day of the surgery arrived.

To be honest, it was not that I had no anxiety.

But more than that, I had a somewhat groundless confidence that
since I had come this far, it would be alright.

The surgery was completed successfully.

21 fibroids were removed, and the uterus was preserved.

However, the postoperative progress could not be called smooth.

My condition suddenly changed, and I was moved from a shared room to private room care.
Delirium symptoms also appeared, and oxygen administration and monitor management continued.

I could not have them removed until two days before discharge.

Until then, I had thought that I had physical strength.

However, that confidence was completely shattered.

Even so, I eventually recovered and was able to return to daily life.

Currently, my body is ovulating and having periods.

I have no regrets about the choice I made at that time to keep my uterus.

The right answer is different for everyone.

Every choice has its own reasons.

This is a record of one of those choices.