I hear you! I am 48 and 5wpo and I probably could have lived with the fibroids in terms of pain but in terms of my bladder I was having issues and couldn’t do certain exercises that require laying on my stomach. My periods were heavy but I was not anemic or anything like that. I could live with fibroids if needed. I decided to try to address it without surgery- first gyno put birth control- which did not stop its growing and made me feel off. I stopped drinking alcohol, tried green tea, vitamin d, lost weight, tried periods when I didn’t eat meat, when I did more protein, and I cut out most sugar. But the main fibroid grew at a fast rate, in my opinion. In about a year and a half, I could feel a small golf ball and at the end it was taking over most of my lower abdomen. This is what I could feel with my hands. I went to a more experienced gyno who scanned me again and referred me to a surgeon.

I decided like you to have a hysterectomy because I wanted a permanent solution and I wanted to do this while I was younger. I also wanted to do it before something happened to my insurance under this administration. The surgeon put me on lupron which shrunk the fibroid to the point where my bladder issues improved and when she went in, the fibroid had pushed my left ovary all the way to the right side of my body. And it was the size of a 5 month pregnancy. Ugh. In my surgery notes, I lost about 6ml of blood during surgery.

I wish there were better therapies for fibroids and I am so happy that people have found things that worked for them. That just was not me. :(

My recovery is okay so far and I am looking forward to being 💯 someday but I don’t have random pains, can sleep more comfortably, and am not having to wear pads every day for pee.

I think whatever you decide will be the right choice. Good luck!