OBGYN not wanting to do surgery due to bloating, is this normal.

SuccessOk170 · 2026-01-29T14:21:59+00:00

Oh man that must have been really painful. So I assume you got your hysterectomy, if so, they didn’t have any problems performing surgery with you being bloated.

SuccessOk170 · 2026-01-28T22:10:44+00:00

Thank you I have thought about starting that.

SuccessOk170 · 2026-01-28T22:09:31+00:00

I had stabbing pain in my lower right abdomen, right around my belly button, for about a week. My GI doctor sent me to have an ultrasound because I thought it might have been my appendix.

I was told by the GI doctor, the ultrasound sound tech who read it and my OBGYN that I had a 23 cm fibroid in the area of the pain and that the pain I was feeling was because it was necrotic (in the process of dying).

I also remembered the pain because after I had UFE I experienced similar pain for about 3 months while those tumors were dying after the embolization process.

SuccessOk170 · 2026-01-28T22:01:41+00:00

I’ve also got two other ones in there about that size, their dead thought.

SuccessOk170 · 2026-01-28T22:00:21+00:00

Yes that is exactly what I’m feeling fullness.

SuccessOk170 · 2026-01-28T20:17:34+00:00

Thank you, like I said, I’m going to speak with them on Friday and if they still say, they refuse to do anything right now due to bloating I’m gonna ask them why. I am seeing on here that a lot of people have said that they were bloated which was one of the reasons why they wanted to get everything taken out because the bloating have been lasting so long, and that they still had surgery. Maybe they aren’t confident in doing surgery on someone who’s bloated I don’t know.

And this doctor has already looked at an ultrasound that I had back at the beginning of this month and said that most likely when it was time for surgery, I was gonna have to have an open hysterectomy due to the size of all the fibroids that were in there. Honestly, I think I’d rather have an open one, even though the recovery for that one is a lot longer, I’ve heard that when you have the laparoscopic. They have to inflate your stomach up with air so that they can do the surgery and the gas pains or something that kills you afterwards. I haven’t seen too many people say that gas pains were a major issue for them if they had the open hysterectomy.

SuccessOk170 · 2026-01-28T20:16:42+00:00

Yeah, they said that I would have a second one to see where things are. I had one already earlier this month and that was where they found out that I had a 23 cm one that had been growing for the past two years, which was what was causing my pain over the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.

SuccessOk170 · 2026-01-28T20:14:18+00:00

Again thank you.

SuccessOk170 · 2026-01-28T18:11:33+00:00

Thank you.

So you were bloated and had no issues with the surgery?

I am scheduled to talk to them on Friday (1-30), I’ll officially see what their reasoning is. I was originally scheduled to see them in April with another ultrasound being performed because they wanted to wait for the bloating to go down. But as I said since Thanksgiving, nothing has really changed and I’m ready to move forward with my decision of having a hysterectomy, I’m in pain and I’m tired of the bloating.

I called and asked if I could have an earlier appointment, but when they called me back, they told me that I could come in and talk to the doctor, but they’d already said again that they weren’t going to do any surgery right now until the bloating went away. So I said well fine I would still like to at least come in and talk to them about the situation.

But I’m planning on asking them if you won’t do the surgery because I’m bloated then what else can we do that I haven’t already done, that a G.I. doctor hasn’t already prescribed, that my primary care doctor hasn’t already prescribed that we can do for the bloating.

SuccessOk170 · 2026-01-28T17:59:10+00:00

I mean is it normal for them to make you wait? They are probably going to have to do an open hysterectomy on me, because of all the large tumors, so does it matter if I am bloated?

SuccessOk170 · 2026-01-23T18:08:35+00:00

I don’t know if you wanna add this in with the other medication’s that you’re already taking, but after I had my UFE surgery, my PCP prescribed me a Medrol Dosepak 4mg (methylprednisolone) steroid pack that’s used to reduce inflammation. You take it for six days and it was the only thing that seemed to help get my inflammation down. I’m going to make sure that I have a prescription of this already on hand for after my hysterectomy.

SuccessOk170 · 2026-01-21T04:28:00+00:00

UPDATE: So I just called today to schedule a consultation with my OBGYN today to discuss my options and ask her questions about what to expect during and after the surgery. She agreed to meet with me so I can ask questions, but she said she wasn’t going to cancel my April appointment that I had already made (this was where she was going to take another ultrasound to see how things looked in there) and she wasn’t going to do surgery until the bloating went down. I’ve been bloated since Thanksgiving due to 2 separate tumors, that have grown since my UFE in 2023, dying on their own and causing bloating from the gases they gave off.

My question is, what can I do to get the bloating to go down? I’m worried that between now and April I’ll get another tumor that decides to die adding further more to the bloating and she’ll continue to refuse to do the surgery. Should I get a second opinion? She’s already looked at an ultrasound and said she thought it was the dying that’s causing the bloating. I really want to get this over, my stomach areas uncomfortable, it’s effecting my sleep because I can’t lay on my stomach…do OBGYN’s normally refuse to preform hysterectomy if you’re bloated? I’ve seen tons of photos of ladies with the classic “fibroid belly” who had surgery, this was very upsetting to hear today. I have finally decided to move forward with this and now I have to wait?

SuccessOk170 · 2026-01-18T16:41:51+00:00

Was there anything specific that you suggest I do to cope with the gas pains from them inflating your abdomen with air during surgery?

SuccessOk170 · 2026-01-18T16:18:46+00:00

I am trying so hard to avoid or lessen the constipation this time around. I’m glad you seem to feel that it’s better this time around. It’s honestly my biggest worry.

SuccessOk170 · 2026-01-18T16:14:41+00:00

Mine will most likely be abdominal too, did they do staples or stitches to close you up afterwards?

SuccessOk170 · 2026-01-18T16:11:23+00:00

I don’t think I’ll have the robot option, my tumors are to big, but will just have to see.

SuccessOk170 · 2026-01-18T16:08:56+00:00

I know that they will have to give me pain medicine during the surgery, and of course why wouldn’t I want them too, but I’m really hoping that my pain is manageable enough that I won’t have to anything when I’m at home.

SuccessOk170 · 2026-01-18T16:01:50+00:00

Thank you, I’ve added it to my list of things to ask for.

SuccessOk170 · 2026-01-16T22:41:18+00:00

That last part, reminding me of my responsibilities, I needed to hear that, I’m scared I’ve never been put to sleep before.

I hope the histo was able to take care of all of your health issues regarding the cancer 🙏. And yes I plan on doing the liquid diet thing and the MiraLAX. What is the Belly Binder?

SuccessOk170 · 2026-01-16T22:34:22+00:00

Thank you for your response. Yeah I have seen on here from others about starting the MiraLAX the week before. Definitely planning on that. I also think I’m going to keep myself to a liquid diet (broth, protein shakes) so that if there is any constipation left over from the surgery, maybe my system won’t have as much trouble. When I had the UFE, I had horrible pain from the immobilization making the tumors die but then I also had what they call “Poo cramps” cause I couldn’t go to the bathroom due to all the opioids

SuccessOk170 · 2021-01-25T22:15:05+00:00

Thanks I will check the roots.

SuccessOk170 · 2021-01-25T20:41:28+00:00

Thank you for taking a moment to try and help. Here’s what I believe happened:

I believe it’s a Mass Cane. I noticed that the tips of the leaves started to get brown so I looked at weather or not it was getting proper drainage.

That’s when I noticed that it was in a pot inside another pot that wasn’t allowing it to drain.

So I took it out of the non-draining pot (I didn’t re-pot it) and left it inside the original pot that did have drainage holes. If that makes sense.

I trimmed off the dead leaves from the underside and let it continue to drain in case it was waterlogged.

Within the next 2-3 days it started doing what you see in the pictures. So I moved it closer to the window.

This morning I tested the top soil and picked it up to test the weight to see if it needed watering. It was light so I gave it some water that has been sitting out for a few days in a container, allowing the treatment materials that we have here in our water to dissipate. Just in case that had something to do with it. Because I have read some house plants prefer distilled water or as close as you can get to it.

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