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A moving fibroid?
Hi, this may sound a bit crazy...but I went to the doctor (OB-GYN) a while ago after finding a lump in the lower right quadrant of my abdomen. Of course when I went for an ultrasound they found no lumps in the area... one was found about the size of a gulf ball and they said it was a fibroid in the uterine lining. I went back to my doctor having problems with 13 day heavy periods...no sooner I get over one then I get PMS a week later (very sore heavy hot breasts of which I have never gotten before) then I get another period 8-9 days later. He said that my uterus was the size of like being 4 months pregnant. He felt a larger lump in the exam than what showed on the ultrasound...He said that I could chose to have a hysterectomy at my own leisurely pace. That was that...last I knew he was to call me with a specialist's name and number. I had already tried taking birth control hormones and I only bled more and and had problems with more heart palpitations (made my heart rhythms worse), and nausea...so I don't consider it an option anymore!
Now comes the strange part...recently this lump is traveling throughout my abdominal cavity. Getting in the way when I am doing yoga, dancing, biking... and I woke up this morning and it was pushing out my belly button!!! I can push it around to a more comfortable position (I don't know if I should be doing that as it hurts badly and feels weird when it rolls to a different spot.) Has anyone ever heard of such a thing? When I feel my abdomen the hard lump feels kind of like a hard long tube like structure...a little larger on one side than the other....And it really hurts when it is trapped up high like under my rib cage...most of the time it lies sideways on top of my pubic bone. Sometimes it pushes on my bladder and then I have the urge to go all day! I talk to the doctor about this and all he says is that the fibroid can move because the uterus is not a stable organ, so the lump would move around with the uterus. I said this must be one large fibroid...certainly feels larger than what was noted...His response...I am also feeling my uterus too (as I am more of a slender build.) How many people can feel their uterus? Anyway, He says that he is sending me to a specialist that might know more, but i have heard nothing from him! This is so uncomfortable...Has anyone heard of this or experienced it before? My thoughts are roaming and my anxiety is soaring on top of it all!
Now comes the strange part...recently this lump is traveling throughout my abdominal cavity. Getting in the way when I am doing yoga, dancing, biking... and I woke up this morning and it was pushing out my belly button!!! I can push it around to a more comfortable position (I don't know if I should be doing that as it hurts badly and feels weird when it rolls to a different spot.) Has anyone ever heard of such a thing? When I feel my abdomen the hard lump feels kind of like a hard long tube like structure...a little larger on one side than the other....And it really hurts when it is trapped up high like under my rib cage...most of the time it lies sideways on top of my pubic bone. Sometimes it pushes on my bladder and then I have the urge to go all day! I talk to the doctor about this and all he says is that the fibroid can move because the uterus is not a stable organ, so the lump would move around with the uterus. I said this must be one large fibroid...certainly feels larger than what was noted...His response...I am also feeling my uterus too (as I am more of a slender build.) How many people can feel their uterus? Anyway, He says that he is sending me to a specialist that might know more, but i have heard nothing from him! This is so uncomfortable...Has anyone heard of this or experienced it before? My thoughts are roaming and my anxiety is soaring on top of it all!
yes I have and I have the same problem I have had 3 surgeries and I still have this large round mas under my breast near my ribcage and it gets stuck when I lay down a certain way causing major discomfort and pain. I cant do certain exercises at the gym and i really need it removed.if I lay down flat it gets stuck in center of rib cage I really need help seeing Dr. lied to me said it was the problem and I got partial hysterectomy and i still have problem.fed up in jersey.need help and right treatment for it.my email is ***@**** send info if you had that problem fixed.
wow I am having the same problems and look pregnant its horrible and depressing and I just lost my health insurance due to a job change .... and it rediculous. it hurts to press on mine as well and I felt like they move around as well.
You are not alone.
Today, a sales person asked me about my non existent pregnancy. I thought I looked good. It's the fibroids. :/
I'm 29, and last April, out of the blue, learned I have a 19cm uterus because of the size of my fibroids.
My lower back aches always. I had to pee every 45 mins bc of these things, but that was curbed after seeing an acupuncturist and a herbalist. (This was rough. I worried that I couldn't sit thought important events, and when the topic of a family trip to Disney came up, I was Really worried about my inability to stand in lines long enough.) There was a period where I would get up as if I was pregnant, I'd hold my belly as I walked up the stairs, cuddling has to be altered, and intimacy has changed so much. In addition, I've gone up 2-3 clothing sizes because it's grown so big. I've also put on 20 pounds this year. My normal weight pattern is a gain of about 2-4 pounds a year.
This year, my comfort in my own body has waned. What makes this more difficult is that I am engaged to be married this September. If I lose the weight I gained this year, my dress will fit without alterations. If I lose the weight I gained this year, will I look even more pregnant? This is all so frustrating, upsetting and uncomfortable.
In addition to all this, pregnancy is more complicated. I was informed that I would need the fibroids removed before I could conceive, then I'd need a c-section to deliver. At first, I cried; I had hoped to be little-miss-all-natural, and since then, I've been working through my emotions and finding ways to make this more comfortable mentally.
I wish the medical world knew of more ways to balance our hormones so that these issues could be handled in a more effective way. Cutting out the symptoms without address the cause seems foolish and inappropriate, but I am told that it is the best option. Increasing my Vitamin D3 intake, seeing an herbalist and an acupuncturist are all helping me treat the symptoms, but I'm not sure how much they are treating the problem. It can be difficult to have faith.
I hope everyone can find peace with this issue; it's not a fun one.
Today, a sales person asked me about my non existent pregnancy. I thought I looked good. It's the fibroids. :/
I'm 29, and last April, out of the blue, learned I have a 19cm uterus because of the size of my fibroids.
My lower back aches always. I had to pee every 45 mins bc of these things, but that was curbed after seeing an acupuncturist and a herbalist. (This was rough. I worried that I couldn't sit thought important events, and when the topic of a family trip to Disney came up, I was Really worried about my inability to stand in lines long enough.) There was a period where I would get up as if I was pregnant, I'd hold my belly as I walked up the stairs, cuddling has to be altered, and intimacy has changed so much. In addition, I've gone up 2-3 clothing sizes because it's grown so big. I've also put on 20 pounds this year. My normal weight pattern is a gain of about 2-4 pounds a year.
This year, my comfort in my own body has waned. What makes this more difficult is that I am engaged to be married this September. If I lose the weight I gained this year, my dress will fit without alterations. If I lose the weight I gained this year, will I look even more pregnant? This is all so frustrating, upsetting and uncomfortable.
In addition to all this, pregnancy is more complicated. I was informed that I would need the fibroids removed before I could conceive, then I'd need a c-section to deliver. At first, I cried; I had hoped to be little-miss-all-natural, and since then, I've been working through my emotions and finding ways to make this more comfortable mentally.
I wish the medical world knew of more ways to balance our hormones so that these issues could be handled in a more effective way. Cutting out the symptoms without address the cause seems foolish and inappropriate, but I am told that it is the best option. Increasing my Vitamin D3 intake, seeing an herbalist and an acupuncturist are all helping me treat the symptoms, but I'm not sure how much they are treating the problem. It can be difficult to have faith.
I hope everyone can find peace with this issue; it's not a fun one.
Also I learned today that fibroids are crystallized mucus.theres ways you can shrink them and pass them without surgery ! They'll come back if you don't change your lifestyle from the way you eat,your sex life...attracting toxic partners ...etc.research natural ways to pass fibroids.
I've never experienced something so confusing before in my life.i've had pregnancy scares before and I have abnormal periods so maybe I do have a fibroid but I can feel movements that feel like kicks.and it started off as flutters and before that I just felt a knot on my side.im bloated as if I am pregnant.my back is arched and im shaped like a pregnant woman.my nose smells everything,my breast are sore and my nipples have bumps around them as if i was gonna be producing milk.my nose is also wider,my gums bleed leaving a metallic taste in my mouth,i cant wear wired bras or any type of bras really because it hurts.my breast,thighs and behind have grown.i feel like i cant breath when i lay on my back so i only lay on my sides.I have dreams about being pregnant with a Lil boy and ppl close to me have dreams about me and this Lil boy.i thought i was alone and that i was crazy but you and @welivetogive really gave me reassurance.i feel very alone,i told everyone i was pregnant but i doubted myself after the doctors visit and told my friends im not pregnant after all.they think im crazy and we dont speak anymore.i doubt fibroids cause all these pregnancy symptoms.maybe my uterus is pregnant but there's no baby?maybe my mind and heart wanted to experience pregnancy so bad that my body altered because of it. i feel sad because I want to be pregnant but I took several urine test over a period of months and they all came back negative.from a spiritual standpoint when a man and a woman come together you give birth to something.I'm still searching I've gone to the doctor but I never feel like they wanna help me Im just a dollar sign.i had blood test done and they said it was abnormal.i wanted an ultrasound but they did X-ray of my chest because I had really severe rib pain.they said it was nothing wrong with me and they didnt know what was causing pain.i figured my ribs were shifting for the baby.apart of me is dreading going back because i don't wanna hear Im not pregnant and my powerful thoughts have been deceiving my body but I have to know so Im going to the gyn.
Good luck and much love
and blessings to all of you.
Good luck and much love
and blessings to all of you.
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Hi! I'm currently going through the same experience. What was the outcome?
I have a or a few fibroids. I am of small build and its really hurting my bellybutton too. I need ot have dsurgery to take it out but I have no insurance. It is growing bigger and bigger. Looks like im 7 months preg. I have heart palps too and didnt know that they were related. I guess they are since you get them too. I hate hate this and hope I can get surgery to take it out. Its sooooo unconfortable.
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