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Dr. Parker frequently receives interesting e-mails on the fibroidsecondopinion website. E-mails and Dr. Parker’s responses are posted here. Feel free to post your own thoughts or comments.

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What questions about hysterectomy alternatives should I ask my gynecologist?

January 20, 2010 – 8:29 pm

I really don’t want a hysterectomy and feel that I always have to fight to even get my thoughts heard by doctors. I need to know what specific questions to ask the new doctor so that I might be offered some other options?

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Question on “mini” laparoscopic surgery

January 20, 2010 – 8:24 pm

Hello!
I have a fibroid that is uncomfortable due to bulk and extends length of menstruation (7-9 days at least).  I recently saw a fertility specialist who did an exam and recommended a “mini” laparoscopy to remove the fibroid. The doctor said the “mini-lap” would involve a three inch (approx) incision at the bikini line.
Can you [...]

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Large Fibroids Can Be Removed by Myomectomy

January 20, 2010 – 8:21 pm

Dear Dr Parker,
I am a forty year old female living in Australia and recently tests have shown that I have a very large fibroid growing on the Uterus Muscle. The fibroid is 17.5cm X 16.3cm X 6.8cm. I am worried that so far most have the notion that I would require a full hysterectomy in [...]

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Should I rush into surgery?

January 20, 2010 – 8:17 pm

I was diagnosed with a 8-cm fibroid only today (13 Jan), after doing an ultrasound, and my gynecologist whom I was seeing for the first time, has scheduled my surgery to be done 13 days later without telling me much about the surgery.
Is this too rushed? Do I need to consult another Doctor before deciding [...]

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Hysterectomy and Other Treatments for Adenomyosis

January 20, 2010 – 8:11 pm

hysterectomy for fibroids

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Hysterectomy, or other options

October 8, 2009 – 7:51 pm

I have a 5 inch fibroid in my uterus plus others and lesions along with multiple cysts on my ovaries. I am considering a partial hysterectomy….keeping my ovaries. Is it necessary?

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Post-forty = automatic hysterectomy?

October 5, 2009 – 12:40 pm

There are multiple treatment options for women with fibroids, regardless of what age they happen to be.

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Can “watchful waiting” be used when a patient is anemic?

September 28, 2009 – 4:06 pm

Is it possible to build up hemoglobin enough to be able to just wait and watch fibroids. My hemoglobin was 6.6 and is now 7.5 from taking iron supplements. My uterus is 6 times normal size with one fibroid the size of a softball, and numerous others. My doctor is strongly recommending a laparoscopic hysterectomy. [...]

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Will There Be Scar Tissue After a Second Abdominal Myomectomy?

August 10, 2009 – 3:04 pm

Good surgical technique and adhesion barriers decreases the risk of adhesions (scar tissue) after abdominal myomectomy

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Is Watchful Waiting A Good Option for Fibroids at Age 50?

August 10, 2009 – 2:42 pm

No hysterectomy needed for fibroids

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