Adenomyosis link to Endometrial Adenocarcinoma - anybody else shares this experience?

evolo58

I will always wonder if my

I will always wonder if my myomectomy for my fibroids is connected to my UPSC. I just can't shake the feeling it was. And what is a risk factor for adenomyosis? Fibroid surgery.

At the time I had mine (1999), myos were promoted as a great alternative to hysterectomies if a woman wasn't sure whether she was going to have more children, or simply did not want a hysterectomy for whatever reason. I read the pros and cons very carefully before I made my decision, weighing over them for weeks. The cons of a myo seemed less serious than that of a hysterectomy. My doctor briefly suggested the hysterectomy, but did not present any suggestion whatsoever that there could be problems with the myomectomy I didn't read about. Not a bit.

I am still in disbelief over my UPSC. It just doesn't make a lick of sense in my case. I will continue to be in disbelief. I don't fit ANY of the criteria. None. For instance, I have hyperplasia (17mm). That is very rare in UPSC, as you can see from the citations above; particularly a lining that thick. When I've seen hyperplasia in UPSC, it's usually below 10 MM or so. A rare symptom in a rare cancer. Great.

I have actually read that endo cancer is increasing, and I can't help but think that might have been a reason why; that back in the 90s and early 2000s, women were not better informed when faced with fibroids and extremely heavy periods. I'm now reading of complications involving UAE that have only come out fairly recently. (I did not have a UAE, but considered one when I had the Periods from Hell right before menopause.) If there was only a way to go back in time, I go back as soon as you can fire that machine up and SCREAM at myself to take the uterus out. Oh, and consider taking out the ovaries and fallopean tubes as well for good measure. I have already cautioned my daughter. 

Maybe the old-fashioned idea of just yanking the stuff out when you were done with babies was the best idea after all. Too bad we didn't know that back then.

HorseLvr

Wow. This is interesting. My

Wow. This is interesting. My obgyn said if my u/s does not show hyperplasia, I don't need a biopsy and just have to have another u/s in six months to a year. I wish I had printer ink to print that out to show him.