Friday, May 18, 2012

Finally, some definite plans.  Things were still unsettled until today and for those of you that know me well, you understand how tough that was for me.  Surgery is now scheduled for next Friday, May 25th at 2:30 PM EST. Dr. Parker will be doing the surgery with a gyn oncologist to assist.  I feel really good about this plan!  They will start off trying to remove that one large fibroid laparoscopically but Dr. Parker has asked me to think about what I want him to do if they encounter difficulty.  Given that someone has already attempted this surgery on me once I realize that is a possibility.  The options would be to just close my tiny incisions back up and leave everything as is, or extend the incision to a full open abdominal and then remove fibroids.  Dr. Parker and Dr. Schoolcraft discussed my case this week (at 6:15 AM Dr. Parker's time, at home) and Dr. Schoolcraft has said he would be okay for me to proceed with another embryo transfer even if I did nothing, as he now knows that none of the fibroids are impinging on my uterine lining.  Those are known to be the only ones that impair fertility.  But I'd still like to have that big, giant beast removed for several reasons I've previously mentioned.  At this point, I am going to keep the faith and trust in Dr. Parker that this will all go smoothly laparoscopically.  If not, my initial reaction is to say go ahead, open me and take all he can without jeopardizing my fertility.  By then I've traveled cross-country, paid for surgery and expenses, been put under anesthesia and cut upon.  I've already been operated on once unsuccessfully, don't wish to have to say that happened twice.    But I'm going to sleep on it for a while and make a final decision when I need to.  Then I'll spend the weekend in Santa Monica, see Dr. Parker again on Monday probably and head home Tuesday.  The flight is booked and hotel is reserved.  So happy about that!