fibroid tumor an cyst on ovary

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Dear D/S members,

I am a pre-op who has an appointment with Dr. Gagner in September .

My BMI is 43. I have the usual back pain, leg pain, heel spurs,

sleep apnea and hernia becasue of being overweight. Recently, I had

a transvaginal sonogram and it showed a 2.2 cm fibroid in the uterus

and a small cyst on the ovary. I have a great

oncological/gynocologist and I know it will be monitored. My

question is whether this newest medical problem is also weight

related. Does being overweight effect the hormones which effects

growths such as cysts and fibroids? I suspect there is a connection

here, but I am not sure because I have gotten in the habit of

blaming everything that goes wrong with me with being overweight.

Please e-mail me directly at dbond247@.... I don't know how to

use the mail properly and a lot of my mail gets bounced.

Thanks,

Debra

Dbond247@...

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Fibroids are thought to be caused by excess estrogen. Estrogen

stores in fat so therefore women who are fat have way too much

estrogen circling in their blood supply. I also had cysts and

fibroids and ended up with a hysterectomy.

Post-op

3-23-01

-73 lbs.

-- In duodenalswitch@y..., dbbond24711355@y... wrote:

> Dear D/S members,

>

> I am a pre-op who has an appointment with Dr. Gagner in

September .

> My BMI is 43. I have the usual back pain, leg pain, heel spurs,

> sleep apnea and hernia becasue of being overweight. Recently, I

had

> a transvaginal sonogram and it showed a 2.2 cm fibroid in the

uterus

> and a small cyst on the ovary. I have a great

> oncological/gynocologist and I know it will be monitored. My

> question is whether this newest medical problem is also weight

> related. Does being overweight effect the hormones which effects

> growths such as cysts and fibroids? I suspect there is a

connection

> here, but I am not sure because I have gotten in the habit of

> blaming everything that goes wrong with me with being overweight.

>

> Please e-mail me directly at dbond247@a... I don't know how to

> use the mail properly and a lot of my mail gets bounced.

> Thanks,

> Debra

> Dbond247@a...