Thanks for sharing your experience. My surgeon is not cutting up my giant fibroid while it’s inside me to potentially release cancerous cells. She told me she will first encase it in a “medical ziplock” before removing it. Since the fibroid is so large (nearly 10 cm and its longest dimension), it really needs to come out. If I didn’t have a fibroid of that size, I might have opted for ablation but the surgeon is already going in so we are going with the procedure I know will definitely stop the pain and discomfort.