polyps

I just wondered can uterine polyps grow back i had 2 removed last year. And how are they different from fibroids?

My sister had fibroids, I had a cervical polyp. As she explained it to me a fibroid grows directly off the muscle part of the uterus. A polyp either grows off the lining or in my case in the cervix, and is connected by a "stalk". My dr. told me as long as she removed the root of the stalk it would not grow back. However, a new one could grow in a different spot. I'm no medical advisor, but I hope that helps a little. If you have a question please don't be afraid to ask your dr. I have a short list of things to ask mine when I see her the day of surgery.

Good luck!

I went in for an ablation in April and my Dr. found a "forest of polyps". More than he had ever seen before and they had not shown up on any of the ultrasounds, etc. After they did the surgery to remove them and he assured me he thought this would take care of my bleeding........I started gushing again. I went in for the ablation and he said some of them had grown back. I asked if perhaps he missed them and he felt he had gotten all of them. So, I guess the answer to your question is yes. They can grow back!

i believe they can grow back. my girlfriend had a d & c and had polyps removed from her cervix and they grew back. i'm not really sure if they were the same ones or new ones though.

Well, I can tell you yes they do grow back. not always but yes they can. I had polyps in my uterus. Had them removed via hysteroscopy and d&c. They came back the first time it took a couple of years. Then the time span started getting shorter the last time was only a couple of months before they came back. So my doc decided to go ahead and do the hyst. I feel better than I have in years. The bleeding, swelling, fatigue and pain are gone. woo hoo. Good luck to you. I hope yours do not return.