My parents came down last weekend to make sure that there is enough room when their cabin is delivered. It was rather hectic. They were here for less than 12 hours. Cut down two trees and demolished a porch. Work done, for now. My husband has to do the rest. He now has to move the water pipe, all of the concrete blocks and level the ground. But that is really no big deal. It means that we will not have to vacate our bed when they come down. Not that we did last time or that we will next time.
My side hurts so bad I could scream!! I went and saw Dr. House and she said she was going to get me a referral. I have not heard anything yet. I called yesterday and the girl that sets up the referrals was gone for the day. Grrrrr. I am going to call again tomorrow. Hopefully she will know something.
I called and spoke to the girl at the desk about a new appointment with my OBGYN. I have an appointment for that on Monday. Last time I was there we talked about a hysterectomy happening in two months. Wanted me to take Mircette for two months first. I have done some research on this medicine and I do not like what I have found. Lots of different women have had all kinds of problems with this medicine. Anything from intense acne to blinding migraines for the first month. So off to the doctor again. I want to see if they can go ahead and do the surgery, and forget about the pills. Now that this is all in my head, I just want it over and done with. Besides the pills are only supposed to slow my bleeding. Not do anything else. We will see.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
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Friday, July 22, 2011
Put It Off
That is what I have done. I have put off writing this blog. Seems like if I don't write about it then it has not happened. It is not real and I don't have to worry about it if I don't write it down. My doctor visit yesterday did not go as I had planned. Not as any woman would have planned. I knew 6 months ago that I have PCOS which pretty much means that I have cysts all over my ovaries and uterus. I knew that. Having about a dozen or so did not really surprise me. I knew that was coming. That is what happens with PCOS.
I have known for the last 3-4 months that something else has been wrong. Something much different than has never happened to me before. My last menstrual cycle was accompanied by migraines, moods bungees, worse than contraction cramps and in 8 hours I used 15 super absorbancy tampons. It has been like this for the past 3-4 months.
The doctor wanted to do the ultrasound. That seemed really strange to me. That alone made me super nervous about going in yesterday.
Well, I found out why. The cysts, I was aware of. The fibroids, I did not know about. I have several ranging in size from 2mm to 6x5cm. Yes, 5cm by 6cm. That is pretty big. My uterus was also measured. It is 6cm by 10cm. That means that this fibroid is half the size of my uterus. Turns out this one is growing from the top down inside of my uterus.
So this disqualifies me from having the ablation that I was looking forward to. However, it does make me a really good candidate for a hysterectomy. Because of the fibroid location and size it cannot be removed with removing my uterus. Add in the fact that it has grown to this size in just 6 months also.
TON OF BRICKS
To me this was a much different outcome than needing an ablation. I was expecting the outcome and the possible results of an ablation. Now I have to have surgery. My doctor said at the most even with laproscopic surgery that would be in the hospital for 2 days. Away from my husband and sons for two days.
I am not sure what I think or how I feel about this. I know that it will not bother me not to have anymore children. Jason had a vasectomy when I was 6 months pregnant with Jonathan. So there were not going to be anymore kids anyway. That is not an issue. Whenever I think about having this done I start to tear up, and I am not sure why. I don't think I have had time to sit down and think about how this will effect me and my family.
I know that I do cherish the children that I have and the lives that they have.
I just don't know...
Fibroids as described by the Mayo Clinic
Uterine fibroids are noncancerous growths of the uterus that often appear during your childbearing years. Also called fibromyomas, leiomyomas or myomas, uterine fibroids aren't associated with an increased risk of uterine cancer and almost never develop into cancer.
As many as 3 out of 4 women have uterine fibroids sometime during their lives, but most are unaware of them because they often cause no symptoms. Your doctor may discover fibroids incidentally during a pelvic exam or prenatal ultrasound.
In general, uterine fibroids seldom require treatment. Medical therapy and surgical procedures can shrink or remove fibroids if you have discomfort or troublesome symptoms. Rarely, fibroids can require emergency treatment if they cause sudden, sharp pelvic pain or profuse menstrual bleeding.
I have known for the last 3-4 months that something else has been wrong. Something much different than has never happened to me before. My last menstrual cycle was accompanied by migraines, moods bungees, worse than contraction cramps and in 8 hours I used 15 super absorbancy tampons. It has been like this for the past 3-4 months.
The doctor wanted to do the ultrasound. That seemed really strange to me. That alone made me super nervous about going in yesterday.
Well, I found out why. The cysts, I was aware of. The fibroids, I did not know about. I have several ranging in size from 2mm to 6x5cm. Yes, 5cm by 6cm. That is pretty big. My uterus was also measured. It is 6cm by 10cm. That means that this fibroid is half the size of my uterus. Turns out this one is growing from the top down inside of my uterus.
So this disqualifies me from having the ablation that I was looking forward to. However, it does make me a really good candidate for a hysterectomy. Because of the fibroid location and size it cannot be removed with removing my uterus. Add in the fact that it has grown to this size in just 6 months also.
TON OF BRICKS
To me this was a much different outcome than needing an ablation. I was expecting the outcome and the possible results of an ablation. Now I have to have surgery. My doctor said at the most even with laproscopic surgery that would be in the hospital for 2 days. Away from my husband and sons for two days.
I am not sure what I think or how I feel about this. I know that it will not bother me not to have anymore children. Jason had a vasectomy when I was 6 months pregnant with Jonathan. So there were not going to be anymore kids anyway. That is not an issue. Whenever I think about having this done I start to tear up, and I am not sure why. I don't think I have had time to sit down and think about how this will effect me and my family.
I know that I do cherish the children that I have and the lives that they have.
I just don't know...
Fibroids as described by the Mayo Clinic
Definition
By Mayo Clinic staff Uterine fibroids are noncancerous growths of the uterus that often appear during your childbearing years. Also called fibromyomas, leiomyomas or myomas, uterine fibroids aren't associated with an increased risk of uterine cancer and almost never develop into cancer. As many as 3 out of 4 women have uterine fibroids sometime during their lives, but most are unaware of them because they often cause no symptoms. Your doctor may discover fibroids incidentally during a pelvic exam or prenatal ultrasound.
In general, uterine fibroids seldom require treatment. Medical therapy and surgical procedures can shrink or remove fibroids if you have discomfort or troublesome symptoms. Rarely, fibroids can require emergency treatment if they cause sudden, sharp pelvic pain or profuse menstrual bleeding.
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