Well, I'll start this off by saying that I have been a total jerk and not been in about seven years. I've already lambasted myself over this one.....
Anyway, my doctor is one of the best in the area. He found a very large mass inside of my uterus, larger than a grapefruit, from what he could tell based upon the physical exam. I'm going in for an ultrasound next Friday. He thinks that it's probably a fibroid tumor. Which are almost always benign.
I have all the symptoms and he did tell me to prepare myself for the possibility of a hysterectomy. My severe anemia may not have been because of the Ciliac disease.
Let me tell you, it's pretty scary to have a doctor tell you large mass, and tumor all in the same sentence. Thank goodness for the internet, and the ability to educate yourself very quickly.
If you have not visited your GYN lately, please do so, nothing in life makes you to busy to miss something so critical.
LOL well, Tess, I can't seem to stop going to the obgyn, I guess getting pregnant is God's way of making sure I keep my appointments.
Oh by the way I have such good news!!! (ok probly more good for me since I am the one eagerly awaiting the end of this pregnancy)
Doctor says that after January 16t if I go I go and they aren't stopping it, and even better, if I don't have the baby by the beginning of February, then in order to avoid being stuck at home or on the road in bad weather he will enduce me!!! YAY so I am counting down the days until the end of the pregnancy I can't wait!
hey tess, glad you finally went. The good news is that if he was too worried he wouldnt have waited until next friday for the ultra sound.
And I definitely go when i have to because my body has issues. I have always had problems with that oh so fun exam. So I have to get one done at least every 6 months.
I've only had one bad exam and all they did was freeze some abnormal cells. I guess I can say I'm lucky that usually the only reason I have to go is when I am pregnant
Thanks guys, I appreciate the kind words and thoughts! The whole concept is just so bizarre, but at least I know why I have the periods from hell these days. I just thought it was something to do with the whole being in my early 40's thing. DUH.....
i had the same thing about four years ago. fibroid was the same size. i went to the gyn preared to tell him i wanted a hysterectomy. the only question was whether or not to keep one ovary. that was my first choice util the gyn told me that it increases the risk of ovarian cancer & ovarian cancer is often not dx'd until it's too late. i told him to take it all out.
surgical menopause can be a bitch. i went for my first post op check up two weeds after the surgey. i was a puddle of tears. i was on premaring (low dose) by that night. that did a good job of soothing the savage beast lol. after a few months i started weaining myself off the HRT. just as i finished that process they released the study that said HRT was linked to breast cancer. there were some hot flashes but other than that the whole menopause thing went pretty smoothly. a few hot flashes but no mood swings & no beard or mustashe lol.
i've never regretted it. not for a minute.
kris
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Wow, Kris! It's great to hear from someone who went through something like this, and I'm so glad to hear that your recovery went basically very smoothly.
I can't wait for next Friday to get here, so that I can have the ultrasound and find out what's going on inside of me. The whole thing is probably going to make me a neurotic by next Friday, even though everything that I've read has been very reassuring. What's actually scary is reading about the effects of chronic anemia to the human body. I thought that would go away with the Ciliac diagnosis.
