This morning at 8:45 I go and find out what the deal is with this whole female issue I have been having. I started losing weight last year after I knew I was approved for surgery. I lost about 25lbs before surgery. I started having issues with my period during that time. I had been bleeding about twice a month. One of the times was for like 10 days straight, heavy bleeding. I was worried that I would have my period on the day of surgery but the day before my bleeding stopped. About a week after surgery it resumed and has been basically been going ever since. I have had maybe a handful of times here and there with no bleeding. What a downer! So last month ... Enough was enough and I made an appointment with my midwife. She said we would do a pap, HPV and some other test thingy that tested for bacteria and stuff. The pap came back abnormal but the HPV was negative and the other one was negative. But that was now two years in a row that the pap came back abnormal. She said my cervix was EXTREMELY sensitive and started bleeding just by touching it with the swab. She asked if I was in any pain. I told her I was not. And I really wasn't. She was suspicious of polyps or fibroids and told me to go for a pelvic ultrasound and got me right in then and there. They saw something in there they didn't like and I was to come back for a more involved test called a
Hysterosonography- During hysterosonography (his-tur-o-suh-NOG-ruh-fee), your doctor uses a thin, flexible tube (catheter) to inject salt water (saline) into the hollow part of your uterus. Using an ultrasound probe, your doctor obtains images of the inside of your uterus and checks for any irregularities.
Yay! Sounds fun huh?
Then they use a
Hysteroscopy-During hysteroscopy, your doctor uses a thin, lighted instrument (hysteroscope) to view the inside of your uterus.
Come to find out it was/is a polyp about the size of a marble (the big one).
So while there, already uncomfortable, she is like "hey... Lets take a little snippet of the little annoyance ... You up for that?" I was like whatever ...
W. T. F!!
So she went ahead and did ...
Curettage. During curettage, your doctor uses a long metal instrument with a loop on the end to scrape the inside walls of your uterus. This may be done to collect a specimen for lab testing or to remove a polyp. Your doctor may perform curettage with the assistance of a hysteroscope, which lets your doctor view the inside of your uterus before and after the procedure.
I was like FN really? I was extremely surprised at how much it hurt. I am by no means a baby when it comes to pain but wow! Tears were streaming down my face. I think I was just shocked at the extreme pain of it so quickly.
It was nuts!
So now all week I have had all this crazy shit going through my head like what if its the "C" word? I mean aren't we all afraid of that word? Then she mentioned the "H" word. I am not ready or willing to have another operation. I cannot afford to be down and out at all or miss time out of work. I have been so blessed and fortunate with the WLS that maybe that would be punching my luck!
I dunno... I guess I will have to just wait until tomorrow to see what the deal is and what my options are.
I will keep you posted!
Peace and love
-T
