It's nearing the end of the day, and I still haven't heard anything from Dr. K. When I left her office on Thursday, it sounded like today was going to be the latest I would get the results of my CA-125 and the endometrial biopsy.
Normally, I wouldn't be hugely concerned. However, this weekend a civil war broke out in my uterus. I'm not really sure what's going on, but there has been a great deal of pain starting mid-day Saturday and lasting through the weekend and into today. The bestie and I named my right ovary Steven Rogers (in honor of the Captain Fascist twist in Captain America), because it's the possibly cancerous one, and we've named the left one Tony Stark (because it's not currently a traitor and trying to kill me).
***THIS IS WHERE THINGS GET GRAPHIC, AND I TALK ABOUT BODILY FUNCTIONS***
It's not just painful. It's been rather debilitating and no over-the-counter pain reliever/anti-inflammatory has helped. I've been so bloated that I look pregnant. I'm pretty sure Captain Fascist burst which would mean no cancer. And I think that Tony may have also burst or is trying to burst. Whatever it is, I'm throwing blood clots like crazy, which is something I've done only rarely and never like this.
It's alarming. I'm alarmed.
I also haven't really been able to comfortably eat solid food since Friday. I thought maybe I was constipated, because I'm taking double the recommended daily dose of iron (doctor's orders) to help combat the anemia. But that theory doesn't really fly, because I've been having regular poops.
So, I bought a non-stimulant laxative to see if that would help. The only thing it's done is increased the frequency of my poops.
I still have the same pain, my belly is still extremely distended, and it's still very uncomfortable when I try to eat solid foods. I had a damn green tea frappuccino for lunch just so I could get some calories in me today. That, at least, hasn't bothered me.
***TMI GRAPHIC TALK ENDS HERE***
I'm wondering if everything is just so swollen and inflamed, because my poor broken baby maker has been abused and invaded by medical equipment on numerous occasiona for the last month. It could be that's inflamed enough that it's compressing my digestive system enough to make eating uncomfortable. I don't know, ut I need it to calm down.
What I do know is that I haven't had a cycle like this in a very, very long time. I don't like it. It's scary, and it makes me worried that something is really wrong in there. And it sucks not to have any answers. I'm frustrated and scared, and I really just want this all to be over with.
I've called Dr. K just to touch base and get her thoughts on what's been going on since I last saw her. I haven't heard from her yet, but she is a busy, busy lady. I will post against when I have results/have some idea of what the hell is going on in there.
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