Well, life is getting even more interesting!
I had to go see a gynecologist last Thursday. She booked me in for a hysteroscopy, curette, and to insert a Mirena on the 22nd of February. She'll remove fibroids, polyps, and a cyst from my ovaries, and remove a white mass in my uterus that looks terrifying. She says it's probably not cancer, but she will test it anyway.
The doctor says that she is not happy with my excess flooding at the time of the month. She's not happy!!!! I'm not exactly impressed with 8 days of floods, pain, and period pain bouncing off Tomi the colostomy, making him hurt like heck. Who would have thought you could get period pain in and around your stoma!!!!! I sure didn't. That was a very unpleasant surprise.
If we can control the bleeding, that will be good.
The doctor was not happy with my history and the kinds of pains and problems I have had over the years and plans on doing everything asap to get me feeling better and healing inside. My insides are just not pretty.
I have already had years of bleeding like periods out of my anus as my hemorrhoids and scarring get ripped by my attempts to poop, + the 8 days a month of flood and an iron deficiency that has contributed to my constipation and created a lovely cause and effect loop.
The doctor asked if I bleed outside of my periods..... um, I don't know.! I bled at least once a week prior to Tomi. I don't know exactly where it all came from. It just came and scared me to death. The doctor is going to examine everything and remove anything that looks like it will cause trouble or pain. Thank God for that. And even better, I will be unconscious for it all.
She booked me in for surgery on the 22nd of Feb - that was fast! Then sent me off to preadmissions to do the paperwork
The preadmissions nurse wanted me to have bloods taken before my operation, and I showed her a form my doctor had given me for detailed bloods. She sent me off to do that test as it was more detailed than the one the hospital gave me.
I got the results this morning
Increased cholesterol
Low iron (as usual) I have had low iron for years, and up until the constipation got too much for me to handle in Sept last year, I had been on iron tablets. But they cause constipation..... spinning in circles here! LOL - why do all of my health problems have fixes that give me constipation.... I've even got constipation with Tomi!
And my B12 came in as very low and so worrying my doctor has ordered a further blood test for me and told me to do it tomorrow. - an Active B12 test whatever that is.
I did a little reading up on B12 deficiency and to be honest, it scared the life out of me, and Tomi, because I had heaps of the symptoms - low blood pressure, dizziness, lightheadedness, hypothyroidism, low iron (consistently low for years actually), tingly legs, blotchiness in the legs on standing (bright red in summer, purplish blue in winter! I'm a colorful character I tell you - lol), difficulty swallowing, OMG I am freaked out.
I understand that it is possible to get B12 injections to boost my reserves, but I have the idea they inject into the spine. Is that right? Has anyone had B12 injections? Where did they stab you?????
I am soooo freaking out
And to add a bonus, I am expecting to be sent into the hospital in March for hemorrhoidectomies (please God do them fast! Zap me now for the pain is too much!!!), a colonoscopy, and a transit study. I can see me booking a nice room in the hospital and letting them just get on with it.
Perhaps that is best.
I am very worried about the B12 stuff though and would appreciate any advice or knowledge you may have.
I had to go see a gynecologist last Thursday. She booked me in for a hysteroscopy, curette, and to insert a Mirena on the 22nd of February. She'll remove fibroids, polyps, and a cyst from my ovaries, and remove a white mass in my uterus that looks terrifying. She says it's probably not cancer, but she will test it anyway.
The doctor says that she is not happy with my excess flooding at the time of the month. She's not happy!!!! I'm not exactly impressed with 8 days of floods, pain, and period pain bouncing off Tomi the colostomy, making him hurt like heck. Who would have thought you could get period pain in and around your stoma!!!!! I sure didn't. That was a very unpleasant surprise.
If we can control the bleeding, that will be good.
The doctor was not happy with my history and the kinds of pains and problems I have had over the years and plans on doing everything asap to get me feeling better and healing inside. My insides are just not pretty.
I have already had years of bleeding like periods out of my anus as my hemorrhoids and scarring get ripped by my attempts to poop, + the 8 days a month of flood and an iron deficiency that has contributed to my constipation and created a lovely cause and effect loop.
The doctor asked if I bleed outside of my periods..... um, I don't know.! I bled at least once a week prior to Tomi. I don't know exactly where it all came from. It just came and scared me to death. The doctor is going to examine everything and remove anything that looks like it will cause trouble or pain. Thank God for that. And even better, I will be unconscious for it all.
She booked me in for surgery on the 22nd of Feb - that was fast! Then sent me off to preadmissions to do the paperwork
The preadmissions nurse wanted me to have bloods taken before my operation, and I showed her a form my doctor had given me for detailed bloods. She sent me off to do that test as it was more detailed than the one the hospital gave me.
I got the results this morning
Increased cholesterol
Low iron (as usual) I have had low iron for years, and up until the constipation got too much for me to handle in Sept last year, I had been on iron tablets. But they cause constipation..... spinning in circles here! LOL - why do all of my health problems have fixes that give me constipation.... I've even got constipation with Tomi!
And my B12 came in as very low and so worrying my doctor has ordered a further blood test for me and told me to do it tomorrow. - an Active B12 test whatever that is.
I did a little reading up on B12 deficiency and to be honest, it scared the life out of me, and Tomi, because I had heaps of the symptoms - low blood pressure, dizziness, lightheadedness, hypothyroidism, low iron (consistently low for years actually), tingly legs, blotchiness in the legs on standing (bright red in summer, purplish blue in winter! I'm a colorful character I tell you - lol), difficulty swallowing, OMG I am freaked out.
I understand that it is possible to get B12 injections to boost my reserves, but I have the idea they inject into the spine. Is that right? Has anyone had B12 injections? Where did they stab you?????
I am soooo freaking out
And to add a bonus, I am expecting to be sent into the hospital in March for hemorrhoidectomies (please God do them fast! Zap me now for the pain is too much!!!), a colonoscopy, and a transit study. I can see me booking a nice room in the hospital and letting them just get on with it.
Perhaps that is best.
I am very worried about the B12 stuff though and would appreciate any advice or knowledge you may have.