llanfair
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« Reply #810 on: February 14, 2010, 11:22:28 AM » |
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Which is why I've always appreciated small bathrooms. If I'd paid attention to Style at Home magazine, I wouldn't have been able to reach the sink from the toilet, and much cleaning and swearing would've ensued.
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biomancer
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« Reply #811 on: February 17, 2010, 08:07:46 PM » |
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I got word from "my" nurse that progress has been made. Lupron has been ordered (insurance is covering it, and apparently I don't have a copay on it - what a pleasant surprise!), and I'm waiting to hear from the office when they want me to come in to be injected with it. I'm expecting this will probably be sometime next week.
So, in anticipation of having my hormonal system being told to go fish up a tree for a few months, I've stopped taking the high-progesterone BC pills. Hopefully going off of the progesterone in two steps (BC to no BC but whatever baseline I naturally have, to just about none) will be less crazy-making than going from "enough progesterone to prevent an elephant from having a miscarriage" to none.
After all of about four hours past when I would have taken the last pill the cramps and bleeding started. Fortunately my building does have one restroom stall with a sink in it, though for some odd reason there are no paper towels by that sink.
My uterus has no patience whatsoever. Grrrrrr. All the more reason to yank the sucker out.
Oh, and I can still feel my ovaries, dammit. Life was so much better when I had no reason to know where exactly they were.
I'll keep you all posted of when the treatment starts.
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« Reply #812 on: February 17, 2010, 09:14:38 PM » |
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I'm doing a lot better. The post-procedure bleeding stopped Sunday. I'm starting to get some energy and alertness back, though I still tire easily. I do have a big IV bruise on the back of my hand though.
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llanfair
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« Reply #813 on: February 17, 2010, 09:19:05 PM » |
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That's good to hear, Elsie. And Biomancer, ugh ugh ugh ... all of it.
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« Reply #814 on: February 17, 2010, 09:57:49 PM » |
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Biomancer, be prepared to bend over! This one goes in the hip.
Glad you are feeling better, Elsie!
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« Reply #815 on: February 18, 2010, 08:52:05 PM » |
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Lupron injection at 9:30 AM next Friday (26 Feb).
In the meantime the cramps are being obnoxious - why does the entire vaginal wall need to cramp along with the uterus? Argh. Oh well... I'll pop a couple more naproxen before I hit the hay tonight.
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« Reply #816 on: February 26, 2010, 10:32:58 AM » |
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Did I mention here that I had to reschedule my hysteroscopy on account of the 'snowmageddon'? It's scheduled for this Friday now.
Sorry, Elsie, I'm feeling your pain (quite literally, I think). My biopsy today was rescheduled due to snow, as well. I'm really ready to feel better. I wondered about you two. Sending supporting and well-feeling vibes your way, both of you. Well, I'm glad nobody told me how painful that was going to be. A definite lack of imagination on my part. |
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« Reply #817 on: February 26, 2010, 11:58:03 AM » |
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Ow! Sorry! If I had known...
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« Reply #818 on: February 26, 2010, 01:28:02 PM » |
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Did I mention here that I had to reschedule my hysteroscopy on account of the 'snowmageddon'? It's scheduled for this Friday now.
Sorry, Elsie, I'm feeling your pain (quite literally, I think). My biopsy today was rescheduled due to snow, as well. I'm really ready to feel better. I wondered about you two. Sending supporting and well-feeling vibes your way, both of you. Well, I'm glad nobody told me how painful that was going to be. A definite lack of imagination on my part. Sorry to hear it, Stanwyck. <passes Stanwyck the naproxen, a cup of tea, and a warm blanket> That's one procedure I haven't had to deal with yet. I got my first Lupron shot this morning. My nurse (the same one who handled the insco on the phone) rocks. I hardly felt the needle. I already dress in layers so I think I'm as prepared as I can be for the hot flashes (I'll start keeping a spare outfit here at work in case of drenching sweat). Beyond that, we'll see what happens. |
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« Reply #819 on: February 26, 2010, 02:06:24 PM » |
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Did I mention here that I had to reschedule my hysteroscopy on account of the 'snowmageddon'? It's scheduled for this Friday now.
Sorry, Elsie, I'm feeling your pain (quite literally, I think). My biopsy today was rescheduled due to snow, as well. I'm really ready to feel better. I wondered about you two. Sending supporting and well-feeling vibes your way, both of you. Well, I'm glad nobody told me how painful that was going to be. A definite lack of imagination on my part. Sorry to hear it, Stanwyck. <passes Stanwyck the naproxen, a cup of tea, and a warm blanket> That's one procedure I haven't had to deal with yet. I got my first Lupron shot this morning. My nurse (the same one who handled the insco on the phone) rocks. I hardly felt the needle. I already dress in layers so I think I'm as prepared as I can be for the hot flashes (I'll start keeping a spare outfit here at work in case of drenching sweat). Beyond that, we'll see what happens. Thanks. I don't know why it never occurred to me to consider where exactly those local anaesthetic injections would be placed, but now I know. Lesson learned, right? |
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« Reply #820 on: February 26, 2010, 02:50:19 PM » |
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Did I mention here that I had to reschedule my hysteroscopy on account of the 'snowmageddon'? It's scheduled for this Friday now.
Sorry, Elsie, I'm feeling your pain (quite literally, I think). My biopsy today was rescheduled due to snow, as well. I'm really ready to feel better. I wondered about you two. Sending supporting and well-feeling vibes your way, both of you. Well, I'm glad nobody told me how painful that was going to be. A definite lack of imagination on my part. Sorry to hear it, Stanwyck. <passes Stanwyck the naproxen, a cup of tea, and a warm blanket> That's one procedure I haven't had to deal with yet. I got my first Lupron shot this morning. My nurse (the same one who handled the insco on the phone) rocks. I hardly felt the needle. I already dress in layers so I think I'm as prepared as I can be for the hot flashes (I'll start keeping a spare outfit here at work in case of drenching sweat). Beyond that, we'll see what happens. Thanks. I don't know why it never occurred to me to consider where exactly those local anaesthetic injections would be placed, but now I know. Lesson learned, right? My imagination just screamed in horror. I don't think I'm going to need a hysteroscopy (it's more likely at this point that I'll be having a hysterectomy), but if I have to have one I'm demanding general anesthesia. Keeping a woman awake for this procedure must surely violate the Geneva convention. |
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« Reply #821 on: February 26, 2010, 03:01:02 PM » |
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They put me out for my hysteroscopy - it was my first general anaesthesia. Worked out well, because when the GYN couldn't find any polyps, he did a pelvic, which worked much better than when I was awake (and tensing up). He found the fibroids, and the rest, as they say, is patient history. I'm sorry you didn't have that option, Stanwyck.
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« Reply #822 on: February 26, 2010, 07:20:32 PM » |
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I remember having a diagnostic hysteroscopy in the office once a few years ago that failed because of the pain and because I have a tight cervix, and so I had to go under general anesthesia. I must have blocked it from my mind.
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« Reply #823 on: March 02, 2010, 02:38:43 PM » |
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In a nutshell, very long teaching day, cramps and no Advil: feeling very ouchy.
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« Reply #824 on: March 02, 2010, 02:42:47 PM » |
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In a nutshell, very long teaching day, cramps and no Advil: feeling very ouchy.
<passes Somboul the naproxen> Hopefully this will help, Somboul. It would appear that before Lupron shoves me into full-bore early menopause, it is first making the current crop of ovarian cysts swell up and burst. Anyone who didn't know me better would swear I'm three months pregnant by how swollen my abdomen is today. Apart from that, I'm 4 days in and so far, so good. |
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