When it doesn't rain it snows
Much TMI behind this cut, involving girly bits and gore. No one's making you click it.
Soooo I've had a period since February 1st. After the first week I was all, okay, just a longer than usual period. After the second week I called the gyno and he said give it a few more days. After the third week he checked to make sure my IUD was still in place (yes) and did a pregnancy test (negative, thank every god there is). He scheduled an ultrasound for me, to be done in week 4. That was Thursday. Today, I'm still bleeding, it's FRANK blood at this point (which means, for the non-medico types, scary bright red blood as opposed to the darker nastiness of most menstrual blood) and I call him since I haven't heard back about the ultrasound.
Now mind you, I'm freaked out as all hell, the cramps have been non-stop for over a month, and I've spent $100 on tampons in two weeks. I'm not hemorrhaging (unfortunately I know this because I've had uterine hemorrhage before) but it won't stop. I cry my eyes out to the poor nurse and she tells me to come right in and they'll take out the IUD.
I get there and we have a loooong talk. This is the same doctor who's been taking care of my stupid uterus since I was 12 and got my period in the first place. He knows I've never had a "normal" period, and that the past 3 years with the IUD were the best I've ever had, in the world of my uterus. Meaning, I haven't had to go to the ER with a major blood leakage since I had it installed.
So now my next 3 months are this: Wait and see if the bleeding stops within the next week, now that the IUD is out. If yes...discuss what to do about the irregular periods that will surely recommence since without hormones I have no chance at a regular cycle. (And the hormones cause hemorrhage, ad nauseum.) If no...time for D&C (dilatation and curettage, basically scraping out the insides of the uterus and hoping it doesn't build up again). If that doesn't work...he's willing to file paperwork with the insurance that will show I need a hysterectomy, and fight to get it approved for me.
I'm all for the hysterectomy (anyone who knows me knows I've been trying to get one for 14 fucking years). I'm just worried about the aftercare. They'd have to do it surgically (small incision scar above the pubic bone) because they can't take it out through the vaginal canal. Since I've never had children, it's too tightly connected to the ligaments and is not far enough down in my abdominal cavity to make that feasible. After such a surgery, I'd be out of work for 6-8 weeks! I know my parents and Mike would help me out financially...but it would still suck major cock to be out of work for that long.
Anyway, I've got Battlestar to watch. I'm going to take some happy pills and do that.
Soooo I've had a period since February 1st. After the first week I was all, okay, just a longer than usual period. After the second week I called the gyno and he said give it a few more days. After the third week he checked to make sure my IUD was still in place (yes) and did a pregnancy test (negative, thank every god there is). He scheduled an ultrasound for me, to be done in week 4. That was Thursday. Today, I'm still bleeding, it's FRANK blood at this point (which means, for the non-medico types, scary bright red blood as opposed to the darker nastiness of most menstrual blood) and I call him since I haven't heard back about the ultrasound.
Now mind you, I'm freaked out as all hell, the cramps have been non-stop for over a month, and I've spent $100 on tampons in two weeks. I'm not hemorrhaging (unfortunately I know this because I've had uterine hemorrhage before) but it won't stop. I cry my eyes out to the poor nurse and she tells me to come right in and they'll take out the IUD.
I get there and we have a loooong talk. This is the same doctor who's been taking care of my stupid uterus since I was 12 and got my period in the first place. He knows I've never had a "normal" period, and that the past 3 years with the IUD were the best I've ever had, in the world of my uterus. Meaning, I haven't had to go to the ER with a major blood leakage since I had it installed.
So now my next 3 months are this: Wait and see if the bleeding stops within the next week, now that the IUD is out. If yes...discuss what to do about the irregular periods that will surely recommence since without hormones I have no chance at a regular cycle. (And the hormones cause hemorrhage, ad nauseum.) If no...time for D&C (dilatation and curettage, basically scraping out the insides of the uterus and hoping it doesn't build up again). If that doesn't work...he's willing to file paperwork with the insurance that will show I need a hysterectomy, and fight to get it approved for me.
I'm all for the hysterectomy (anyone who knows me knows I've been trying to get one for 14 fucking years). I'm just worried about the aftercare. They'd have to do it surgically (small incision scar above the pubic bone) because they can't take it out through the vaginal canal. Since I've never had children, it's too tightly connected to the ligaments and is not far enough down in my abdominal cavity to make that feasible. After such a surgery, I'd be out of work for 6-8 weeks! I know my parents and Mike would help me out financially...but it would still suck major cock to be out of work for that long.
Anyway, I've got Battlestar to watch. I'm going to take some happy pills and do that.