I stopped taking the painkiller at midnight last night. I think it was why I was starting to get a disconnected dizzy (like pre-migraine dizzy) and anyway how can I see if the pain is really going down unless I don't take painkiller every 4 hours? The pain level is about what it was mid-day Sunday with the painkiller so.. it is tolerable and it is ( Read more... )

Such a funny sounding word. That's the removal of an ovary. I just think the word is goofy. I've seen it so much in the last month and each time I chuckle.

The surgery on Friday went well. It took a bit longer than the surgeon expected, cause it was "really stuck" so he kept me over night.

Diagnoses: Endometiosis

( Now for the TMI )

Why, even though a specialist has said he wants to take my girly bit out, do I feel like someone is going to turn around to me and say "you're just faking it ( Read more... )

I hurt ( Read more... )

Unlikely it's cancer.

My CA-125 was 41 (normal is 30, most ovarian cancer patients are 500-1K+).

( But I do need girly bits surgery )

I hate being tired no matter how much sleep I get. I hate being suddenly tired when I've had energy all day. And.. I hate the irrational tiredness when I have an appointment with someone with oncology in their title ( Read more... )

A proposal ( Read more... )

Why does that sound so ominous? Oh.. yeah, because I've been referred to one with a tangerine-sized cyst on my ovary, fluid around the ovary, thinkened uterine layer, fibroid in the uterous, low progesterone, and an elevated ca125 count (antigen marker for ovarian cancer). However, there are other causes for the positive... really... or it could ( Read more... )

I feel betrayed by my body. Yeah, I'm female and it's not a denial of that, but I have worked so hard in my life to not let the happenstance of my gender influence the course of my life. I have striven to not let the monthly hormonal shifts make me change how I live and do things. So... now that I am probably in the first stages (and have been ( Read more... )