Well for all that follow me....I went to the Dr and my overies are loaded with cysts lg and sm. My walls are very thick he said. He did tell me that I was bleeding and that he would need for me to go to a OBGYN and get a pap smear ASAP. He needed to put me on birth control to stop the bleeding for now. He had me go for blood work and will need to see me 12/30/09. I have the OBGYN appointment at 2pm tomorrow. On 12/30 Dr will be doing a test threw the vagina and collect some samples. The name of the test is fuzzy and I can not remember what it is called (was a very long name).
He did ask me to think about if I'm going to conceive or if I'm finished. At this point I wish that I had another child but, I've being dealing with this for 16yrs already. I'm 36 and my son now is 11 1/2 yrs old. My heart is broken but, I need to get ride of the monster before it takes me!
I'm scared of Cancer at this point....anyone have any ideas what the Dr may be thinking @ this point?
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Hi, Kraebel! Thanks for writing back!
Well, I'm sure it was extra worrisome to hear that he's looking for cancer, but here's the way I feel about that: If there's a chance of it, you want to know, and you want to know NOW. The earlier the better, so you can arm yourself with information and action and kick its butt!
Let me show you our uterine cancer page:
https://www.empowher.com/media/reference/uterine-cancer#definition
That page includes information on risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis and treatments. At 36, you are a little young for this; our page says that 50 to 60 is a more common age. Symptoms include:
◦Abnormal bleeding between menstrual periods
◦Vaginal bleeding or spotting in postmenopausal women
◦Pain in the pelvic area
◦Pain during urination
◦Pain during intercourse
But as you know, those symptoms can be caused by other conditions as well, including perimenopause, fibroids, endometriosis and so on. This is why your doctor wants to rule out cancer. It's the most important step on his pathway to figuring out what's going on.
Please do call and find out the name of the test that's to be done on 12/30, and we'll get you some more information on what to expect.
Enjoy the holidays, and don't fret too much! Get good rest, eat good food, practice stress reduction, and come back and let us know what happens, ok?
December 18, 2009 - 8:14amThis Comment
Thanks for responding...The thicken of the walls is in the uterus and was done by a sonogram in the office visit.
No it was not an colostomy...I will have to call and find out. I know that he did say that one may need to be done at some point but, not now. Info was good.
Yes, I found out yesterday at the OBGYN appointment that she feel's he is looking for Cancer and is concerned to rule that out hopefully!
December 18, 2009 - 4:46amThis Comment
Kraebel,
Thanks so much for your update. You are doing exactly the right thing -- going step by step with your doctor to figure out what's up here.
When you say your walls are very thick, do you mean the walls of your ovary, or the walls of your uterus?
Was the test through the vagina perhaps a colposcopy?
Kraebel, one of the things I've learned through doing this job is that while doctors may have theories and possibilities about what could be going on with their patients, they rarely are certain. They go through the tests to rule things out and in, and as they get some answers -- some yes, some no -- THEN they get closer to figuring out what truly can be going on. The truth is that there are so many things that can cause symptoms that they don't want to go in with pre-existing theory. That might cause them to miss something.
So at this point, your doctor is gathering facts. He wants to see Pap smear results, to see what that may tell him. He already knows you have cysts in your ovaries and that you have too much bleeding going on; now he's concerned with getting a complete picture. Cancer may be a possiblity, of course, but so might other things -- fibroids, polyps, endometriosis, and so on.
If a colposcopy is what he is planning to do on 12/30, here is some information about that, including what you can expect at the doctor's office:
https://www.empowher.com/media/reference/colposcopy
Is that the test your dr. mentioned?
December 17, 2009 - 9:42amThis Comment