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| A fun symptom I learned about during endometriosis research. |
After talking to about 5 medical professionals, they told me to go get scheduled for an ultrasound. Great, I thought, another ultrasound tech to tell me I have cysts on my ovaries and that I need to keep stress low and/or get them removed. I was able to get my appointment later that afternoon, woot woot! I am pretty open and don't get uncomfortable too easily, but doing an internal ultrasound while menstruating, not fun. But as I lay there, I start counting the popcorn ceiling clusters, thinking; 'this is taking a REALLY long time and she's not saying anything.' 45 minutes minutes later; she tells me a doctor will call me later. Well, that isn't a response I have heard before.
I go back out to the waiting room to grab my paperwork and the front desk receptionist said:
"ok, we need to schedule you a MRI."
"A MR....what now?"
"A MRI we need to check some more things out, also here are some recommendations your doctor suggests for gynecologists."
"How long did it take me to get dressed?"
I call the doctor's numbers immediately to get scheduled, since I am a new patient these things can take awhile. So in two weeks, I will able to get my MRI and then 3 weeks able to see my new gynecologist. Also, you know how they say, never google symptoms and medical chart terms, of what the ultrasound MAY have found, yeah...don't do that. Everything is cancer or you're dying, which leads to unnecessary meltdowns.
Let me start off the MRI appointment with, I did not know I was claustrophobic until I was put in that machine. I don't think it would have would have been that bad, but the weighted plastic blanket they put on top of me, is what did me in. They actually had to stop a few times and tell me to breathe. Just writing this part is making my hyperventilate again. Deep breaths! An hour and a half later, Nick treated me to a Starbucks run because I was in there for so long.
And the moment, we have all been waiting for!
Cut to the next Tuesday, when I get to meet my new gyno...exciting right??? Her first name is Winter so I knew I was going to love her from the beginning. I don't remember why, but for some reason, I didn't have Nick go back with me. BIG MISTAKE....we're all still learning here, so he doesn't go in, I get a whirlwind of information based off my ultrasound and MRI results.
What I am about to say, I may get flak from the endo world...however, I don't care, this is what happened and if you have a great doctor too, they will let you know the same thing. Based, on my contrast MRI, she could tell the cysts on my ovaries were caused from endometrioma which could also mean I have endometriosis, which has caused me so much pain in the last 20 years, since my first menstrual cycles. The only way to diagnosis endometriosis though is through laparoscopic surgery. Phew....we have answers!
en·do·me·tri·o·sis
/ˌendōˌmētrēˈōsəs/
noun
MEDICINE
- a condition resulting from the appearance of endometrial tissue outside the uterus and causing pelvic pain.
Dr. Dowland got me in contact with her surgery scheduler to get me all set up for my 1st laparoscopic surgery to diagnosis and determine what stage I am with endometriosis. I am forever grateful, for the team of doctors that I have established so far on this journey. It took me 9 years to get there, but we finally got there.
Next post...the road to coping and healing.
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