Thursday, September 03, 2009

It's not cancer, or diabetes, or thyroid

This is a TMI post. If you don't want to know...don't read it.

As many of you know I have been jumping through medical hoops since I miscarried in May. I've had several blood tests, 2 ultra-sounds and about 254 million panic attacks that turned out to be for practically nothing.

Let me give you the long list of things that I don't have but have been tested for recently...
  • diabetes
  • thyroid issues
  • cancer that is in my blood
  • polyps
  • cancer in my stomach
  • cancer in my ovaries
  • a tubal pregnancy
  • cholesterol issues
  • high blood pressure
  • low blood sugar
  • incorrect and constantly changing blood counts
  • an actual baby
  • low potassium
  • metabolism issues
  • hormone deficiencies (in many forms)
  • blood poisoning or an additional complication from the miscarriage

So that's the summed up list.

I do still have Stein Leventhal Syndrome (or the more severe form of PCOS for those Soul Cysters out there). I also have hair that's falling out, pain, exhaustion, hand tremors, numbness and tingling (thanks to the meds) and no menstrual cycle at the moment still.

Mostly, I have 1 ovary that is atrophied which I've had for awhile and now the other one has a cyst on it. But instead of going away on it's own...it's just hanging out and sometimes increasing slightly in size.

I've been given 4 options. Have a total hysterectomy now and stop worrying about it. Have a partial hysterectomy or the cyst removed now and worry a little because people with PCOS have a higher risk of cancer later. Have the cyst removed now and try to have another baby at impossibly bad odds. Wait and see what happens.

I have an appointment on the 14th where I will see if the medication I am on is helping the cyst go away at all.

Like I said when we took the first cancer test...at least it's not cancer.

2 comments:

Eden said...

If it makes you feel any better, my mom couldn't get pregnant with my sister (which is why there is a 5 year age gap between us) This was 40 years ago and she went to all sorts of specialists too, and they found that she had cysts on her ovaries. She went through the operation to have them removed, and still couldn't get pregnant....They went to one more Dr. and he told my parents to stop trying....she was pregnant the next month!!!

Eden said...

If it makes you feel any better, my mom couldn't get pregnant with my sister (which is why there is a 5 year age gap between us) This was 40 years ago and she went to all sorts of specialists too, and they found that she had cysts on her ovaries. She went through the operation to have them removed, and still couldn't get pregnant....They went to one more Dr. and he told my parents to stop trying....she was pregnant the next month!!!