Uterus-1; Muffinman-0

themuffinman16

   Today, I have been in the throes of hell with my period. I have literally not gotten out of bed, all day until, now, a 2 am, except for the brief intermission to vomit. I have barely eaten anything all day, and I can't manage to think about eating. I hate when my endometriosis flares up this bad. It just squeezes whatever organ it is coating, and it makes me so sick.  I, now, have a fabulous migraine from staying in bed all day. 

   To top it all off, I have all theses gems on fb asking me if I am pregnant yet. Um I got married two weeks ago... at ease, ladies! Then, when I say I am not, they tell me to tell my H to get on it. Um... ew.... you are my second cousin, just because I am married does not mean I feel comfortable discussing my sexcapades with my H's second cousin... or do I?  The bitchy hormonal part of muffinman says, "Tell her you will try to have sex three times tonight, but your uterus looks like the battlefield of Antietam, so it will probably be a waste of time." 

pinkshorts27

I would just stick with telling them how much you are bleeding. Fuck it. 

I'm sorry you have this awful uterus.   And I hate fucking migraines. I get them real bad (stress enduced) 

blabla89

Sending you lots of hugs and wine and chocolate. Hope you feel better soon.

wandajune6

Hugs! Red wine! Chocolate cake!

mysticl

Have you had anyone tell you that getting pregnant will "cure" you, yet?

CrazyCatLady3

That really sucks.  Sorry.  

CMGragain

I feel for you.  At age 43, I had a hysterectomy to solve the bleeding.  It was so bad, I couldn't stand up without an accident.  In those old days, sonograms weren't as detailed as now.  My gynecologist thought I was pregnant until the sonogram proved him wrong.  After I woke up, he had the nerve to tell me, "There was a very large, benign tumor in your uterus, the size of a small melon."
I was furious.  "I TOLD YOU SO!" 
Medicine has come a long way in 20 years, and I think doctors listen better then they used to.  I hope they can solve your problem.

Inkdancer

CMGragain said:

I feel for you.  At age 43, I had a hysterectomy to solve the bleeding.  It was so bad, I couldn't stand up without an accident.  In those old days, sonograms weren't as detailed as now.  My gynecologist thought I was pregnant until the sonogram proved him wrong.  After I woke up, he had the nerve to tell me, "There was a very large, benign tumor in your uterus, the size of a small melon."
I was furious.  "I TOLD YOU SO!" 
Medicine has come a long way in 20 years, and I think doctors listen better then they used to.  I hope they can solve your problem.

I have a feeling this is going to be the case with me. Sometimes it gets so bad I pass out from blood loss when I stand up.

sarahufl

I am going to skip over the period stuff aside from just to say- I am sorry and that sucks.

But the pregnancy stuff? No. Just no. WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE? Seriously? I have no clue who thinks that shit is acceptable!

themuffinman16

I am the second oldest women in my family to still have her uterus. I am 35. My mom and every other women in my family lost their parts before they were 30. I owe this to birth control. I am scared to go off of it to have children, though. My periods have become so bad WITH hormones, that if left unchecked it is scary to think about it. I hope I become pregnant soon. Once my insurance goes through, I will talk to my doctor to see if I am healthy enough to conceive. The last time I had really bad blood loss, I had to have a D and C without anesthesia (because it was too expensive) They had to excise a benign tumor on my ovary, and I jumped because it hurt so much that they punctured my uterus. Then, I developed a nasty infection. I am so thankful that I will soon have insurance and will never have to deal with that again.

CMGragain

Inkdancer said:

CMGragain said:

I feel for you.  At age 43, I had a hysterectomy to solve the bleeding.  It was so bad, I couldn't stand up without an accident.  In those old days, sonograms weren't as detailed as now.  My gynecologist thought I was pregnant until the sonogram proved him wrong.  After I woke up, he had the nerve to tell me, "There was a very large, benign tumor in your uterus, the size of a small melon."
I was furious.  "I TOLD YOU SO!" 
Medicine has come a long way in 20 years, and I think doctors listen better then they used to.  I hope they can solve your problem.

I have a feeling this is going to be the case with me. Sometimes it gets so bad I pass out from blood loss when I stand up.

I had to wait a month before my surgery and take iron supplements because I was anemic from the heavy bleeding.  Honestly, I felt so much better afterwards, but the healing process was VERY painful compared to other surgeries I have had.  Thoughts and prayers for you!

mysticl

themuffinman16 said:

I am the second oldest women in my family to still have her uterus. I am 35. My mom and every other women in my family lost their parts before they were 30. I owe this to birth control. I am scared to go off of it to have children, though. My periods have become so bad WITH hormones, that if left unchecked it is scary to think about it. I hope I become pregnant soon. Once my insurance goes through, I will talk to my doctor to see if I am healthy enough to conceive. The last time I had really bad blood loss, I had to have a D and C without anesthesia (because it was too expensive) They had to excise a benign tumor on my ovary, and I jumped because it hurt so much that they punctured my uterus. Then, I developed a nasty infection. I am so thankful that I will soon have insurance and will never have to deal with that again.

I am so sorry you went through that.

I've known a couple of women with severe endometriosis.  One was able to have a child with the help of fertility specialists.  I'm not sure exactly what procedures she had done, but she was able to have a child.  She also said they did way more to help her manage the endometriosis than any regular OB/Gyn ever had.  

Another decided that adoption was the way to go.  I haven't seen her in years but I know she had evaluated her options and felt that was what was best for her.  I don't know if she and her H have gone through the process or not though.    

CMGragain

God has a plan for you.  I hope it will be one that you like.