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So, I have no idea how fast news spreads among my friends and chosen-family, but I wanted to set down an update/ heads-up for everyone.  Monday, I went home with what I thought was a kidney stone... it had all the right symptoms, right down the line.  I laid down for a few hours, but when the pain got worse, not better, I went to my local urgent care clinic, who took X-rays, and then sent me off to get CT scans...

As I was coming home Monday, I got a call from the original doc I saw in the urgent care clinic - 'it's not a kidney stone.  it's an unexpected mass.'

Needless to say, this was a shock.  I swear to you, my first thought was, 'What happened to the kidney stone?  It was supposed to be a kidney stone!'

They made an appointment for me with a general surgeon, who sent me to my OBGYN.  (Which was the right call, this just wasn't his area.)  Saw the OBGYN today.

The dx is: giant uterine fibroid.  And by 'giant', I mean from belly button level almost to hip socket joint level'.  Seriously, I was looking at this thing and going 'I bet that weighs 5 pounds!'  Even the OB said she'd never seen one that big.  Basically, it's an alien baby.

This is actually very good news, from my point of view, especially after vague, alarming pronouncements made earlier in the week.  For 1) uterine fibroids are treatable with a range of options, the most severe of which (hysterectomy) has a very low risk to the patient, although I suppose recovery isn't that much fun.  2) unlike PCOS, it doesn't really mess with endocrine system issues, and thus introduces yet another spinning plate in the line of plates spinning on sticks...

Most importantly, IT'S NOT CANCER.  Cancer is a scary beast, and even the best outcomes aren't grand in the risk-reward category.  And also, FUCK CANCER.

I'm going back next Thursday for an ultrasound to allow for better definition of the fibroid mass, and doc and I will talk treatment options.  If I can figure out where to host the image(s), I'll even post pix of the CT scans.

I don't want anyone to worry, ok?  Things are good, or at least, workable.

Just, you know, with a alien baby in attendance...

-boogieshoes...
 

Date: 2018-08-21 09:24 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] farad
ACK! I am very behind on things, but this does explain your prompts. I do hope that it's going well; I have several friends who have had these, and most of them have chosen the hysterectomy option and did quite well with it. I hope you're not in pain!

Please do keep us updated.

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