I have an answer!

Hey!

So, I had an appointment for the end of November for my surgery, but I got a call on Tuesday offering me a cancellation slot for today. I had so much to get sorted, I never got to update the blog!
I went into hospital this morning at 8am, hungry, nervous but feeling positive!

I was having a laporoscopy, hysteroscopy and a D&C. I was in surgery for around an hour. When I came back around I was quite sore and a bit groggy. I was brought back to the ward and was resting for a while before the doctor came down to see me.

In the hysteroscopy everything looked really healthy, no scarring or damage there, which is a relief. When they did the laporoscopy, they found endometriosis. It's mild, thank goodness. They found 3-4 pieces, which they said is enough to cause the pain I've been having. They lasered it off, which will give me some relief for some time!

I'm coming off the injection Depo-Provera. I'm now on Minulet and I'm taking that consecutively for three months, to give my womb time to settle down. I'm hoping this one works, but the only way to find out is to try it!

It's great to get an answer, it's great to know that I haven't been going crazy. I'm so happy and also quite sad at the same time. It's not the end of the world, it can be treated. I'm lucky in that sense.

I'm on bed rest for the weekend and taking it easy all week. It's my 21st next Friday, so I want to be on top form for that!

I'm back in the hospital in 3 months. I'll post an update soon on how the Minulet is working.

love
xxkxx

Update and future plans

Hello!

I know I haven't put a post up in a long time, I've just been working and sleeping for the last few weeks.

I'm just back from the gynaecologist again.

She wants me to stay on the injection for the next year or so, to give my body a chance to get used to it. It's brilliant getting such a break from everything, but I have to admit it is very weird not having anything at all. I'll stay on it to see what happens, but I know that as soon as I come off it, the pain and cramps will all come back.

I've been booked in for a laporoscopy and a hysteroscopy, the second one will look inside my womb and see if there is anything wrong inside my womb that they can't see on the scans. All the scans and tests I had done have all come up negative, so the only logical solution is endometriosis at this stage. I have no cysts or fybroids, which is good news as well as bad.

I should have a date for my surgery soon, should be about 12-15 weeks, but the doctor didn't mark it as urgent. She wanted to wait for 6 months, but I wanted to get into the system as soon as I can. I'm fed up waiting and not knowing.

Hopefully I'll get an appointment soon, I'll keep updating this blog!

xkx