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I am a cyst monster. x_x (medical shit)
9 years ago
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Remaining ovary is still covered in cysts. Doc thinks my hurting on the left side is “referred pain” from the janked up right ovary. Basically, the wires are crossed somewhere. There’s nothing on the left side anymore, but it’s transmitting the right side’s pain. Fun. Nothing to be done for that but take ibuprofen when it’s bad. Doc apologized to me for the state of my ovary, since nothing’s fixed it, no matter what we try.
I'm going on Depo Provera at the end of my current cycle. The nurse said it’s about a 50/50 chance of helping. Not encouraging, but I’ll take what I can get. Gotta exhaust all the “easy” options before we move on to more radical and permanent solutions.
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...And of course, when I posted this on Twitter, I was immediately contacted by some random stranger warning me NOT to go on Depo Provera and linking me to a website that blames every problem under the sun on the stuff. x_x
Look, I'm not a poor, disadvantaged teenager. I'm not a woman in a 3rd world country being forced to take contraceptives against her will. I have literally exhausted all other contraceptive options to treat my endometriosis. I am well aware of the side effects. I've already soldiered through a 9 month course of Lupron Depo, which has some similar side effects.
I would really like to avoid another round of expensive and painful abdominal surgery, potentially losing the only ovary I have left, and being stuck on hormone replacement therapy from age 33 functionally for the rest of my life. If there's any chance this shot can help, I'm going for it. I don't care about sterility. I was never going to have kids anyway, and the rest of the potential side effects aren't a whole lot different or worse than what I already deal with on a day to day basis.
I see my doctor every 3-6 months about this shit. I keep detailed notes on everything I go through. I have discussed the implications with my doctor, and done my own research. I'm as informed as I can be on the subject, and it wasn't a decision I made lightly.
But of course, this is the internet, and I'm female, so the entire world knows my body and my heath issues better than I do. 9_9 Ugh.
I'm going on Depo Provera at the end of my current cycle. The nurse said it’s about a 50/50 chance of helping. Not encouraging, but I’ll take what I can get. Gotta exhaust all the “easy” options before we move on to more radical and permanent solutions.
.....
...And of course, when I posted this on Twitter, I was immediately contacted by some random stranger warning me NOT to go on Depo Provera and linking me to a website that blames every problem under the sun on the stuff. x_x
Look, I'm not a poor, disadvantaged teenager. I'm not a woman in a 3rd world country being forced to take contraceptives against her will. I have literally exhausted all other contraceptive options to treat my endometriosis. I am well aware of the side effects. I've already soldiered through a 9 month course of Lupron Depo, which has some similar side effects.
I would really like to avoid another round of expensive and painful abdominal surgery, potentially losing the only ovary I have left, and being stuck on hormone replacement therapy from age 33 functionally for the rest of my life. If there's any chance this shot can help, I'm going for it. I don't care about sterility. I was never going to have kids anyway, and the rest of the potential side effects aren't a whole lot different or worse than what I already deal with on a day to day basis.
I see my doctor every 3-6 months about this shit. I keep detailed notes on everything I go through. I have discussed the implications with my doctor, and done my own research. I'm as informed as I can be on the subject, and it wasn't a decision I made lightly.
But of course, this is the internet, and I'm female, so the entire world knows my body and my heath issues better than I do. 9_9 Ugh.
But I hope that the doctors can help you in the future.
Its just an idea to maybe throw at the doctors come talk time is all, and with it being experimental, they might just break the cost of that surgery as a hospital expense depending on the head *shrugs* an idea..nothing more..nothing less atm ^__^