Life update...again
I think it's been a while since I've done one of these, so I figured why not.
I got to go throough the joy of having an ultrasound done. What you do with that is drink a shitload of water...and then don't pee. Having never been pregnant before, I don't know how hard the second part of that is then, but I know with an overactive bladder, it's impossible. I had to go a few times and so they had to give me more water. Thankfully I had to have a CT scan done at the same time, so that helped give my tiny little bladder more time to fill. And here's where I overshare a bit: Transvaginal ultrasounds DO NOT HAPPEN when you are a virgin. They say push the camera in until it hurts, and if you've never done serious sports or had something else go in there, that camera hits a roadblock. So it turned out to be a good thing that they did the CT, because I have too much belly fat for them to have seen my ovaries (the goal of the ultrasound) with the regular ultrasound. The CT had been for my liver, which is fine, but it did show what they were looking for, which are cysts on my ovaries. Joy. I also apparently have "free fluid" floating around from cysts that have burst. And since they couldn't see things well enough with the ultrasound, an apparentlt my lymph nodes are enlarged, I get to look forward to being surgically scoped so they can get a better look at things. Which means I've been referred to a gynecologist. I didn't think I needed to have one of those yet, but that just shows what I know. Though from what I can tell based on talking with other people I know, my cysts must be pretty small, because I think I've felt them burst. And obviously, they have in the past or I wouldn't have the "free fluid" floating around. I say this because I don't seem to be in near the amount of pain that other people have when their cysts burst. I'd like to refer to the revised pain scale I found on the blog Hyperbole and a Half. http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/02/boyfriend-doesnt-have-ebola-probably.html I would say that on average my pain when a cyst bursts is usually a three, whereas others I know are more at about eight or nine. Honestly, it's really rather annoying. I feel a dull ache that turns sharp then goes dull again while I sit there thinking "this does not feel at all happy." And at least the gynecologist's office called to set up an appointment for me so I don't have to call them. I can't get in for my first visit until November, so here's hoping I can actually get the procedure done before the end of the year when my deductible resets itself >.<.
Since you've been nice enough to listen to me rant about my angry innards, have a pretty picture~
