Biopsy Results
Nothing to panic over.
I saw my gyno today to get the results of my biopsy - and I must say that I REALLY love her; she's my new gyno - and the good news is that I don't have cancer. Probably.
She said there is the slightest chance that I could and the biopsy wouldn't have caught it, but given all my symptoms [or lack thereof] she thinks it's reasonable to assume I'm ok.
However, she wants to do a D&C in a few months because I have assloads of material in my uterous. I can't remember the name of it; it's the stuff that comes out when you have your period. Anyway, I have a build-up of stuff that is due to my low thyroid and also being overweight. Nothing's quite working at speed because of the thyroid.
I have an appt with the internist on the 16th and my gyno told me that my symptoms are such classic low thyroid. She said that when you have a low thyroid, it's like having a car that's about to run out of gas. It doesn't work at optimum levels, it craves fuel [food] like crazy and no matter how much fuel you give it, it's not enough, AND it doesn't process the food. Not to be too graphic, I hope, but I have irregular bowel movements as well, and this explained SO much.
So she said that a few months after the internist gets me treated and on meds, she'll want to see me to do another vaginal ultrasound to see if the problem with my too-much-lining-stuff was taken care of by my thyroid getting back into balance, and if it isn't, she'll want to do the D&C. She said it's just cleaning out the pipes, as it were, so that I can start again fresh. So I'm ok to do it.
LOL, she also mentioned to me, very casually, that she had a college friend who looked like a model and who also had a low thyroid.. apparently she got her friend to admit that she played with her meds a little bit to keep her metabolism a trifle high to help keep her weight in control. My gyno winked at me and said, "But of course I'm not advocating doing that.. *ahem*"
Anyway, I am SO happy.
I can't wait to see the internist and get my body back to some semblance of healthy.
~ M
I saw my gyno today to get the results of my biopsy - and I must say that I REALLY love her; she's my new gyno - and the good news is that I don't have cancer. Probably.
She said there is the slightest chance that I could and the biopsy wouldn't have caught it, but given all my symptoms [or lack thereof] she thinks it's reasonable to assume I'm ok.
However, she wants to do a D&C in a few months because I have assloads of material in my uterous. I can't remember the name of it; it's the stuff that comes out when you have your period. Anyway, I have a build-up of stuff that is due to my low thyroid and also being overweight. Nothing's quite working at speed because of the thyroid.
I have an appt with the internist on the 16th and my gyno told me that my symptoms are such classic low thyroid. She said that when you have a low thyroid, it's like having a car that's about to run out of gas. It doesn't work at optimum levels, it craves fuel [food] like crazy and no matter how much fuel you give it, it's not enough, AND it doesn't process the food. Not to be too graphic, I hope, but I have irregular bowel movements as well, and this explained SO much.
So she said that a few months after the internist gets me treated and on meds, she'll want to see me to do another vaginal ultrasound to see if the problem with my too-much-lining-stuff was taken care of by my thyroid getting back into balance, and if it isn't, she'll want to do the D&C. She said it's just cleaning out the pipes, as it were, so that I can start again fresh. So I'm ok to do it.
LOL, she also mentioned to me, very casually, that she had a college friend who looked like a model and who also had a low thyroid.. apparently she got her friend to admit that she played with her meds a little bit to keep her metabolism a trifle high to help keep her weight in control. My gyno winked at me and said, "But of course I'm not advocating doing that.. *ahem*"
Anyway, I am SO happy.
I can't wait to see the internist and get my body back to some semblance of healthy.
~ M