Probably long update on family health issues
I should really be going to bed, but I need to write about this (Even though I just talked to Steph about it).
So, I wrote on here about my grandmothers anyeurisms (I really have no idea how to spell that word) and about her breast cancer....well, there is now more to the story.
My mom has just recently gone through her own health issues. She was experiences a lot of different things that don't need to be mentioned, and the result was that she had to get a historectomy. Well, I just found out i think a couple weeks ago that when they went in for the surgery, they found out that she had endometriosis. Not only that but at Christmas, I was complaining about having a bad headache, and then later found my mom talking to Rick. He told me later that she said she wanted him to make sure I got an MRI because she just found out that she has a small anyeurism in her brain. The worst thing (I found out when I spoke to her the next day) is that she wasn't even going to tell my dad anything until she found out more from the neurologist.
So I started looking things up tonight...and basically anyeurisms and endometriosis are both either hereditary or they think it's hereditary...and then there's the breast cancer that my grandmother, her sister (my auntie laurie) and my grandma's aunt all had. So I'm getting really worried that I have all that to look forward to.
The anyeurisms worry me obviously because if I do have one, and it bursts, one of the results can be death. The endometriosis worries me because 30-40% of women with it are infertile....and the only definitive diagnosis has to be done with surgery. And obviously the breast cancer would worry anyone.
I know I just need to stop being stupid and go make an appointment to get the MRI referral, and go talk to a doctor about the other 2 things....but still.....I had to be my stupid, curious self, and go look things up, and now I'm more worried than I know I should be.
So yeah....I guess that's all. I don't really expect anyone to say anything (considering I rarely get comments anyways) but I just needed to get this out (after talking to a trusted friend about it).
Thanks for listening to anyone that actually read it all.
So, I wrote on here about my grandmothers anyeurisms (I really have no idea how to spell that word) and about her breast cancer....well, there is now more to the story.
My mom has just recently gone through her own health issues. She was experiences a lot of different things that don't need to be mentioned, and the result was that she had to get a historectomy. Well, I just found out i think a couple weeks ago that when they went in for the surgery, they found out that she had endometriosis. Not only that but at Christmas, I was complaining about having a bad headache, and then later found my mom talking to Rick. He told me later that she said she wanted him to make sure I got an MRI because she just found out that she has a small anyeurism in her brain. The worst thing (I found out when I spoke to her the next day) is that she wasn't even going to tell my dad anything until she found out more from the neurologist.
So I started looking things up tonight...and basically anyeurisms and endometriosis are both either hereditary or they think it's hereditary...and then there's the breast cancer that my grandmother, her sister (my auntie laurie) and my grandma's aunt all had. So I'm getting really worried that I have all that to look forward to.
The anyeurisms worry me obviously because if I do have one, and it bursts, one of the results can be death. The endometriosis worries me because 30-40% of women with it are infertile....and the only definitive diagnosis has to be done with surgery. And obviously the breast cancer would worry anyone.
I know I just need to stop being stupid and go make an appointment to get the MRI referral, and go talk to a doctor about the other 2 things....but still.....I had to be my stupid, curious self, and go look things up, and now I'm more worried than I know I should be.
So yeah....I guess that's all. I don't really expect anyone to say anything (considering I rarely get comments anyways) but I just needed to get this out (after talking to a trusted friend about it).
Thanks for listening to anyone that actually read it all.