Comments | baratron: THESE WERE NOT THE RESULTS I WANTED!

baratron

THESE WERE NOT THE RESULTS I WANTED!

Dec 21, 2011 19:39

Well, the ultrasound yesterday entirely failed in the obvious and not scary categories. Need to talk to the doctor about it, but I think what I actually have is non obvious and scary. Bah!

There's no sign of any cysts in my ovaries. Apparently they look fairly normal. There are a whole load of small growths in my uterus. None of them are fibroids ( Read more... )

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barakta December 21 2011, 22:19:14 UTC

I have no words left after today btu I wanted to say this sounds annoying and anxiety making and is stress you really don't fucking need.

baratron December 21 2011, 23:27:01 UTC

I almost didn't post it today because I knew some people reading it would be upset already, but it's a different situation. Possibly inheriting one or more genes that might make me get an easily-treatable form of cancer in a decade's time isn't at all like inheriting a gene that causes multiple aggressive cancers in any part of the body! I don't even need sympathy (yet). It's frustrating and annoying more than anything else.

barakta December 22 2011, 09:37:38 UTC

Whatever shit Joan had doesn't make any shit of our own go away in the slightest. Sometimes it is six of one and half a dozen of another.

Also I think it's just as reasonable to be concerned about quality of life and your situation still sounds undesirable, worrying and unpleasant, especially in light of the myriad shit you already fight every single day.

Putting on my "eternal optimist" hat ext_890197 December 22 2011, 00:21:26 UTC

Well, as cancers go, I suppose one optimised for maximum annoyance is better than most other possible optimisations.

*hug!*

Is there a next step for diagnosis, or is it just one of those wait-and-see things? (I suppose there's not exactly a wide variety of growths typical to uteri.) And I suppose the original problem is still under investigation... bleh.

Re: Putting on my "eternal optimist" hat baratron December 22 2011, 02:01:06 UTC

There isn't a genetic test or anything like that yet. Being slow-growing, most of the time they don't find it until women way past menopause start bleeding through the vagina again. It's pretty much wait and see.

treacle_well December 22 2011, 00:50:37 UTC

Oh boo.

artremis December 23 2011, 12:38:51 UTC

sorry you didn't get a helpful answer (although lack of ovarian cysts is prolly a good thing - i'm finding having one not-fun ( ... )

memevector December 26 2011, 11:44:45 UTC

::sends multi-purpose good wishes::