Yeah, definitely not ovulation pains. Definitely maybe appendix! We shall see.
I doubt a PID, because (1) I've been tested for gonnorhea and chlamydia, both negative, and (2) when I had my surgery, apparently my reproductive organs all looked perfect. You know, apart from the cyst. Also, my google research suggests that newer evidence shows that IUDs aren't likely a cause of PIDs - they just don't provide the protection from STDs that, say, condoms do, so it can show up more often in people with IUDs. Also, apparently they've done studies showing that women with IUDs with only one partner aren't at any increased risk.
I was scared that I might be having appendix problems this summer, and dad (who had appendicitis and had his removed) said the symptoms were often the occasional AUGHHHHHH sharp pain and moments of extreme exhaustion nearly causing him to fall asleep standing up.
I don't remember? Sorry, hon. I was about four at the time.
*snuggles, still*
They think they figured out what my problems were. They're about 99% sure I have endometriosis, so they put me on the birth control patch to see if that'll help shrink the tissues. All it's been doing as far as I can tell is making me actually start having symptoms of endometriosis. Blaaaagh.
I know this sounds weird, but my friend eerily similar issues last month. She had always had minor health concerns (in addition to depression) and after having an ovarian cyst burst and get removed, she was doing even worse (bad stomach craps) and after more tests, it turned out she had celiac disease. (It's partially hereditary, and her cousin has it. In addition, if your are prone to it, often it flares up after major points of stress in one's life.)
The good news is that there is a pretty straightforward test to find out whether you have it or not, (biopsy) but after she was diagnosed with it and changed her eating habits, she says she has felt crazy better.
I do hope you don't have celiac, but I wanted to at least suggest it because your stories seems really parallel and because it was only after she went to another doctor that he suggested the test and it turned out to be the root cause of everything (including depression). It's at least worth a discussion with your doc.
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I doubt a PID, because (1) I've been tested for gonnorhea and chlamydia, both negative, and (2) when I had my surgery, apparently my reproductive organs all looked perfect. You know, apart from the cyst. Also, my google research suggests that newer evidence shows that IUDs aren't likely a cause of PIDs - they just don't provide the protection from STDs that, say, condoms do, so it can show up more often in people with IUDs. Also, apparently they've done studies showing that women with IUDs with only one partner aren't at any increased risk.
Sooooo I DON'T KNOW. But thank you! *hugs*
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*snuggles, still*
They think they figured out what my problems were. They're about 99% sure I have endometriosis, so they put me on the birth control patch to see if that'll help shrink the tissues. All it's been doing as far as I can tell is making me actually start having symptoms of endometriosis. Blaaaagh.
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The good news is that there is a pretty straightforward test to find out whether you have it or not, (biopsy) but after she was diagnosed with it and changed her eating habits, she says she has felt crazy better.
I do hope you don't have celiac, but I wanted to at least suggest it because your stories seems really parallel and because it was only after she went to another doctor that he suggested the test and it turned out to be the root cause of everything (including depression). It's at least worth a discussion with your doc.
*hugs* best of luck!
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