Posted by Shar on October 29, 2004, at 22:22:54
In reply to head spinning, posted by NikkiT2 on October 26, 2004, at 10:56:36
I can relate, y'all. I've had years of 'bad' pap smears, and a culposcopy, and a lot of 'bad' mammograms, and a breast biopsy (two, actually) that were benign. So, now I have a rather cavalier attitude about all the bad paps and lumps. The last mammogram I had, about 3 years ago before I lost my health insurance, they said 'well, you have something going on, and we want to keep an eye on it, so come back in 3 months.'
In 3 months, I no longer had health insurance, so ... haven't been back. Also, couldn't afford to go to planned parenthood anymore for pap smears and prem-pro, so am having night sweats and hot flashes like crazy. Ain't America great?
Since learning about Hospice care, I don't even know if I'd get chemo or all that cr*p....I'm ready to go! I just don't want any pain or nausea!! Especially nausea.
So, I tip my chapeau for you two who have the means and interest not to die.
What I learned about my retroverted (tipped) uterus was it may make childbirth more difficult, plus one could have more cramps with periods, and if you get an IUD, then it will hurt worse, etc. So, being 'out of position' or tipped, is not intrinsically problematic so far as carrying a pregnancy successfully, maybe just a bit more difficult at the end.
Plus, I only ever had one child, and I don't know how it could have been any worse (pain-wise) retroverted uterus or not! Tho' I know there are women who have more than one, so it must have been 'less worse' than what I experienced!
I had a BLTL at 28, not wanting to ever, ever experience that extreme of illness/pain again. I was a sick puppy when pg; once passed right out in the doc's office. But, my sister...she just sailed through her 2 pg's! Go figure! (But, you must consider that I had my son in 1970, and things are WAYYYY different now!).
Anyhow, all these tests etc. don't always mean a lot, so try as much as you can not to worry.
xoxoxo
Shar
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