This morning we went to my Aunts to bake, it was nice but then she asked how everything was going with my health and if I had seen a doc yet. I told her it has been three weeks and I am still waiting on a referral with a gyno. I had been calling and harassing my doc to see what the status was but it just seemed like things were going to happen before I left and I'd have to sort it out when I went back.
She didn't like my answer and told me I either need to extend my stay at home or go back to emergency. I said that I felt really bad about going to emerg when I got back cause nothing was really wrong. She replied saying that it's no different then some drunk going in and spending the night.
Sooo once I left to go pick up my mom from work I asked her what she thought about going to the hospital and she said okay. I put on my best fake pained face and said I had really bad pelvic pain. Also once I said I had been in a hospital overseas they put me into isolation which I think sped up the process. I saw some docs right away, got an ultrasound done. I asked the doc if I could get my IUD removed while I was there and he said they didn't do that there but could refer me in a couple weeks..I told him I was leaving next week. He said he would call the gyno resident and see what he could do
He comes back and says that while he was on the phone with a resident, my gyno who I was waiting to get an appointment with was standing right next to her. So he got to talk to my actual doctor and he said if I went to his clinic he would take care of everything tonight!
I went to his office he said he has just gotten another email from my doc saying it was urgent that he see me. He said my whole case was strange and he kind of questioned whether or not my ovary actually had to come out. Ooh OOh the cyst I have has shrunk! He explained that one reason for all these cyst could be because when I switched from the pill to the IUD which doesn't prevent ovulation, it was the ovulating that could have caused the cysts.
We decided that the IUD should come out and I'd go back on the pill. TMI warning! He opens me ups and starts digging in my cervix to see if he can find the string. Can't see it, so he goes and gets some more instruments so he can go inside my uterus....and holy fuck that hurts!! I was squeezing the nurses hand so hard. He still couldn't get it out. He said he would stop and was amazed I was able to endure the pain as long as I did. When I sat up it looked like my vagina had murdered someone there was so much blood from poking around.
Anyway he said he would get me in to the operating room on friday to knock me out to get it out. Today worked out so well and if it wasn't for my aunt and my doc being at the right place at the right time I wouldn't have gotten anything done this trip. I'm glad this worked out, I was getting so stressed.
