Wednesday, August 25, 2004

Went to my doctor appointment today. Told her about all kinds of weird stuff going on with my body. Really long periods, short time spans between periods, occational bleeding after intercourse. She thinks my IUD might have moved on me, causing all this odd bleeding. I get to go and have an ultrasound done so they can look at it.

Weeee....

We talked some about the pre-cancerous cells on my cervix. Told her I have a hard time making it to the tri-yearly appointments and that I really would like to have something done about it. She said if nothing has changed or things have gotten worse, then we will have the IUD removed and my cervix frozen. Before, it was that if nothing had changed, she would see me again in three months.

ugh... Sucks being a girl sometimes.

OK, so as far as the IUD goes, seems like it might have to come out for one of two reasons. In the mean time I need to use some form of birth control. I also needed to figure out what type to use after the IUD goes away. I had decided that I like the IUD, and there is this account thing through my union where I apparently have almost $1000. That special account is just for these type of medical things where not all of everything is covered by insurance. My IUD was not covered at all last time around, so having this account makes it easy for me to make the decision to get another one. I was, however considering getting back on the pill. Only if they have a pill that doesn't make me crazy. So after talking to her she gave me a two month trial of that Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo. Even though I still have my IUD, it won't hurt me any to be taking the pill for a couple of months. That way, by the time it's time to actually do something, I'll know how the pill makes me feel. I get to start after my next menstrual cycle.

*Praying and hoping I don't turn into a crazy lady.*


1 Comments:

At August 26, 2004 at 12:32 PM, Blogger Unknown said...

I'm taking Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo. Actually just started it. Don't be surprised if you have some spotting the first couple of cycles. Your body needs to adjust to the lower levels of hormones. As for moodiness...it's a lot better than when I was taking Loestrin. There were days when I literally thought I could have killed someone with my bare hands and other days when I would cry at the drop of a hat. It was awful. I've also been on EstraStep, but that caused me to have some discomfort and cramping before and after my periods.

Like I've said before...it's really important to follow up on the pre-cancerous cells. I'm going through the same thing except a little more serious. I'm more freaked out about ovarian and uteran cancers developing from these atypical squamous cells on my cervix.

Anyhow, lots of luck...

Lauren

 

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