Medical Report: Fibroid
I haven’t been writing much about my medical conditions because I’ve been too busy dealing with them. Blogging about them has helped in the past, so I don’t know why I’ve been avoiding it. Maybe because if it isn’t written down it’s less real?
The first issue and the one on the forefront is the fibroid. Brian and I met with my PCP to discuss having it removed because I just couldn’t deal with the symptoms anymore: PMS from hell and for the last two months, periods every other week. A friend suggested taking one of those Pills that make you have your period less often or not at all. Yasmin, though a traditional oral contraceptive, helped for a little while (see “What the Hell Is Wrong with My Body/Mind?”), but on Sunday I started taking Seasonique, which the PCP recommended. It comes in three-month packs because if it works right, you’re only supposed to get your period every three months. But because I have a fibroid, the doctor said I may experience abnormal spotting or have my period more often than every three months. Hell, I’d be happy having it just once a month!
I just started them on Sunday, but I want the PMS symptoms to go away NOW. I’ve felt like complete and utter shit for the past two days. Yesterday I could barely get out of bed because I had absolutely no energy whatsoever. Today, I had horrible back pain, though thankfully, not as bad as it was in the middle of the night last Thursday. Ugh, it was so bad, that it actually woke me up after two hours of post-hockey-practice sleep! And then I couldn’t fall back asleep until Brian left for work around 7ish, and I decided to take 50 mg. of Benadryl. I didn’t wake up until he got home from work nearly eleven hours later! Benadryl knocks me out, but not for that long! I can’t even describe how painful it was, and I know it wasn’t from practice because it was bothering me earlier that day. Fortunately, my Walgreens Sock Buddy and some Extra-Strength Rapid Gel Tylenol helped. Not that night, though.
Hopefully I won’t have a period next week. I’m hoping that I’m still PMSing now, only because there’s still some Yasmin left in my system. According to an article on Uterine Fibroids on WebMD, “Most fibroids do not cause any symptoms”. Why couldn’t that be true for me? What a crock of shit! I am so ready to have them cut the damn thing off!
Health/Fitness
Hon, before you decide on taking any of those pills, or going back to Yasmin, please check out the literature on thrombosis and those… As you’ve been having many health issues you wouldn’t want to get anymore and those so called 3rd and 4th generation OC’s have more risk for that, especially if you already have other risk factors or are using any other medication with that risk. Don’t know if you are but it’s worth looking into…
October 3, 2007 2:11 am
DB, thank you so much for your concern. Because I’m on an anticonvulsant (Tegretol) there’s actually more of a risk factor that I could become pregnant, but that’s been the case with all of the OCs I’ve been on so we make sure we have back-up.
I did go over the literature as you suggested, and the only thing so far that I’ve experienced is the depression part. Ha. Big surprise there. Luckily, my PCP and pdoc communicate, so both know what meds I’m on at any given time. I appreciate the advice, and obviously, checked into it right away!
October 3, 2007 7:47 pm
Fibroids, ouch. ((hugs)) I hope you feel better soon.
October 8, 2007 11:16 am
April, thank you.
It isn’t actually the fibroid itself that hurts — you can’t feel it, thank God! It’s the symptoms that go along with it. 
October 13, 2007 9:10 pm