Monday, March 25, 2013

No Funds-No Surgery

This blog will continue as a source to let women know they are not alone, but I have decided to close the fund raiser and not have the surgery.

I have made choices in my past life that affect my current and future life. One of those was to leave an alcoholic husband. At that point I lost my insurance.

Centennial Women's Hospital has given me a huge a discount from about $35,000.00 to $6,000.00. The surgeon has decided not to charge me. I am very appreciative of these things.

I am a private, self-employed, elder care sitter. This brings in enough to cover my few bills but not enough to save any extra of a large amount. The nature of my work is that eventually my patient will pass to the next world. At that point what little I will have saved up will be needed to pay my bills and gasoline to go interview for another patient.

I have no serious problems with this choice. I have had the rectocele-in its current severe state since the OB used high forceps during the birth of my 3rd child in October 1989. Living with it has become routine for me at this point.

I have a mild cystocele. It is mild and not that bothersome--many women have a severe one and they do just fine without surgery.

As for the adenomyosis--it will go away in twenty years when I go through menopause.

Maybe my lesson here is in patience.  

Friday, March 15, 2013

The Headaches


Yep! That's about what it feels like every morning when I first get up. It becomes bearable after about an hour of being upright. And people wonder why I get up so early. 

They subside after a few hours but will return later in the day--my life has been scheduled around these for years. They are worse during the "period" time (I actually prefer to use the word "moon" but most wouldn't understand that.)

I have always taken spells of just not wanting to be around other people but during these headaches, I am a bear! Stay away from me. I am spending all my energy on not collapsing into a heap on the floor. 

These headaches are caused from being anemic.

The anemia is caused from the adenomyosis.

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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Even the doctors! Really?

http://www.natures-blessings.org/PregnancyRebirth.html



When the doctor told me I have Adenomyosis, he told me that the cause is having lots of babies or having heavy babies. I have ten babies that weighed between 8 pounds 14 ounces and 9 pounds 8.5 ounces at birth. He stated the baby being in the womb pushes the endometrial lining into the muscle tissue of the uterus itself.

I have done lots of research since December 2012 and it all, except one website, says that is far from the case. They have no idea what causes it and many of the women with Adenomyosis, are virginal and teen age. Many women have it before or with the very first menses.

He also told me the only treatments are ablation-this where the inside of the entire uterus cauterized with hot water or an electrode. Sometimes you never bleed again, sometimes you do. The only other treatment is removal of the uterus or hysterectomy. Progesterone injections are a temporary fix for some and he did prescribe these for me, every three months as a temporary fix until I could have the surgery done.

Research shows there are many treatments, some invasive some injections, some taken orally and not all involve hormones.

Why does a GYN/OB, one male one female, in this day and age, believe that having babies automatically means you are going to have health issues? That having babies is in and of it self going to ruin a woman's body, when in fact God Himself created a woman's body specifically to carry and give birth to babies?

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