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My periods were normal until I was 32. I had periods every 28 days, lasting exactly five days, and though I didn’t know it at the time, they were very light.

Ten years ago, I became pregnant, in spite of having had my tubes tied three years before. I subsequently lost the baby, and the Monday following that event, the doctor’s office called to tell me I needed to come in immediately.

At his office, I was told that I had a class IV abnormality of my cervix, and that we needed to address it. Dr. performed a LEEP procedure, and the pathology came back malignant, but my tests from that point on were clear.

When the Dr. went in to retie my tubes, he discovered I had grown a brand new one. I believe that was Gods doing, because had I not become pregnant, we would not have found the cancer, and it would have killed me silently.

That is when things started to slide downhill for me, and I began the battle to control my body, as my uterus started to commit Mutiny. My periods became increasingly heavy and full of huge scary clots. Sadly, as so many of us have experienced, it took a long time to find a Doctor who wanted to really hear my history, so many of them blew me off. I was perplexed as to why those people didn’t understand that I KNEW my body, and I KNEW something was not exactly right.

Finally I found Dr. Birch. She listened and let me take charge of my treatment. She let me make the decisions, and didn’t push for anything I didn’t want. We waiting for six months did some more tests then I decided enough was enough, and we scheduled surgery.

That battle being won, I began a battle with my Insurance Company. We went around in circles for two months. I rescheduled surgery twice in the midst of mailing nasty letters and calling every other day. I also went through a LAP procedure, only to find out that the insurance company had approved surgery the day BEFORE my LAP!!!

I had surgery on 4/3/06 at 5:30am. I felt fine going in. When I was in recovery, I kept telling the nurse that I had to pee, and if he would remove my catheter I could go. He kept telling me that is why the catheter was there. I kept insisting that I could pee, but he had to take it out. I am sure he was HAPPY to have me move to my room.

Once in my room, I kept taking the oxygen tubes from my nose because they itched. The nurses kept putting them back in. I kept itching my nose and finally they figured out I wasn’t going to let it be, and they removed them.

The drug I was on was Dilaudid (I loved it). They took me off my IV and catheter the day after my surgery, and I started walking. I took a shower the minute the catheter was out, and put on my own jammies. The doctor told me I had severe adhesions to my bladder due to past C-sections, and she had to do a lot of scraping and peeling, but nothing had been torn, or cut. My urination was a little strange the first week or so, but it seems normal now.

My first two and a half weeks were Horrific. I hurt so badly, and I was so tired and out of sorts in general. I slept a lot, but did most everything I could for myself because I am not good at being dependent-which frustrated my DBF to no end.

Then I woke up one morning feeling GOOD….and each day it got BETTER. AT five weeks my DBF and I went to the Grand Canyon (Road Trip). I traveled to the bottom on a mule, and when I had NO PAIN, I figured I was well on my way to GREAT.

I have been back at work a week, I have mowed the lawn, planted some flowers, washed my car, and rode my motorcycle, and I feel wonderful every day until the great daily energy drain comes crashing down, then I am pretty much useless.

I am told this will pass, and while this is frustrating, I feel so much better than I did before, that this is not a high price to pay. This is truly the best and only thing I could have done, anything else would have just put this off, and who knows how well I would have healed two years down the road?

I am blessed to have survived this as well as I have, and while my DBF is frankly impressed and in awe of my recuperative powers, I know it is because of what I have learned on Hystersisters. Without the wisdom and guidance that I found here, I know I would have been lost. I can't thank you all enough....

Hugs. T.

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