Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Anything Else Go Wrong!!! :(

Well, its a new week and I thought maybe things would get better, but no such luck. I will review to the good new then to the bad news. On Friday my cousin had her baby boy, so we went and saw them. Then on Saturday we went to the festivals of bands in Sioux falls to watch Dan's sister march. Tyler sure enjoyed watching the bands. We didn't stay for the whole thing. Then we were off to see Dan's parents and Dan had to do some cattle things. I wasn't feeling the best on Saturday, but I thought it wasn't anything. I will start off by explaining that I have a condition called Endometriosis.

Endometriosis is type of tissue that lines your uterus is also growing outside your uterus. Its implants of tissue outside your uterus act just like the tissue lining your uterus. During your menstrual cycle, they get thicker, then break down and bleed. But the implants are outside your uterus, so the blood cannot flow out of your body. The implants can get irritated and painful. Sometimes they form scar tissue or fluid-filled sacs (cysts). Scar tissue may make it hard to get pregnant.
(Information off of WebMD)

I just wanted to share a little bit about this condition. Well, I was diagnosed with this condition when I was 18. I did have to have a Laparoscopy, which is a surgery that the go through the belly button and a few other slits. They blow up your stomach and its not fun. I had this surgery when I was 20 and they took out a tumor size of endometriosis. I slowly felt better after this surgery and getting pregnant was not a problem for us. I was put on a birth control that helps subside my endometriosis and around January of this year I was suffering a lot pain here and there at all times. It would come and go, but would be cramps like I had my time of the month. Not fun. Well Dan I decided that we would try for another little one and we didn't succeed :( all we got was me in a lot of pain. I was suffering a lot of pain after I went off the birth control, which was two months now. It just takes over your body.

This past weekend I was in so much pain that I could barely walk. I had to call the doctor and get some pain meds and it helped some, but they knock me out. I was at dan's parents and we ended up leaving around 9:30 sat. night bc all I wanted was to go home and be in my bed when I don't feel good. My doctor called in my meds and we picked them up, but Wal-greens was backed up, so I didn't get my meds until 11:30. We finally got home around 12:30. I have been using ice packs to numb me,this is my best friend now. I went to a emergency doctor appointment yesterday Monday. He did an exam and said that I should have another surgery, but I have also been having some anal pressure( sorry for the visual) and my doctor thinks endometriosis has went into my Colon, so I have to have a colonoscopy(spelling may be off) to see what is going on in my colon and then my other surgery. He wanted to make sure that we had a doctor on hand if they need to repair my colon. So now we are waiting for that scan to be done and then on to the other. I am still in pain and will be until who knows. We are crossing our fingers that we will be able to have one more, so we shall see. I wish some people would just understand and show that they care but some people don't. Some people think just take some advil and it will go away, well wrong it doesn't. It stays there....This is a very painful condition. I feel sorry for everybody that has to go through this. I don't wish this on anybody. My mom does have this, but got when she was older and she had a hysterectomy, and doing great!!

Tyler is growing up and getting hurt. Tonight, he just fell off our bed, which is very high. He bonked his nose and hit his lip hard. He has a big lip now. He is a tough cookie!!!! Well, I hope everybody has a great week!! I will keep everybody updated on what is going on.

2 comments:

Tracy said...

jenn,

i am sorry you are going through all of this. i am sure it is very painful. keep us posted on surgery and of course good luck with adding another little one to your family!

Anonymous said...

Hi Jenn,
Hope all is going well and that the pain pills are working. Hope you get good news from your colonospacy results. Keep us informed on how you turn out. You are in our thoughts. Nancy