Showing posts with label D and C. Show all posts
Showing posts with label D and C. Show all posts

Thursday, October 4, 2012

I am fine

I have had a month of hell ever since my six-monthly endometrial biopsy known as a Z-sampler revealed atypical cells.
Then, for various reasons, waited three weeks to have a D&C to investigate further, which I had on Monday. Got the results today. "Good news," he said. "No cancer, no malignancy, all fine.
"Nothing to worry about" he said.
He said he had scraped the uterus and the cervix. Then he used terms I didn't understand. I was in Cape Town today, and on campus at UCT, the reception kept cutting and so I didn't hear everything he said. But I ditd hear him say there was mild inflammation. I asked why, and he said it was hormone something or other, caused from the tamoxifen. I asked him to send me a copy of the report.
I cannot begin to describe the relief. I cannot wait to get back to normality, not living under a cloud of anxiety, not knowing if I needed a hysterectomy, not knowing if the tamoxifen had caused cancer, not knowing if I was going to go through it all again.....
I am fine. And it feels good. 

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Survived the D&C

So so glad I survived the D&C. I know that sounds very dramatic but glad to be home and feeling ok and just being. And not being anxious.
The doctor said it looked ok. So guess that means that even if the result due tomorrow (expecting it Thursday) is not so good, it won't be that bad.
He booked me off work for today too. Feeling a bit of a fraud and thinking about going in later.
No longer bleeding - was very heavy, so heavy that I actually put on those ghastly plastic panties they give you at the hospital!! And the pain is minor. Did take 2 myprodol painkillers last night - had a moment of intense pain and The Yoga Man got irritated and said "Don't know why you are so anti painkillers. Just take them!" and so I did. But now the minor pain I feel is less than I felt for about a week after the Z-sampler endometrial scan in the doctor's rooms about a month ago.
Praying I am ok. 'Cos just want to get back into the normal swing of things.... if that is possible.