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July 29, 2011
Fun and games, I tell you
Yesterday, I had the follow-up to my follow-up sonogram for my ovarian cyst. This was the third time I've gotten to peek at my uterus this year. Thing's been around so long it needs a name.
After my sonogram, I was supposed to see my doctor. I had the first sono appointment of the day, and I assume the first appointment with the doctor, so I was a bit confused when I was still sitting in the waiting room an hour later. I finally got into an exam room, where I obsessively refreshed Facebook and Twitter for twenty minutes before the nurse poked her head in to tell me that the doctor had been in surgery and wasn't even in the building yet.
Ten more minutes and she was in the building! She should be in any minute!
Twenty minutes after that, the nurse came in with a consent form for an endometrial biopsy (!!), and could you strip from the waist down?
And finally, after I had turned blue from the ridiculous A/C, the doctor came in and said that in addition to the cyst, I have a thickened endometrium. Apparently the pill should have kept that from happening (again, I had it two months ago as well), so biopsy to rule out anything abnormal (according to Dr. Google, that would be cancer).
I get to go back for another view of Velma in two months. In the meantime, I have more birth control to take, which doesn't bother me so much now that all of the symptoms seems to have faded. (And also, free samples!)
Spontaneous endometrial biopsy, still have the cyst, unrelated. more pills
Posted by me at 10:41 PM | Comments (0)
July 27, 2011
WiW: Week 70
Weight: 142.6
Waist: 29.5
Hips: 37
Thigh: 23
Still haven't moved, but I've been losing weight. I'm sure it's lost muscle, and I'm certainly getting jiggly, if not spreading, but I'm still 5 pounds lighter than I was before I started this whole exercise thing, so I'm having a hard time getting upset about it!
Posted by me at 10:39 PM | Comments (0)
July 20, 2011
WiW: Week 69
Weight: 144.4
Waist: 29.5
Hips: 37
Thigh: 23
It's still hot. I'm still not running. Or Shredding.
I have less than two months before I have two 5k's to run, it better cool off soon!
Posted by me at 9:21 PM | Comments (0)
July 18, 2011
Looking forward to feeling like myself. Again. Whatever that is.
Well, it turns out the pill isn't to blame for all of my discomfort after all.
After several weeks of near daily headaches, I realized that the pain was located in the front of my head, above my eyes, as opposed to the sharper pain I would normally feel behind my eyes, usually to one side. I've been sleeping plenty, but still feel run down. And in the last couple days, I've had drainage down the back of my throat.
A quick consult with Dr. Google suggested a sinus infection.
I've been looking for an excuse to have my ear checked, too. I've had a randomly occurring ear clog bugging me for months, not worth it's own appointment, but annoying as hell. Nothing like having a dull hum in one ear wake you up in the night and then garble conversations all day.
I planned to make an appointment today for the sinus thing, so it was just dumb luck that the ear started doing it's thing. I got the earliest appointment I could, in hopes that the ear wouldn't clear before the doctor could look at it.
The bad news is that I have a sinus infection and an inflamed eustachian tube that's keeping my ear from draining fluid. The good news is that both of these things are treatable, and I'm now in the possession of drugs. I could have done without the shot in the ass, but it's certainly a fair trade to get rid of the static in my left ear.
Posted by me at 9:54 PM | Comments (0)
July 13, 2011
WiW: Week 68
Weight: 144.8
Waist: 30
Hips: 37
Thigh: 23
Still nothin'. It's still ridiculously hot, and I still haven't gotten back to the Shred. And the longer I don't Shred, the less I want to start, even though I feel terribly guilty every single day for spending so much time on my ass. Hopefully it won't be much longer before my guilt overpowers my laziness.
Posted by me at 8:27 PM | Comments (0)
July 6, 2011
WiW: Week 67
Weight: 143.6
Waist: 29.5
Hips: 37
Thigh: 23
I have no idea how I lost a pound and a half last night. I can only assume that muscle-weighs-more-than-fat thing works both ways.
I haven't worked out at all since last week. It's been ridiculously hot, which is a perfectly legitimate excuse for not running. It's no excuse at all, though, for why I haven't done the Shred more than one time this summer. I keep meaning to, but I just... don't.
I guess I need to get on that.
Posted by me at 9:20 PM | Comments (0)
July 1, 2011
Not a fan of repunctuation
When did this become an exercise blog?
It's time to mix it up a bit. So, back to my ovaries!
When we last spoke, I had just started Seasonique in the hopes that my friendly ovarian cyst would shrink back where it came from. I'm around halfway through my 3 month pill pack, and I've come to some realizations:
- Heavier, more irregular periods are somehow less annoying than constant or near constant spotting and show.
- Sore boobs aren't a lot of fun, although they do seem a tad bit perkier. Not that I'm going to let anyone touch them.
- For the last week or two, I've been insatiably hungry. Since I've been exercising less and sitting more, I'm fairly sure I can tie this in with the rest of my PMS-like symptoms.
- Which leads to weight gain. which might not be technically a side effect, since it's my own damn fault for eating more, but cause and effect, you know.
- I've been tired and headachy the last weekish. Not sure if this is pill related, but I'm in a blaming mood.
I was on the pill on and off for a lot of years, and never experienced any noticeable side effects until after Katie was born. Since that time, I find the side effects to be too annoying to bother with. They aren't horrible and dramatic, more niggling and irritating, but my tolerance for unnecessary irritants is low, and at this point in my life I just don't have to put up with that crap.
I'll be finishing this pack of pills, since it's for the cyst and not for actual birth prevention, but after that I'm done. I'll find another solution, or I'll put up with what Mother Nature dealt me.
Posted by me at 8:31 PM | Comments (0)