More than you ever wanted to know...

So this blog started out as a way to keep up with family, you know, update those that are far away with pictures of what we have been up to recently.  Then, I sprinkled in a craft or two.  Even a recipe!  Over time, it has become my scrapbook/journal.  It is the place that I record pretty much everything that has been happening with us.

Mostly, I have shared good times here, because I want this to be a positive place for me and my family to come to remember. Not that we don't have hard times, because believe me, we have our fair share.  I get personal, but not too personal, because...well, I don't know?!
 
That being said, I am about to get personal.  I am going to give you more information on me that really you ever probably wanted to know, so really feel free to skip this post if you want!  I just want to have a place to write stuff down so that I can remember one day, oh yeah, that happened to me.

Don't say I didn't warn you.

About a month ago, I went if for my annual female exam.  No big deal, but I did want to discuss why my period felt like it did way back when I was like 14 years old and pre-birth control {I have been on it since I was like 15, I went on accutane, went off when I tried to get pregnant with each kid and then finally off when the hubs took care of business after Lola was born}.  There was concern enough for my doctor to order a pelvic ultrasound to see if something was causing the crazy bleeding {6 day period then it will stop for a day or so, then start up for another day, then stop again}.  The ultra sound showed a structure near my right ovary.  When the nurse called me with the results she asked if I was pregnant and immediately referred me to my obgyn.  Ugh, pregnant?  Sweat started dripping out of every pore in my body, then I cried, then panicked.  NOT.  POSSIBLE.  Peed on a stick, negative.  Why were they asking if I was pregnant?  Did they see something down there when they were doing that special ultra sound?  I called the obgyn and asked them to review the results and call me back asap.  It took them two days {my appointment was on the third day} and they said that they would talk to me about my options tomorrow.  What did that even mean?!  Thursday could not come any faster.  When I had my consultation, my doctor explained to me why they asked about the pregnancy.  Where the structure is located is very similar to where a tubal pregnancy might be.  But, he reassured me that I wasn't pregnant if in fact I got a negative result.  Huge sigh of relief.  So then what is the structure and what are my options?
~more birth control pills {I have migraines that they think are related to hormonal changes, so it would help those and control heavy bleeding}.  I feel like I have been on birth control my whole life, for some reason I am emotional about this one and do not want to go back on it.  I already take two pills each night {for high blood pressure and migraine prevention, really, what is one more pill?}.  With this they would repeat the ultra sound to make sure that whatever the structure is doesn't get bigger.
~IUD.  This will possibly help control/reduce the bleeding and make me more regular.  Again, repeat the ultra sound to make sure that whatever the structure is doesn't get bigger.
~Operative Hysteroscopy {the link will explain it better than me}, but if you don't want to read it, know it is very similar to a d&c.  This option goes in and gets out whatever it might be that is inside me, cleans you out.  No guessing or waiting to see what that structure might be or grow into.  Could just be a cyst, very normal in any woman's body, this I learned or could be a polyp or something else.  The what is it is what bothers me.  This procedure you do have to go under for.

So, after a few tears and questioning what I should do, I opted for the latter. They called me yesterday and scheduled me for the day before Thanksgiving {did I mention we are hosting a HUGE get together this year?!}.  Should be interesting.  

Hoping that once everything is out I will sleep a little bit easier and things will be back to normal.

See.  Told you.  Much more than you ever wanted to know about me. 

 PS-Of course my doctor could get me scheduled to do the surgery the day before Thanksgiving, but the surgery center itself could not, so I will be having the procedure done on December 28th.  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to me!