my head is spinning

Warning: This post is about me, the Mrs. and the womanly type of problems I've been having. It may also be very hard to follow since my head really is spinning. So I'm sorry if there is any confusion.

Recently I've been having some "woman" problems. Without going into way to much information you probably don't care about, I'll just say that it involved irregular menses and extreme pain during them. So I made a Dr's appt and that was today. I was no way ready for the information I was going to hear.

Let me take you back a few years, give you a glimpse into my history. In 2000 and 2001 I had a miscarriage. In 2003 I under went a Laproscopy for ovarian cysts and pelvic pain. In 2004 I underwent another Laproscopy for a cyst in my tubes, and had a D&C. Samples were also taken from my cervix and ovaries. It was shown that I had some type of tumor in my ovary. But that it was nothing to be worried about. The Dr also stated he did not believe I had endometriosis or Poly cystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). Over the next few years I had several ultrasounds to check on the tumor and the reoccurring cysts I had. In 2007 I began having heart palpitations and my blood pressure sky rocketed. My family physician ordered tons of lab work and an echo cardiogram and sent me to a new GYN for a work up because of the tumor to see if that could be the cause.

My echo showed I had Mitral Valve Prolapse or MVP which was most likely the cause of my heart palpitations. The GYN sent my previous slides to the University of Michigan to be retested since she didn't know for sure what it said, and ordered a few more lab tests. The only report I got from that was "the pathologist agrees with the previous report". So we assumed it was just the MVP and I was started on some meds.

Now present day: For the last few months I've been having some problems. So I make an appt with the previous GYN office I went to in 2007. But I seen a new doctor since the other had moved out of state. We begin talking about what's been going on, the symptoms I've had, and what the old tests showed. I'm then told that the report from the U of M said that I had polyps and hyperplasia of the endometrium. My LH was 3x as high as my FSH and they should be pretty close to the same. And since I've been having irregular bleeding (pretty much for 3 months straight now), and that we haven't gotten pregnant when we haven't used protection in years it probably means that there is something wrong. So I was told it is most likely 1 of 3 things: Endometriosis, PCOS, or Endometrial Cancer.

So we did a pelvic exam, I went and had blood drawn, and I have an ultrasound scheduled. The plan is to also have another D&C done in the next few weeks to see if I still have an overgrowth of cells and polyps. Unless my lab work and/or ultrasound show something different.

So now it's a waiting game, and I'm trying hard not to think about it to much. But I'm scared out of my mind with the thought of having cancer. With the thought of never being able to have children, never being able to make my husband a father.

I'm also really pissed at the fact that the results from the U of M came back in 2007 and that no one felt the need to tell me the results. That because the Dr I was seeing moved out of that office I was just forgotten about. And when I called for my results they just said "they agree" ok, well what did they agree to? Why when I called wasn't I told my lab work was abnormal? That the reason my symptoms could be getting worse is because I could have cancer that could have been found 2 years ago!

I really think the next 3 weeks is going to be the longest 3 weeks of my life. My follow up appt can't come fast enough.