Keep taking the tablets!

by Z on December 16, 2009

Just a little postette:
I’ve dutifully been taking the Norethisterone tablets the doc gave me last week, to stop the bleeding before I have the coil taken out tomorrow.
I haven’t bled for nearly a week, and feel better than I have for months, possibly years. I’m trying hard to force myself to take things easy and [...]

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Mental Health Vs Physical Health: A Gamble

by Z on December 10, 2009

Having spent the last two days welded to the sofa, feeling utterly sorry for myself and, having lost so much blood this week that I could hardly stand up, I finally caved and went back to the doctors this morning.
By this point, I would have cheerfully agreed if the doctor had suggested I remove [...]

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Seeing red

December 4, 2009

It’s Friday night and, after 2 week’s worth of ridiculously heavy bleeding followed by a full week of much needed recovery, me & the Mr were looking forward to a little, um, quality time tonight.
Last trip to the loo to freshen up and whaddya know? Oh yes. It’s back. That should kill the mood nicely. [...]

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Fibroids everywhere!

December 4, 2009

Here are two articles written by men about their wives fibroid experiences.
Frankie the Fibroid (the bouncing baby blob), posted by John of Crispy Neurons, contains some graphic images. (No, they are not swedish meatballs. Yes, they are that big)
Heather, I salute you.
My Wife’s Triumph, by Steven Hefferon over at Momshack, talks of  their success in [...]

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Hysterical about hysterectomies

November 26, 2009

Fibroids can range in size from tiny pea sized to as large as a grapefruit (and bigger, I’m sure). Surgery options for different sizes all come with a risk or a certainty of being subsequently unable to become pregnant or carry a baby to term.

This article at Women’s Health gives some clear but basic info [...]

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Can the pill make fibroids worse?

November 26, 2009

Interesting vid, made all the more interesting by the specialist’s belief that birth control medication and similar may cause fibroids to GROW, not shrink as we are often led to believe.Understanding Abnormal Uterine Bleeding – via WrongDiagnosis.com

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Don’t mention the womb!

November 25, 2009

Of course (she says, nonchalantly) conversations that stray within 50ft of ‘women’s health’ are generally considered taboo to one degree or another and those that involve the intimate and bloody nature of such issues are even less appropriate for polite society.

*sigh*

Still, the more my own embarrassment and squeamishness is eroded simply by dealing with the [...]

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What?

November 25, 2009

Stuff will be here soon, promise.

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