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CynthiaWVirginia -> RE: Lady Troubles (5/25/2011 4:22:32 AM)
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ORIGINAL: FelineFae
Okay, i have noticed quite a few of us females have been having problems with our female parts. So, i thought it might be nice to have a thread where we can just bitch about them to vent, or let others know how we are getting along with our various surguries and medical proceedures.[&:]
Yes! After that last chemo of Fludara, my period went all wonky. The vincristine, cytoxan, prednisone, and rituximab chemos didn't cause any problems with my monthlies, so I thought I was off the hook, lol. Then came that rotten Fludara.
About two years into remisson and getting really tired of all the nausea and hot flashes from hell, I went to my gyn and whined, did a small foot stomp and tried to demand some hormone replacement. He took some blood or whatever and said my estrogen level was okay. I had a period that month so maybe that had something to do with it. Even when I said I wanted it anyway, he muttered something about HRT might maybe give me cancer.
Mom was on it for over 30 years and had no problems at all, and certainly not any cancer. She is in her seventies and had a hysterectomy way back when.
So instead of 7-9 days of heavy bleeding every blessed month, and yeah, I had to wear Dundee cloth baby diapers folded over twice, like a maxi pad, now I get them once every two to three months and they are usually pretty light.
The problem is this past month and a half. I have had spotting on most days, sometimes skipping 2-3 days at a time. I was getting very paranoid about cancer (had lymphoma before), in spite of the PET Scan I had recently for my lymphoma checkup, until mom reminded me that I have a fibroid, mwahahaha, and that this can cause some bleeding. Either that or it can be my hormones.
About a year after the chemos finally stopped, I was taking milk thistle to help my liver clean itself out and the side effect was daily spotting. Around that time was when my periods started making a reappearance after an absence of over a year. (Stopped taking milk thistle cuz who wants to be bleeding a little every blessed day.)
Btw, I don't know if anyone else has experienced this, but I used to occasionally get ovulation pain from HELL. I would be doubled over, panting like a dog, in agony. At the emergency room, after the doc would push on my abdomen, they would almost have to pry me and my nails off the ceiling, and my heart was beating hard like a jackhammer. He found nothing wrong, each time. I started noticing that my period came exactly 14 days later, so I stopped going to the doctor and just stayed home. With other times, the pain was mild, or I would feel something like a cramp at that area that didn't really hurt.
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