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Apr. 11th, 2017 11:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_rckI’m feeling really overwhelmed right now. I’ve made the OT appointments, and they’re one a week for the next three weeks (including this one). They are, sadly, at Domino Farms, so I have limited options for getting there. I’m going to try to get my act together to see if the A-Ride does go there. My neighbor says that her mother has used it to get there, but that doesn’t mean that I can. I’m not supposed to be able to use it for anything on the Plymouth Road bus route, and someone being nasty might take the fact that the nearest stop is more than a mile away as insufficient to count the place as not being on that route. Domino Farms is right off of Plymouth Road. It’s just that the bus doesn’t go out that far.
The PT appointments are at the main hospital, and I definitely can’t use the A-Ride for getting there because the Plymouth Road bus stops right outside the main entrance. Scott will be able to get me home from two of the appointments at the hospital because they’re late enough in the day that I’ll be done around when he’d get back to town anyway.
I wrote about 1000 words last night. 940 of them were on the Fandom5K story, so I’m nearly halfway to minimum word count. My current goal is to get a bus draft as quickly as I can and then polish it as much as I have time for after I post it. Bad news about the various uterine tests would likely leave me with major problems making the deadline, depending on what treatment was recommended and how soon.
My mother emailed me this morning to let me know that her cell phone has been stolen. She mainly lost phone numbers because she’d been clinging to an ancient phone that could make calls and send texts and not do anything else at all. She’s hoping she can still avoid the smartphone trap.
Scott’s sister just called, and she can’t come to the hysterosonogram appointment with me. She can, however, take me to lunch in the 3.5 hour gap between PT and that appointment. I was mostly worried about being alone at the hospital for that time. After how I melted down before last year’s mammogram, I’m trying to make sure I have someone around in the time leading up to similar tests. (Which is why I’m so hugely grateful thatevalerie was able to be there with me yesterday.)
My gynecologist sent me a message to say that my hormone blood tests show me as perimenopausal but not yet fully menopausal.
I really, really want a nap right now, but I think it will be Saturday before I can fit one in. Instead, I’m going to cat wax a bit by looking online for plastic storage bins that might fit under my bedside table. Amazon mostly seems to sell those in batches of six, and I only want/can use one, but having some specific names might help when going to Target or Meijer or wherever nearby.
I’m kind of hoping the Med-equip is its usual efficient self and doesn’t get back to me until some time in May. I really, really don’t have time or resources to try get out there for a c-PAP fitting and all that.
The PT appointments are at the main hospital, and I definitely can’t use the A-Ride for getting there because the Plymouth Road bus stops right outside the main entrance. Scott will be able to get me home from two of the appointments at the hospital because they’re late enough in the day that I’ll be done around when he’d get back to town anyway.
I wrote about 1000 words last night. 940 of them were on the Fandom5K story, so I’m nearly halfway to minimum word count. My current goal is to get a bus draft as quickly as I can and then polish it as much as I have time for after I post it. Bad news about the various uterine tests would likely leave me with major problems making the deadline, depending on what treatment was recommended and how soon.
My mother emailed me this morning to let me know that her cell phone has been stolen. She mainly lost phone numbers because she’d been clinging to an ancient phone that could make calls and send texts and not do anything else at all. She’s hoping she can still avoid the smartphone trap.
Scott’s sister just called, and she can’t come to the hysterosonogram appointment with me. She can, however, take me to lunch in the 3.5 hour gap between PT and that appointment. I was mostly worried about being alone at the hospital for that time. After how I melted down before last year’s mammogram, I’m trying to make sure I have someone around in the time leading up to similar tests. (Which is why I’m so hugely grateful that
evalerie was able to be there with me yesterday.)My gynecologist sent me a message to say that my hormone blood tests show me as perimenopausal but not yet fully menopausal.
I really, really want a nap right now, but I think it will be Saturday before I can fit one in. Instead, I’m going to cat wax a bit by looking online for plastic storage bins that might fit under my bedside table. Amazon mostly seems to sell those in batches of six, and I only want/can use one, but having some specific names might help when going to Target or Meijer or wherever nearby.
I’m kind of hoping the Med-equip is its usual efficient self and doesn’t get back to me until some time in May. I really, really don’t have time or resources to try get out there for a c-PAP fitting and all that.
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Date: 2017-04-11 04:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-04-11 04:41 pm (UTC)Good luck!
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Date: 2017-04-11 04:45 pm (UTC)I don't know. Maybe my doctor would okay it for one dose as that would have plenty of time to clear.
How long should I expect the procedure to take?
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Date: 2017-04-11 05:54 pm (UTC)They'll use a speculum in order to insert the flushing wand, then they'll flush and watch the dye move about on the screen. If you have blocked tubes, as I did the first time around, that will be the painful part. My second HSG was not painful at all - and believe me, I was extremely nervous - but as I said, I did get nicked and bled a lot over the next few hours. Keep in mind some bleeding is *not* unusual, but you shouldn't be releasing huge blood clots, as I did. I mean, at the time I had very heavy periods (normal for me) and this freaked me out.
Most women have no troubles with HSGs, but like me, you might be an outlier, and you might find it painful depending on where in your cycle you're at, ie, how low your cervix is, etc. I did end up having a fibroid years later, but I just got wanded for that, no HSG.
Overall, you're going to be fine! Think of it as a regular gyne exam with some extra monitors. I recommend a nap and a treat after, not necessarily in that order.
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Date: 2017-04-18 12:37 am (UTC)And where I am in my cycle... Well, damned if I know. I haven't had a period since October. I'm 49, and some meds I'm on can cause cycles to stop. It's my cycles being weird and some occasional bleeding that lasts less than five minutes that makes the procedure necessary. We're looking for polyps.
I've had uterine ultrasounds pretty regularly, just not this with the saline put inside to inflate the stupid thing.
It occurs to me, nobody said, but should I bring pads for after? That saline has to go somewhere afterwards...
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Date: 2017-04-18 12:59 am (UTC)Yes, bring pads. They'll probably provide some too, but it's always better to be safer than sorry...
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Date: 2017-04-11 04:46 pm (UTC)This is so stressful.
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Date: 2017-04-12 12:53 pm (UTC)