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May. 4th, 2016 01:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_rckI’m pretty sure that what was going on with me was stress because it had mostly eased by the time I was in the waiting room at the doctor’s office (the point at which I can’t go any direction but forward).
The nurse wound me up again because she thought the appointment was for me to have my IUD removed which was not what had been said to me when I made the appointment. My blood pressure was 110/80 which is high for me. I don’t know, though. It may be the new normal. I’ve been that high pretty consistently since September, right after the surgery. Of course, I haven’t tried taking it when I’m not at a doctor’s office for something out of the ordinary, so I don’t know if that’s a factor that has changed.
The gynecologist said she would talk to the oncologist. She’s concerned because he addressed estrogen from the IUD but not progesterone. My tumor was positive for both. She also said that some recent studies out of Sweden indicate that using a hormonal IUD, ever, increases one’s risk of breast cancer. My impression is that the risk is just barely enough to register but that it exists.
I’m to go back on the 18th and to have a uterine ultrasound on the 11th. By the 18th, she’ll have the results of the ultrasound and should have managed to talk to the oncologist. Her estimate was that it would take him four or five working days to get back to her. I hope that’s accurate because the other appointment they offered me was on my birthday. I could do that, but if I need the IUD removed, I’m not sure I want to deal with that on a day that Scott and I are expecting to spend together.
My annual physical, including a fasting blood draw, will be on the 23rd. Then, hopefully, I’ll be clear until around June 8th.
The nurse wound me up again because she thought the appointment was for me to have my IUD removed which was not what had been said to me when I made the appointment. My blood pressure was 110/80 which is high for me. I don’t know, though. It may be the new normal. I’ve been that high pretty consistently since September, right after the surgery. Of course, I haven’t tried taking it when I’m not at a doctor’s office for something out of the ordinary, so I don’t know if that’s a factor that has changed.
The gynecologist said she would talk to the oncologist. She’s concerned because he addressed estrogen from the IUD but not progesterone. My tumor was positive for both. She also said that some recent studies out of Sweden indicate that using a hormonal IUD, ever, increases one’s risk of breast cancer. My impression is that the risk is just barely enough to register but that it exists.
I’m to go back on the 18th and to have a uterine ultrasound on the 11th. By the 18th, she’ll have the results of the ultrasound and should have managed to talk to the oncologist. Her estimate was that it would take him four or five working days to get back to her. I hope that’s accurate because the other appointment they offered me was on my birthday. I could do that, but if I need the IUD removed, I’m not sure I want to deal with that on a day that Scott and I are expecting to spend together.
My annual physical, including a fasting blood draw, will be on the 23rd. Then, hopefully, I’ll be clear until around June 8th.
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