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thanks Flipada..{{{hugs}}}
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Well....I had an ultrasound yesterday to check the ovarian cyst. I thought it was just going to be an "external" ultrasound (never had this done before)....but surprise, surprise....they did an "internal" one also. The doctor's office called early this morning and said the doc wants to visit with me about the results. So I go see him next Wednesday. So....I'm thinking to myself....it must not be that bad....otherwise they would have had me come in right away.....but, they must have found something....otherwise they would have just told me on the phone all was fine. So will try to keep my mind off it over the long weekend. Meanwhile....I started my second period of the month on Monday and have been "spotting" all week with cramping. I just had one on Aug. 5th. I asked the doctor's office (nurse) if that could be due to the cyst and she said yes if it's fibroid tumor. So we'll see next week. The Effexor has been helping...increased it today to 75mg.
{{hugs}}} to all Thanks!!!
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The Wand
#280673 - 09/01/06 03:55 PM
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Ugh, I remember that test. I was like, 19, and watching them put the condom on the "wand" thinking, uh, WHERE are you going to be putting that?? Dignity, begone! 
Glad to hear you came through it. 
~nelly~
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thanks Nelly....yep...it was quite a surprise. 'Course, lately, I've been examined so much...nothing should really be much of a surprise. A couple weeks ago, I had a tiny camera scope inserted into my bladder. Compared to that, "the wand" was a breeze.
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I hope everything turns out okay with the cyst, and I'm so glad that you're feeling better on the Effexor! I was actually thinking about you and was about to post asking how you were doing when you posted your update about going back on Effexor.
I'm glad your husband also seems to be doing a bit better -- I think it can be very frustrating to be the "healthy" person and feel so helpless over not being able to really understand or help out the person who's not doing well. I know there are times when I feel like my husband and I are on different sides of a ten-foot brick wall. 
Hope you enjoy your long weekend!
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Re: The Wand
#280749 - 09/03/06 11:45 AM
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Oooo, you win.  I've just been thinking about the technicians who do those tests. I think all tehcnicians should be subjected to those tests before they are able to do them. 
I humbly offer to administer my "favorites" right back to the hack technicians who subjected me to them-- the non-anesthesia colonoscopy, the painful and embarrassing barium enema, the sigmoidoscopy (with gut wrenching air puffs), and of course, the wand administered sonogram!!!
~nelly~ (Is that sick and twisted...?)
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#280751 - 09/03/06 12:07 PM
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I also take effexor I was wondering if I am the only one that gets nausa and just feels like death warmed over.I take it in spells and will have c or d one of the two and just feel so Ill.I will just feel so sick and just take meds for nausa and drink water and have to go to bed and it last sometimes a month or maybe I will be lucky and it will only be a week,but I get so sick,I have been tested for everything,and been to doctor after doctor for 10 years,I just feel like I may die,I was young and healthy and it just took my life over, does anyone else understand, does anyone else feel sick? nausa I had sugery a nissin for reflux and I am still sick. I need some support please
Cindy
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I am going to the radiology place this thursday to get a ultrasound with tv whatever that means. My OBGYN suspects that I have ovarian cysts and wants to verify it. What should I be expecting? What is this 'wand thing'?? Help! Im scared 
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it's an internal ultrasound. I had one at my ultrasound for my 20 week pregnancy visit---it's essentially, well...a wand! And the technician put a condom on it and then had ME insert it (weird). It didn't hurt at all. I'm not sure if you will have the same thing but do NOT stress, it won't hurt. A little awkward, but that's it.
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If intercourse or pelvic exams are painful for you, then this type of ultrasound WILL hurt. And if you do have ovarian cysts, it will likely be painful while they are pressing the wand in the direction of the ovary that has the cysts.
I don't want to freak you out, but at the same time, forewarned is forearmed, so if you do have any pain issues during sex/exams then take some pain medication (even Tylenol, but if your stomach could handle it I'd recommend Motrin) about 30-40 minutes before your ultrasound.
If you don't have any problems with sex or pelvic exams, most likely you'll be fine. And, heck, even if it does hurt, you'll be fine anyway -- it doesn't last very long and once they stop poking around in there the pain will die down.
Good luck. Close your eyes and think of England.
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"It's one of the most serious things that can possibly happen to one in a battle -- to get one's head cut off." -- LC
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