Kaybee,
If I didn't want to talk about this I wouldn't have posted about it. Still, I find it a little eery to be thinking of requesting cancer booklets, I feel like we're nowhere near that stage yet, if he finds something then maybe... does that make sense? I guess that's a form of denial about what he's actually looking for, but there's such a MINUTE chance he will find anything, guess I feel like treating this as a "rule it out" thing until otherwise.
Well, here's the history of the situation:
- last fall and winter, severe increase in IBS symptoms, constantly constipated, lots of pain, lots of bloating, way more than normal. Attributed it to stress (I've had quite a bit of that this last summer, 3rd baby born, 2 weeks later moved to new city where I knew no one, etc). Tried zelnorm with no relief.
-after losing 25 pounds over this, my family Dr sent me to a GI Dr who immediately performed colonoscopy and esophagoendoscopy (know that is spelled wrong). He removed precancerous polyps from my colon, and found gastritis in my stomach.
-In the midst of all this I got Heather's book and started making changes, and feeling some better, but still had trouble and sometimes very severe pain. I told my husband having the babies wasn't that bad! Also, the IBS symptoms had not gone away, I just felt a little more in control of them. I also still had (and still have) very little appetite and attributed that to a borderline eating disorder. I make myself eat well now but still battle the temptation to just not eat, sometimes makes me feel sick to imagine eating something but I do anyway because it's right. Now I wonder if the physical didn't affect the mental, the loss of appetite being REALLLY BIOLOGICAL and the mindset of enjoying the weight loss came after. That's a whole nother bag of worms...
-He did an abdominal CT scan to rule out gallbladder and any obstructions that might be in there. Nothing else GI was found and he said the pain must be colon spasms, prescribed librax to help. I've only taken that a few times, and at night, because it puts me right to sleep.
-CT scan ALSO found "unusual dilation of veins surroundign the ovaries, inconclusive". So he sent me to a Gyno, and said that if the gyno didn't find anything to explain it, that I should have an MRI. That's when I started feeling a little scared, an MRI? Good night!
-Gyno appt was Wednesday, he said CT scan could be explained by something called pelvic congestion syndrome, after having 3 babies in less than 5 years. OR... that my symptoms also warranted a laparoscopy (not the other one you mentioned) to rule out ovarian cancer. His reasons included the sudden increase in IBS symptoms, the unusual ct scan, and the fact that I did do several rounds of clomid (a fertility drug) to achieve my first two pregnancies (3rd one was a lovely SURPRISE, came all on her own!)  He did mention that in most cases he'd start with a tranvaginal ultrasound but that I'd already had a CT, and a blood test, but that he didn't trust the results of that and would still want to take a look for himself anyway.
-So here we are, neither the ct scan nor the physical exam showed any mass or enlargement of ovaries, so how on earth could all these IBS symptoms be from that? I don't know. I think it's overkill (for lack of a more appropriate term) but what can I do, I certainly can't ignore this, the Lord has put it before me and I have no choice but to move forward and trust that when it is all over and TURNS OUT TO BE FINE, that He had a reason for making us all go through it. It's hard to believe, I've never been a sickly person, never had a "test" in my life until this, and have barely been to the Dr. Now that's all I do! It's getting pretty old.
Thanks for your suggestions, I don't even know if my gyno is an ocol. gyno, I will ask when they call me to schedule it, should be today or early next week.
Anything else you have to suggest, bring it on, I'm a big girl. 
Thanks!
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Take care,
Michelle
...the greatest of these is LOVE. (I Cor 13)
Edited by ecmmbm (07/25/03 04:49 AM)
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