At around 10:30 last night my mom comes into the den plops down on her computer chair and says she has something to tell me. She can't keep it in anymore. It's eating her up inside. Then she slumps over and puts her face in her hands and sighs. I should mention my mom has narcissistic personality disorder and tends to be a bit of a drama queen.
So even though this is about me she has to make it about her. :12:
She then proceeds to tell me that after my surgery last week my doctor came out and spoke to her and showed her the pics from the hysteroscopy. I was still in PACU a.k.a. recovery at this point. He never came to speak to me, which in retrospect I consider quite odd. He told mom my uterus needs to come out and there is no way around it because I have a fibroid that is so big it cannot be removed without removing my uterus. I looked at her incredulously and said, "I don't believe you." She looked stunned. Apparently that was the one reaction she didn't expect. :tongue:
Mom went on to tell me that my doctor also said that if I allowed this mass to remain my periods would increase in pain and flow and that I would need to come in every month for blood transfusions.
WTF!?!
I have a few problems with this.
I was his 4th and last surgery of the day. Patient #2 had a problem and her surgery went over by about an hour. Maybe he mixed up the hysteroscopy pics?
My surgeon does surgery on Tuesdays and Thursdays and isn't in the office on Fridays. So it seems I will not have an answer to my questions until Monday if I am lucky.
In the meantime I am preparing for the worst but hoping for the best. :frown1: :irked:
Fucking A! I can't wait for this year to end. 2008 has sucked eight days to Sunday. I am so ready for 2009 I don't know what to do.
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She then proceeds to tell me that after my surgery last week my doctor came out and spoke to her and showed her the pics from the hysteroscopy. I was still in PACU a.k.a. recovery at this point. He never came to speak to me, which in retrospect I consider quite odd. He told mom my uterus needs to come out and there is no way around it because I have a fibroid that is so big it cannot be removed without removing my uterus. I looked at her incredulously and said, "I don't believe you." She looked stunned. Apparently that was the one reaction she didn't expect. :tongue:
Mom went on to tell me that my doctor also said that if I allowed this mass to remain my periods would increase in pain and flow and that I would need to come in every month for blood transfusions.
I have a few problems with this.
1) Why the hell is my surgeon talking to my mom and not me?
2) I don't see him until 12/22/08 for my post-op follow-up appt. Is he planning on telling me then that he needs to rip out my uterus and by the way you will never have children.
3) I have had surgery a few times before and the doctor has always spoken to me in recovery. This one did not. I want to know why.
2) I don't see him until 12/22/08 for my post-op follow-up appt. Is he planning on telling me then that he needs to rip out my uterus and by the way you will never have children.
3) I have had surgery a few times before and the doctor has always spoken to me in recovery. This one did not. I want to know why.
4) Prior to surgery I had two pelvic ultrasounds. Neither one showed a fibroid so big it eclipsed my uterus. Did it grow that big in a month?
5) I resent the fact he burdened my 78 yr old mother with this bad news.
6) I called and left two messages today for his nurse to call me back. She did not. First time that's ever happend.
On 11/3/08 he looked at the results from my ultrasounds and said he has been doing hysterectomys for 30 years and I was not a woman who needs a hysterectomy. I was jubilant. Now I wonder if maybe he mixed up OR reports. 5) I resent the fact he burdened my 78 yr old mother with this bad news.
6) I called and left two messages today for his nurse to call me back. She did not. First time that's ever happend.
My surgeon does surgery on Tuesdays and Thursdays and isn't in the office on Fridays. So it seems I will not have an answer to my questions until Monday if I am lucky.
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Today, while out doing errands mom fell asleep at the wheel, ran off the road, into a gully and damn near killed us both. I looked up from the book I was reading and screamed. This woke her up just before we hit the trees. :yikes:Fucking A! I can't wait for this year to end. 2008 has sucked eight days to Sunday. I am so ready for 2009 I don't know what to do.
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