Doctor Report

I went to the doctor today. Three major complaints:

1. The mini-period
2. Pain during/after sex, just a slight, burning/itching feeling in the vagina. Mind you, my husband and I have never, ever had sex before without a condom - it'd been nearly 15 years since I'd had sex without a condom, so who knows if that sort of itching was just me not liking semen or something.
3. Swelling and pain. Yes I'm still swollen and in pain. It's the swelly-belly the hystersister's site talks about. I've got it. It's huge. I didn't even go to work yesterday because it was too big to fit into clothes. About 5 pounds of extra fluid in my abdomen. And think about this, I'm not holding it in my tissues like you do when you get the pre-menstrual bloat - it's all in my abdomen, and it's damn uncomfortable.

Anway the answers.

1. Mini-period - she could try to cauterize it if I really, really want to. I said no. We'd give it a year or so and then see how I feel about it. It could stop. It could get lighter (it could also get heavier).

2. I have an infection. A little yeast, a little bacteria. She said it's all pretty much expected after a hysterectomy and the huge doses of antibiotics they put me on. So, a little metrogel and a little diflucan and I'll be right as rain by the end of the weekend.

3. Take it easy. I'm doing too much. She said take it easy, no more marathon training for a month. If I'm still swollen she'll send me for some imaging. But as far as she could tell my ovaries had no palpable cysts and everything else seemed normal. I'm just walking and lifting and climbing too much. 'Nuff said. I'm back on the couch for a while and no evening activities. I'm skipping my class today.

Posted by Elizabeth M. on November 16, 2004 9:12 PM