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i originally went to see my doc about my stomache pain and bloatiness, he diagnosed me with IBS, then said i MAY have cysts, so i feel at ease now you mention that they don't cut me from hip to hip, if i have got them and they need to come out, then i know that i won't have this massive scar on my belly, and i will be up and about in no time, thankyou for that, it really helps...lately i have been thinking about my health alot because in April i was given the all clear from cancer, so i thought OK, all these aches and pains need to be dealt with, i hate being in pain, so i am doing something about it...thankyou for your response, it's helped me lots...

thankyou everlasting, i am not planning on kids though...LOL....but now i know your cousin is ok, i feel better about it...thankyou for the info....have a great day...

thankyou riyasam, that's so helpful, i am not sure if i have them yet, but i will find out after i have my scan, my doc said i MAY have them, so this is why i ask...thankyou.....

may i just congratulate your DIL for surviving cancer, i know how happy she must have been to be told that....i wouldn't really mind having a hystorectomy, i cannot have any more kids, my periods are all over the place and i am just plain miserable because of the pain, so if i do have any, which i hope not, i may even ask them to remove them....i doubt they will but i could ask

wow 5oz, that's massive....wow....for a few months now i have had a swollen belly, it looked like i was preggy, it's gone down a little bit now but i usually have a flat tum, so this is unusual, so i will find out today what will happen, my appt isn't till 6pm, hmmm unusual time but i need to have 2 scans, i will let ya know what happens when i get back

Another problem they might discover that is painful usually is endometriosis. I went in for a hysterectomy because of fibroids, and my gyn Dr. said he would take my ovaries while there. I argued that if they were healthy, I wanted to keep them. He reluctantly agreed. However, when it came to my surgery, I had endometriosis, which had not (surprisingly) had any painful symptoms. It was very extensive, and it added an extra hour and a half to my surgery. Fibroids are tumors of the muscle, not cancerous. Endometriosis is when the lining tissue of the fallopian tubes grows outside of the tubes, within your abdomen and causes adhesions throughout. Usually it is very painful. They had discovered my fibroids because I started with a period that lasted several weeks and was very heavy. I had no pain until they gave me a weeks worth of progesterone. That stopped the bleeding, but when it was done, I started bleeding massively again and cramping much worse than childbirth. This surgery was all done laparascopically---no big incision. PM me if you like and we can talk more, maybe after you have your tests.

OK here's what happened, i went for my scans, they did the one on my abs for the IBS, but becayuse they didn't tell me to fill my bladder for pelvic scan, they couldn't do it, so i have to go back at a later date and have another one on my pelvis which is a pain in the bum, i really wanted to get them both done instead of going back the hospital is about 2 hours away from my home, so it's quite a long journey, but i will get results for my IBS before the pelvic results, i hope i don't have cysts, but the doc said i probably have, i will let you know what's happening as soon as i find out what's going on

Hi Oh that would have annoyed me having to go back, they really should have told you to have a full bladder or at least given you plenty to drink whilst you were waiting rather than you have to make the two hour journey at a later date. Thanks for keeping us updated. Ellie @:D

i had some bottled water in the car and told them that i would go out and drink it, but she said that water takes an hour to go from the mouth into the body, i wouldn't have minded waiting, but she insisted that i come back, so there was nothing i could have done about that, so all i did when i was on my way home was grumble...LOL...it just felt like a wasted journey, but hey what could i do?

they did the gall bladder and everything elese that needed doing, so i will have results in a week or 2....

hi tamara, i have just got back from the hispital, they scanned my abdomen and told me that i had to come back to have my pelvis scanned at another date because i didn't drink enough water, so i am well hacked off, this is what i didn't want to happen, i didn't want to go back for any more checks, but i have to now, it didn;t tell me in my letter that i needed to drink 2 pints of water before i got there, so i am gonna just relax now and wait for my next appointment, they are sending my abs results to my doc so i will get them first....

aaah i love success stories like that, so she now has a lovely little baby, that's great news, i hope your daughter is in full recovery now and that she's living a healthy happy life, i am a little bit aniticipant about the cysts, but i am not going to find out if i have them till they do a scan, i did go lat night and have a scan for my IBS, but because i didn't have a full bladder, the couldn't see what was going on in my pelvic area, it didn't state in my appt letter that i had to have a full bladder so that's their error, so i still don't know if i have them, i hope i don't but they should have told me about drinking the water and i could have had both scans on the same day....grrr, now i have to wait...

Good luck, hon.. my prayers are with you. :) And,yes, my daughter and her baby are both healthy and happy. :)

Hi Scorps, WELL lemme tell ya...i am well hacked off, in my appt letter it didn't tell me that i needed to drink lots of water, so they only done the scan for my bowel IBS, and left the pelvic scan for another time, i was so pished off, but i am not gonna let that get to me, (their fault, not mine) i am still not smoking and i haven't wore a patch since last week, i haven't even thought about that, i do get pains in my lower part and today i have my monthly visit so i'm not too chirpy right now, the pain is nasty, so i am waiting on another appt for the pelvic scan, then they can tell me what's happening down there....i'm not letting anything stress me out either, i know that it will trigger my IBS if i did that so i am staying calm, well kinda, it's not getting to me...i promise

I'm glad to hear that you're not letting all this get you smoking again--THAT you don't need now! My cousin (4 or 5 years older) had 90% of both ovaries removed and still managed to conceive her son (a miracle baby for sure). And don't worry about peeing on the table once they begin pressing down--they're used to it! I'm saying daily prayers for you in the meantime--stay strong girl!

thanks scorps, maybe next time i go they will have it done and over with, i won't start smoking again, that's for sure, i have long since but them monsters to bed...LOL...i'll just wait and see in my next appt what they have to say, and as for peeing, they can have it....i don't need that pee...LOL....thanks scorps, i truly appreciate your concern....xx

NP tatty! We girls have got to stick together (and since you helped me find the courage to quit smoking, I'll be here if you need to chat!). I'll say a prayer that everything goes well, ok? luv ya!

good morning Hatley, well i went for my scans yesterday, they did one for my IBS to see what was going on in my bowel, but the pelvic one, they have reappointed me because my bladder wasn't full enough because i hadn't drank 2 pints of water, (there was nothing in my appt letter suggesting that i did this) so i was pretty annoyed about that, the results to my abs scan will be sent to my doctor soon, then i will have to go back about the pelvic scan, i really wanted to get this over with sooner, but they made a mistake, so now i have to wait for a further appt....i will let you know what happens....thankyou...