Hemorrhagic Ovarian Cyst
That is what has been causing me so much pain over the past few weeks. Sounds nasty doesn't it?
On Tuesday I went to see one of the doctors in my primary physician's group to find out why I've been having pain in my lower abdomen. I figured that since she was a female doctor, she could give me a rough "guesstimate" because I didn't know if it was a "female thing" or my bladder or what. Well she didn't do anything except for tell me "I don't do pelvic exams" and "you need to see your ob/gyn." Um...since when did internists become so specialized that they won't deal with certain parts of the body?
I made an appointment with my ob/gyn but I couldn't get anything until Friday. It didn't matter that I had been in some serious pain for three weeks 'cause they must have been so busy that they couldn't squeeze me in. *rolls eyes*
Well, the pain started getting bad again that afternoon that I said "screw it" and went to the ER. You know how much I love hospitals so you can imagine what kind of pain it took me to voluntarily go to one. At least this time they put me in the "Treat & Release" section instead of "Acute Care" which made things a lot less stressful. However, they did put my bed in the hallway which is kind of nerve-wracking.
My favorite part is that everybody kept on asking me what my pain felt like on a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the worse pain I ever felt. Now you have to understand something about me: I have a very different interpretation of "bad pain" compared to most people. I've had some really bad injuries over the years that weren't treated properly which lead to chronic pain issues. So what I call "moderate pain" would most likely be considered torture to most people. So when I said "around four" I also made it clear about what my definition of pain was. I should have just used Thumper's thinking:
Unfortunately both my nurse and doctor were women so I don't think they would've gotten that, but I described it as blinding menstrual cramps. That opened their eyes a bit and I think I got their understanding about how bad it hurt.
After a round of exams, drinking a lot of water, a couple of ultrasounds (one on a very full bladder...yuck!), and six and a half hours later, I was told I have a hemorrhagic ovarian cyst. I was like "huh? What the hell does that mean?" Basically, it's something that happens, should go away by itself, and there isn't really anything I can do about it.
Well, at least I got a 'script for Percocet out of it.
And I will still be seeing my ob/gyn about it tomorrow as a follow up 'cause the sucker still hurts. I hate pain. Give me my Percocet...
On Tuesday I went to see one of the doctors in my primary physician's group to find out why I've been having pain in my lower abdomen. I figured that since she was a female doctor, she could give me a rough "guesstimate" because I didn't know if it was a "female thing" or my bladder or what. Well she didn't do anything except for tell me "I don't do pelvic exams" and "you need to see your ob/gyn." Um...since when did internists become so specialized that they won't deal with certain parts of the body?
I made an appointment with my ob/gyn but I couldn't get anything until Friday. It didn't matter that I had been in some serious pain for three weeks 'cause they must have been so busy that they couldn't squeeze me in. *rolls eyes*
Well, the pain started getting bad again that afternoon that I said "screw it" and went to the ER. You know how much I love hospitals so you can imagine what kind of pain it took me to voluntarily go to one. At least this time they put me in the "Treat & Release" section instead of "Acute Care" which made things a lot less stressful. However, they did put my bed in the hallway which is kind of nerve-wracking.
My favorite part is that everybody kept on asking me what my pain felt like on a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the worse pain I ever felt. Now you have to understand something about me: I have a very different interpretation of "bad pain" compared to most people. I've had some really bad injuries over the years that weren't treated properly which lead to chronic pain issues. So what I call "moderate pain" would most likely be considered torture to most people. So when I said "around four" I also made it clear about what my definition of pain was. I should have just used Thumper's thinking:
One of those things where when they ask you how bad it is on a scale on 1 to 10 you want to grab the technician by the nads, squeeze, and seethe, “Define that on your scale, Bucko!”
Unfortunately both my nurse and doctor were women so I don't think they would've gotten that, but I described it as blinding menstrual cramps. That opened their eyes a bit and I think I got their understanding about how bad it hurt.
After a round of exams, drinking a lot of water, a couple of ultrasounds (one on a very full bladder...yuck!), and six and a half hours later, I was told I have a hemorrhagic ovarian cyst. I was like "huh? What the hell does that mean?" Basically, it's something that happens, should go away by itself, and there isn't really anything I can do about it.
Well, at least I got a 'script for Percocet out of it.
And I will still be seeing my ob/gyn about it tomorrow as a follow up 'cause the sucker still hurts. I hate pain. Give me my Percocet...
Comments
That way u only gotta worry abt blue balls ;-)
Glad to hear it will pass, Cat, but with you totally on the pain thing.....
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