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Surgery... again!
Hey everyone!
Hope this upcoming holiday season is finding you well. Here in my neck of the woods (Ha! Is that SO Wisconsin of me?) everything has been pretty cruddy. A quick update on life... Adam and I are still wonderful as ever. He recently moved to a 3rd shift position as a welder so that has been quite an adjustment for me. Definitely has NOT helped my anxiety. As far as my anxiety goes, I've been pretty stable with my current medications and doing well for the last several months. It's quite odd that I am able to mask my anxiety symptoms and issues when I have to, for instance at work, but it's when I tend to forget that I CAN control it is when it creeps up on me. Thankfully Adam has been supportive along with my parents... they're always there when I need them!
Physiologically I've been in pain. Between female issues, chiropractic, and gastrointestinal it's been one big headache! I'm continuing to have issues with my sacroiliac joint and am still seeing my chiropractor regularly due to the instability in my lower back. I also have started having severe cramps along with the heavy menstrual bleeding monthly and seems as though it is continuing to get worse with each month passing. It almost feels as though I'm having menstrual cramps every day of the month. I've also started seeing a dermatologist and he recommended that I try spironolactone to help with my acne, excess oil, and hirsuitism. The only catch is I have to be on birth control to do so. These symptoms, of course, are likely directly related to the PCOS. Now, I KNOW that going on birth control would likely calm everything down, however, I'm so darn stubborn I just couldn't bring myself to do that until recently. A few weeks ago I started a treatment of spironolactone 100mg BID and birth control (orthocyclen as I've been on in the past) but after a week of taking it properly I couldn't take it anymore. I was constantly nauseous and often vomiting after taking the spironolactone. I tried taking it with, before, and after food. Everything I could think of (minus dairy such as milk or yogurt). Back to the pain, my mom went with me to talk to my OB-GYN re: this as I felt as though I needed some female support. Plus, who knows me better than me? My mom. I had an exam and she said that my pelvic floor muscles are abnormally tense and that it's not normal. She recommended intensive physical therapy and if that didn't help to do another exploratory laparoscopy. We decided to do an ultrasound, which everything looked fine, and then to do the surgery followed by intensive PT.
Surgery is scheduled for January 20th and PT will begin after I have recovered from that. I'm not sure what exactly they are going to look for other than anything abnormal. My fear is endometriosis as, even though it's "not hereditary", my mom along with two other aunts for sure have suffered from it.
Currently I am taking Lexapro 20mg daily for anxiety along with lorazepam 0.5mg up to TID PRN for anxiety. For IBS I'm currently taking cholestyramine powder whenever I feel I'm in need of relief. I also am taking fish oil, biotin, vitamin E and Florajen-3 daily.
I hope everyone who reads this has a lovely and merry holidays!!
Cheers!
Hope this upcoming holiday season is finding you well. Here in my neck of the woods (Ha! Is that SO Wisconsin of me?) everything has been pretty cruddy. A quick update on life... Adam and I are still wonderful as ever. He recently moved to a 3rd shift position as a welder so that has been quite an adjustment for me. Definitely has NOT helped my anxiety. As far as my anxiety goes, I've been pretty stable with my current medications and doing well for the last several months. It's quite odd that I am able to mask my anxiety symptoms and issues when I have to, for instance at work, but it's when I tend to forget that I CAN control it is when it creeps up on me. Thankfully Adam has been supportive along with my parents... they're always there when I need them!
Physiologically I've been in pain. Between female issues, chiropractic, and gastrointestinal it's been one big headache! I'm continuing to have issues with my sacroiliac joint and am still seeing my chiropractor regularly due to the instability in my lower back. I also have started having severe cramps along with the heavy menstrual bleeding monthly and seems as though it is continuing to get worse with each month passing. It almost feels as though I'm having menstrual cramps every day of the month. I've also started seeing a dermatologist and he recommended that I try spironolactone to help with my acne, excess oil, and hirsuitism. The only catch is I have to be on birth control to do so. These symptoms, of course, are likely directly related to the PCOS. Now, I KNOW that going on birth control would likely calm everything down, however, I'm so darn stubborn I just couldn't bring myself to do that until recently. A few weeks ago I started a treatment of spironolactone 100mg BID and birth control (orthocyclen as I've been on in the past) but after a week of taking it properly I couldn't take it anymore. I was constantly nauseous and often vomiting after taking the spironolactone. I tried taking it with, before, and after food. Everything I could think of (minus dairy such as milk or yogurt). Back to the pain, my mom went with me to talk to my OB-GYN re: this as I felt as though I needed some female support. Plus, who knows me better than me? My mom. I had an exam and she said that my pelvic floor muscles are abnormally tense and that it's not normal. She recommended intensive physical therapy and if that didn't help to do another exploratory laparoscopy. We decided to do an ultrasound, which everything looked fine, and then to do the surgery followed by intensive PT.
Surgery is scheduled for January 20th and PT will begin after I have recovered from that. I'm not sure what exactly they are going to look for other than anything abnormal. My fear is endometriosis as, even though it's "not hereditary", my mom along with two other aunts for sure have suffered from it.
Currently I am taking Lexapro 20mg daily for anxiety along with lorazepam 0.5mg up to TID PRN for anxiety. For IBS I'm currently taking cholestyramine powder whenever I feel I'm in need of relief. I also am taking fish oil, biotin, vitamin E and Florajen-3 daily.
I hope everyone who reads this has a lovely and merry holidays!!
Cheers!
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