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Please tell me I am not losing my mind

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I know it has been over a year since this message was posted, but let me just say that I have been through hell and back and I am happy to see that I am not insane!!!! My husband thinks I am some sort of hypochondriac. I had a tubal in November 2003. By February 2004 I was losing my hair, my period was beyond horrible,I was going through bad depression AND I had the worst stomach problems I had ever experienced. I was in the bathroom daily with diarhea and the cramping felt as though I were in labor. I just knew that I was dying. In March 2004 I went to my OBGyn and said "HELP!!". He suggested that I have an endometrial ablation for the monthly menstrual bleeding, etc. When I mentioned the extreme difficult with my stomach that had started directly after the TL he said "Oh, it's just stress, lots of women your age have that, it's just IBS" and that was it. No big deal, right?! I had the ablation and low and behold my period became almost non-existent. My belly problems worsened beyond imagination however. By February 2005 I could no longer stand it. I became a prisoner of my own home afraid to go anywhere lest I be trapped without a bathroom. I would not eat as I was afraid to. I would only eat at home and nothing greasy or spicy as this seemed to really aggravate me. Went to my MD who referred my to a Gastro Doc. She said from the symptoms I sounded like IBS (there was that word again) but that a colonoscopy would be needed to rule out Chrohn's disease. She also told me that most people responded very well to being treated with Antidepressants and placed me on 25 mg Zoloft daily. After 2 weeks, not alot had happened, so March 2005 I had the colonoscopy and of course there were no visible problems I was given a clean bill of health and my dosage of Zoloft was upped to 50 mg per day. Within 30 days I was a whole new person! I thought I had died and gone to heaven I felt so good. I started excersising to continue the 40 lb. weight loss I had from not eating for a year and felt wonderful. In April 2005 I lost my gramma who was my mom. I fell down the tubes spiraling out of control. May 2005 I located in lump in my right breast. In June 2005 it was removed; it was benign. By August 2005 my stomach problems had returned though still not as horrible as before. I now had boughts of chronic constipation with diarhea. The constipation caused significant straining and other issues. In November of this year, I went to the bathroom one morning only to notice something did NOT feel right. Called my OBGyn, saw him 3 weeks later, beginning of December 2005 and NOW I have uterine prolapse!!! It is of course not a danger in any way, but sex is not comfortable and after walking around shopping or even cleaning my home it feels as though I have an extremely full tampon that needs to be changed. It is very, very miserable. I have elected to do TAH (hysterectomy) leaving the ovaries, at age 33. My surgery is scheduled for Jan 3, 2006 and I am terrified this will NEVER END!!!!! The other options for the prolapse were not any more appealing and I was told I could just learn to "live with it". It is gross, and uncomfortable. I don't even feel like a woman. I do wonder if I will ever feel like a woman at this point as the very core of my existence is going to be taken out. I am remaining positive as that is all I have left to do. Anyone have any comments?

Posted on Dec 26, 2005, 9:19 AM

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