As mentioned in my previous post, I have unexplained pain issues that flare from time-to-time. I've been doing way better in recent months, but my pains still flare up more than my husband and I would like. My gynecologist recommended I bring up my findings from a diagnostic laparoscopy done in August 2013 to any doctors I see, partially as she can't figure out if I have endometriosis or something else. As my moving last year meant I (finally) changed my primary care physician (PCP), I mentioned them to the new PCP, Dr. T., on Monday.
I don't want to go into details just yet, but I'm being sent for a very routine test this Saturday to determine a course of treatment. Dr. T. thinks my previous surgery's results have a glaring clue my previous PCP should have spotted. If Dr. T, is right, 90% of my symptoms can be explained by one medical condition--one that a single laparoscopic surgery would cure. My husband and I are kind of hoping I do, indeed, have this condition. Endometriosis is a lifetime struggle; this other condition is a surgery-and-mostly-cured kind of thing. We like the latter's prognosis a lot more.
If I do end up needing surgery, I plan to schedule it as close to the Christmas break at my job as possible. That'd put the least amount of strain on my coworkers and also give me 3 solid weeks to recover. I'd be good as new by the time work started up, though I'd be pretty floppy over Christmas itself. Considering I had full blown shingles two Christmases ago, I'm sure I can handle that. My husband is 100% supportive of whatever the results show, as is my family and his. If I end up needing the surgery, I'm in good company--many family members in his family and mine have had it done.
So, as strange as this sounds, pray the test on Saturday shows I need surgery. I'll explain more when I have the results.
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