Let me start with Ava, today. When I picked her up from school, she was carrying a trophy...her VERY FIRST EVER trophy! She got 2nd place in a coloring contest sponsored by the local Piggly Wiggly! (It's a hillbilly grocery store! But in their defense...all their produce is local and fresh...and they have a great selection of meat cuts.) Anyways, I didn't even know they were doing a contest at the school...but she got 2nd place! She was so proud and excited! So was I...even though I haven't even seen the picture!
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| Happy Girl! We are keeping this trophy forever! |
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| Layla wanted her picture taken, too. |
Today I had my post op follow up appointment and I finally found out what they found on my insides! It was completely different than what was dictated to me after the surgery. Although it is highly plausible that I was so doped up on pain meds that I made up things from the 3 big words they told me...colon, ovary and fallopian tube. ha ha.
So my surgery was an exploratory laparoscopy to look for endometriosis. For 4 years now I have been being treated for it. I did a drug induced menopause and have tried handfuls of hormone therapy (even though I had a tubal ligation, I have tried every birth control under the sun and finally started Aygestin two months ago. It's a progesterone pill) to stop me from ovulating to reduce the pain I have constantly. Anyways...so what they found.
I have no signs of endometriosis. He said that that didn't mean I don't have it, it could be so imbedded in tissue that he can't see...BUT what HAS been causing my pain...my colon attached itself to my abdominal wall and my left ovary and fallopian tube. He thinks this happened after my c-section with Layla. That makes complete sense since this is when all my pain started, my pain has always been on my left side and I constantly get spasms there.
So he detached my colon from my abdominal wall, ovary and fallopian tube and removed the scar tissue that had formed as a result. Bad news is, now that this has happened, odds are, it will happen again.
But I COULD CARE LESS! After 4 long years of hurting all the time and a lot of guesses and treatments that took me no where...I HAVE AN ANSWER! The sense of relief I felt when I was walking out of his office was obvious...I hugged him! And I felt like I was walking on a cloud! I was so used to being in pain, I didn't think I would ever be "normal" again.
He wants me to stay on the Ajgestin I'm on now because he still isn't convinced that I don't have endometriosis... I won't complain. Other than a little water weight, I have been responding really well to it.
So today was a GREAT day! I feel a sense of relief and this weird type of peace...like a peace of mind that I'm fixed when I thought I was doomed to always be in pain! I just can't wait to tell Jason. He has been so great the past 4 years with all my problems and pain and so supportive of every treatment I have tried. I will tell you, it's not easy living with a menopausal woman who was only 26!
Tomorrow Jana and I are taking the kids to the Cherry Point Air Show. I'm so excited for the girls to watch all the planes doing their craziness. I love air shows! Even if we will be torturing ourselves in 90 degree heat and humidity. Sunblock! Sunblock! Sunblock! (That's for you, Dina!)
Alright, I'm going to leave it there...but add a few pictures of Miss Mabel. She is starting to take on the demeanor of a Great Dane...the stature. Every day she is starting to look more like Stella did as a puppy. Other than color of course!
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| I love her black and gray patched eyes! |
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| She is starting to look like a Great Dane! |
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| Look at those paws! They are already as big as Stella's! |
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| If I get up, she steals my spot on the couch. Stella is next door playing, she always goes over when the girls do. She can't stand to be away from them when they are close enough to hear. She is such a great protector! |
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