Evening all.
Todays been a hard one for me. Woke up feeling rather tired after a rough sleep. For anyone who suffers with fibromyalgia would understand my legs were very restless. Did the usual mum morning routine got my oldest off to school and youngest went to her grandparents for the weekend.
Off to caravan tomorrow for 2 nights with my partner just some relaxing time together before the week ahead.
So I made a massive step and took on some counciling and cbt which actually my first session is on Monday (which is my birthday) fun times! But Iām determined to make changes.
Follow my birthday on Tuesday am yet to face another obstacle in my life which is going for laser treatment on my cervix for the second timeš.
Let me just say it was around 8 years ago I had to have my first lot of treatment after fighting for a smear when having issues but the doctors claiming I wasnāt old enough. After a fight the hospital gave me one and the findings was hpv virus positive and cin3. I had to have a loop diathermy and letās just say isnāt not a nice experience at all and they made it even worse for me after telling me to ākeep stillā despite me saying I could still feel it after the local anaesthetic. After that I was very tearful as it hurt and just itself in general was very traumatic and the nurse wasnāt sympathetic at all telling me not to ācryā when going outside as I might scare people! How rude. I quickly got dressed with blood running all over couldnāt get out the door quick enough holding back tears till I got out back to my partner. Following this I ended up loosing a lot of blood and ended up back in hospital that night as it wasnāt sealed properly and resulted in me loosing a lot of blood and a womb infection! Enough to traumatise anyone right?
Anyway Iāve been back to my doctors now number of times the last year asking for a smear test due to having a lump down there. Refused number of times cos I wasnāt ādueā one what nonsense that is. Well Iāve been under gynaecology now since I was first diagnosed with endometriosis over 10 years ago!. So after been refused my smear I thought Iād wait to show my gyny. The appointment was 3 months anyway but I thuged it out that week came it got cancelled š¤¦āāļø my new appointment was 3 months later that would have been 12 months since the issue began.
So I decided to pay private. May I add itās the same gynaecologist I paid Ā£125 to see that I see free on the nhs. Anyway she listened and agreed because I didnāt have private healthcare she would send a letter to my doctor to request I could have smear test. And a urgent colposcopy.
So I had my smear done after the doctor then saying to me it may get rejected as I wasnāt ādueā when clearly this isnāt right as I had symptoms.
Few weeks later I got the all clear. Negative hpv normal smear test. Relief!
Got my appointment to attend my colposcopy. Very nervous while having it done. The doctor went on the take some biopsies ( in my head I new it wasnāt right) he said they would contact me with the results.
Turns out my biopsy came back abnormal and hpv positive. How wasnāt this picked up on my smear?
I actually asked for a hysterectomy as my gyni confirmed abnormal cells can come back in 2% if people and shock I was on of them. So chances are it could come back again. I didnāt mention I had a lot of other gynaecology issues Iāve been battling over the years too. So I begged and said please can I just have a hysterectomy. I have 2 girls I have no itention of having any more children and I just want to try fix the issue I have and live a better life instead of suffering with pain. The answer they gave me is NO because of my age! Am only almost 33 but thatās not old enough. Despite having 10 years of gynaecology issues. Enough to right a book. And this is the second time to go threw this process again. Just physically and mentally draining. Surely a women should get the choice. I have enough medical evidence to support it too just a simple no because of my age?. Thatās just mind blowing!
But yes very stressed to go threw this again and it makes my stomach turn with worry just thinking about it! But yeah hopefully will go abit better this time and I make. A good recovery! But going to try to enjoy my 2 nights away first!
Thanks for reading!ā¤ļø