I feel like i should share my story from the beginning so here goes.
I had my second child when i was 23, and even after it taking five years to conceive her me and my husband decided it would be best if i got my tubes tied. both of my pregnancy's were high risk for both me and both my children, also both of my children were born with birth defects (although i think they are both perfect). i had to demand that it be done though, because of my age, they thought i was too young.)
on December 19 2010 i found out in a horrible way my right tube had came untied, i suffered a miscarriage that night. and of course i started bleeding badly and having extreme pain (very much like active labor) but i had already passed the baby. i had regular doctors and ER visits a lot after that because the bleeding didn't stop nor the pain. it wasn't until one year later that an OB decided to remove my right ovary because i had kept getting large cysts inside and outside of my ovary
when she went in to do the surgery they found that the tube on my ovary was also twisting and then untwisting (very painful!!!) but they had not seen it on any of the pelvic ultrasounds when they were done. she removed just the tube. (even though she told me she would be removing the whole thing.)
The only problem was I was still bleeding and still getting the same pains... when i told her this, she told me that she had removed the problem and that i didn't have a reason to have more pains, so i was not under her care anymore. (i think she was mad at me because the day she removed my tube i was rushed to the er for internal bleeding from a cut artery that should not have been cut during the surgery, i believe she was reprimanded for it.)
it took me another year with the help of my regular doctor to make another OB listen to what was happening to me. he decided he was going to do a exploratory surgery, but had also told me he did not believe it was necessary, and was doing it with objections.
he later said sorry to me in the recovery room because he had to remove the rest of my right ovary, what little was left of it had a cyst twice the size of the ovary itself, and they had twisted again.
i was OK pain wise for a while but was I was STILL bleeding. I've tried three different hormones to try and stop the bleeding and cramping. it's like my body is backwards when it comes to my period??? i bleed for most of the month and have 2-4 days of the month that i do not bleed. i wont even get into mine and my hubby's sex life or lack of because of this.
my Vitamin D, iron, potassium and calcium are at dangerously low levels, to the point where my teeth are even breaking.
i was finally scheduled to have everything except my left ovary removed because i only have small cysts that pop on it after about a day of pain, i can handle that any day compared to what i have been going though for the last three years. i am actually excited to have parts of me removed, just to make everything go away. but i was also scared of weight gain. it would be a steep price to pay, but its not like i haven't gained 30 pounds in the last 3 years anyways... heck my water weight fluctuates by about 20 pounds when ever it feels like it. I've been on lasix i don't know how many times now.(which also takes away from things like potassium.)
The 25th can not get here fast enough for me!!! if anyone reads this i guess i will keep updating them on my progress. it would be nice to know why my body is doing this c**p though... i hope the docs will be able to tell me... because so far no one has been able to figure it out for me...