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⌈ Secret Post #4233 ⌋

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tw: medical stuff, blood, vtrigger

[rudehannibal]

-Started off Wednesday with some dark urine and side pain. Decide to go to the clinic on Saturday to get a kidney infection test because I've had a severe one in the past.
-Urine test comes back negative for kidneys.
-Doctor decides to test for kidney stones.
-No kidney stones. She tries more poking and prodding.
-Tells me 'you need to go to the ER. You either have an ovarian cyst or an appendicitis. I just called around for another patient earlier so I know there are no imaging centers open. She had to schedule for Monday. You don't have that luxury. If it's an appendicitis, you'll be dead by then.'
-Go to the ER. Am triaged and it takes five seconds and I'm taken to a room.
-Nurse takes my info, tries another kidney stone test, concurs with clinic doctor's opinion and orders a CT and an ultrasound.
-Phlebotomist #1 comes in and asks where they usually get blood from my right arm. I tell her and she agrees the vein looks good. Tries it. No blood.
-Phlebotomist #2 comes in and tires the back of my right hand, the second-most successful draw point. Nothing.
-Phlebotomist #3 comes in and tries the wrist of my right hand. BLOOD! But the vein is too small for an IV and I need one.
-Phlebotomist #4 comes in and tries just above the first attempt and gets a vein that bleeds like a faucet, which is fortunate because, just as he is putting in the IV, phlebotomist #3 comes back to tell me my blood sample coagulated.
-I have an IV and three vials of blood. Get some painkillers for my side, which is hurting SEVERELY at this point.
-Admittance papers are drawn up in case the CT spells appendicitis.
-Go for the CT. Takes 40 minutes in a weird position. Not painful, just boring and weird to have a giant circle down there humming the whole time.
-Back to room. 1 hour wait for results. More painkillers.
-NOT AN APPENDICITIS!
-Instead, it is an ovarian cyst. But something is wrong with it. It might be twisted, which means immediate surgical removal.
-TO THE ULTRASOUND!
-They have talked about the ultrasound since I was admitted to the ER. Only once I am in the room on the actual table am I told it is not the stomach ultrasound I am expecting. It is a vaginal ultrasound.
-After 32 years of lesbianism, I lose my 'virginity' to an ultrasound wand. (It feels... not painful, but very, very strange). The ultrasound HURTS. It stops hurting after about 6 minutes or so but it's a 15 minute operation and a lot of prodding.
-Back to room. More painkillers because now my lower anatomy is complaining too.
-Results! Cyst is not twisted. The problem is that it is VERY LARGE. (4.4x3.5cm - roughly the size of my fist).
-Am being sent to an OBGYN and given painkillers they hope will shrink it. If it doesn't shrink in two weeks or so, it will have to be surgically removed.

SO THAT WAS MY WEEKEND.

Re: tw: medical stuff, blood, vtrigger

[(Anonymous)]

Aagh! Ow ow ow that sounds terrible, I hope the meds help and you feel better soon.

Re: tw: medical stuff, blood, vtrigger

[(Anonymous)]

That really sucks! At least now you know what the deal is and there is a treatment plan.