Three times this year, as a special reward for not being pregnant I’ve had some fun experiences.
On CD1 of February, I got to have a laparoscopy for my endometriosis. They did a pregnancy test beforehand to make sure I wasn’t pregnant when they did the surgery (I guess AF wasn’t evidence enough.)
In November, I got to have sinus surgery instead of being pregnant.
This month, I get one last reward for not being pregnant. A colonoscopy. I’ve been having, um, issues since Christmas Day, including some blood, so they’re going to take a gander.
Of course, if I had been miraculously pg, they would have cancelled this too.
As if the BFNs weren’t enough, 2 surgeries and a literal anal probe make it extra fun. JOY!
Is it 2010 yet?
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what was the sinus surgery like? i have to have it and trying to decide between traditional sinus surgery and balloon sinuplasty. the older kind seems to be more invasive / longer recovery time. balloon treatment less invasive (no cutting) but newer option so less history.
did you have it? recovery tough? which kind? thanks so much.
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I didn’t think it was too bad. I took a lot of narcotics for the week following. I had surgery on a Monday and was back at work the next Monday (though i could have used 2 more days off since I teach. If I had a desk job it would have been better.) The drainage (mostly blood) was gross.
I think I just had traditional sinus surgery. There were 2 small incisions, but they were in my nose and I never noticed them.\
After they debreeded (sp?) it the first time, I felt like there was 3x as much room in my head as there had ever been. That hurts like a mo-fo the first time, btw. Take some good drugs beforehand.
ps- I didn’t have to have my nose packed, so that may have made it a bit easier. That’s supposedly terrible.
2010 is your year girl. Goodbye to 2009
Yeah, 2009 can bite me!
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