Okay, well it went well.  I got a little irked when the nurse asked me what PMDD stood for.  I took a deep breath and answered.

Why was I annoyed?
I had already made sure, prior to making the appt, that they dealt with PMDD issues.

Like I said, I took a deep breath and figured, this is the nurse, I have no idea how long she has worked here, etc…  Then the great question came out… What are your symptoms?

I chuckled because first of all I had already filled out everything via their online portal and she had already mentioned, you said on the online portal…. SO… I knew she had the info!  Again, I smiled and said, “Would you like the whole list, or do you want to just write down emotional, mental, physical ailments that keep me from living my life the way a 35 yr old Woman should be living.”

She said, “I need to write down the symptoms.”  I guess she meant, type or check them off on her little laptop she was carrying around.  I gave her a few and left it at that.

I was pleased, the doctor did know a lot, he was also not pushy or counter-talking me.  He asked me, after I would tell him my thoughts from my research and living, that’s true and then there is…

So, he had info to add to my info, I was pleased.  I haven’t had my yearly, I’m a few months behind from all our moving, so he went ahead and did that too.

Unfortunately, more was there than just the PMDD, but all is still well.  It looks as though I have a polyp that needs to be removed and he believes that I have adenomyosis (internal endometriosis) and menorrhagia (abnormal heavy bleeding and prolonged menstrual periods at regular intervals)— What the Hell! I thought this was just my period worse than everyones!  Anyway, causes may be due to abnormal clotting, disruption of normal hormone regulation of periods (Yep! that’s a given :), or disorders of the endometrial lining of the uterus (adenomyosis)

It all made sense.  I have said here that the past few months, even with my meds, have become quite unbearable.  Emotionally and physically.  Apparently, I was right on with paying attention to my body (that pleased me).  It really goes along with why I have this site.

I go back on Monday, have the polyp removed (in the office, just take some Tylenol he said) and have a sonogram of my ovaries and uterus to see about the adenomyosis and possible endometriosis.  Apparently, alot of Women that have Adeno, usually have the beginning of Endo too.

So… Come Monday I will have more updates.  It did confirm to me that the hysterectomy (because of my situation) is most likely my only step left.  All other options have been exhausted as I have said before.  Also, the ONLY cure for Adenomyosis is a hysterectomy.  So, again after finding that as well, it shows that I am reading my body correctly and making some good decisions, based on my situation.

That alone is a positive.

I will keep you guys updated!  Thanks for all the good lucks!

Stef