tinkinpink84
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the Insanity Never Ends!!
Posted: 10-01-07 20:00pm
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I spent the evening at the hospital with
my friend, ever since she got her IUD she
has been bleeding heavily and passing
clots the size of baseballs and bad
cramping and lately almost passing out, so
i talked her into going to the hospital
tonight so we got a babysitter and i took
her up there, she almost wanted to turn
around and go home instead of waiting to
be seen. But i made her stay since we went
all the way out there. Turns otu he doesnt
think the IUD is causing any of it she has
a cyst on her right ovary ig uess its a
decent size one. SO the gynecologist is
talking to her tomorow about most likely
removing it laproscopically. So keep her
in your thoughts, her mom had ovarian
cancer and had to have a hysterectomy so
we are a little nervous. So now i am
babysitting her kids till who knows. So
now i gotta call the girl scout leader to
tell her i cant go to the meeting. So
another thing iv ebeen totally slacking on
the control panel, just the insanity of
this past month lol. I am not sure when
ill get aroudn to it its about 3am here so
i really gotta go to bed here very
shortly. But whoever has some of the
forums i have can you give me a hand
please till things calm down a little bit?
thanks bunches
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Posted: 10-02-07 05:15am
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oh im sorry things are so hectic, its been
the same here really. weve got an
inspector coming round to view the flat
today and im s***ing myself! we're not
allowed cats so ive packed them off to my
mums for today. theyve sent their one to
sams parents so they dont have hissing
fits. the last time i heard missy was
hiding under the tv unit lol
i hope things get better. its always one
thing after another isnt it?
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tinkinpink84
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Posted: 10-02-07 05:19am
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yeah its like neverending, they might be
doing surgery on her today though, her
husband called earlier to let me know the
cyst is 7cm 3 cm is the hard outer part
and 4cm of liquid , they are gonna look at
it again this afternoon to see if its
changed any or shrank, if not then she
will be having surgery today to remove the
cyst and possible her right ovary as well.
So i dunno how long ill have the kids for
but i dont mind it, as longas i can get
the 4 to nap at the same time so i can
wash some dishes and sweep!
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tinkinpink84
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Update
Posted: 10-02-07 07:15am
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She is having surgery at 3pm our time, she
has an infection as well , they are
removing the cyst as a whole and most
likely the right ovary, hopefully all goes
well for her 
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Posted: 10-02-07 07:59am
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send my regards. i hope it goes well and
that there will be no more dramas in your
life for a while, you need the rest!
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Posted: 10-02-07 08:03am
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oh no- ihad the same thing with the non
hormonal iud- i had to be rushed to
hopital and have it removed. hope
everything turns out fine with her
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Re: the Insanity Never Ends!!
Posted: 10-02-07 08:20am
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| tinkinpink84
wrote: | | I spent the evening at the
hospital with my friend, ever since she
got her IUD she has been bleeding heavily
and passing clots the size of baseballs
and bad cramping and lately almost passing
out, so i talked her into going to the
hospital tonight so we got a babysitter
and i took her up there, she almost wanted
to turn around and go home instead of
waiting to be seen. But i made her stay
since we went all the way out there. Turns
otu he doesnt think the IUD is causing any
of it she has a cyst on her right ovary ig
uess its a decent size one. SO the
gynecologist is talking to her tomorow
about most likely removing it
laproscopically. So keep her in your
thoughts, her mom had ovarian cancer and
had to have a hysterectomy so we are a
little nervous. So now i am babysitting
her kids till who knows. So now i gotta
call the girl scout leader to tell her i
cant go to the meeting. So another thing
iv ebeen totally slacking on the control
panel, just the insanity of this past
month lol. I am not sure when ill get
aroudn to it its about 3am here so i
really gotta go to bed here very shortly.
But whoever has some of the forums i have
can you give me a hand please till things
calm down a little bit? thanks
bunches |
How long has your friend had the IUD? I'm
only asking because I got my IUD inserted
last September and it was VERY painful.
The cramping and bleeding lasted for
nearly 7 months. I asked my doctor about
it and he seemed to not really care about
how I felt. 
Cysts run in my family along with a lot of
other female problems/cancers. Just
wondering.
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tinkinpink84
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Posted: 10-02-07 08:24am
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It isnt the IUD, well the dr doesnt think
so, because it was in place, and she was
bleeding way to much even so. He beleives
the cyst is what was causing all the
bleeding and pain. Kinda scary, she is in
surgery now most likely. the clinic on
base assumed it was the IUD and nothing
serious but we went to the hospital
instead and he doesnt think hes removing
the IUD, they are gonna do the surgery and
remove the cyst asa whole and her right
ovary probably since the cyst is covering
most of the ovary. Its weird that they
would do it soo soon though because most
wait a few mths to see if it shrinks but
since all this pain started only about 3-4
wks ago i guess the size of it concerns
them so they are removing it today.
But wow i cant wait to have my house back
and just sit in here and not go anywhere
its just like constant moving out and
about , emergencies etc. But im hopinh it
all goes well for her and its nothing but
a benign cyst.
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Posted: 10-02-07 08:36am
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I know her pain wasn't caused by the IUD,
it is the cyst. I was wondering how long
she had the IUD before you took her to the
hospital. I'm worried about cysts for
myself. My sister had cysts and my mother
had to have a full hysterectomy because of
cancer. I think I'm being a worry wort but
I get terrible cramping. No more bleeding,
but the bleeding didn't stop until
recently and it had lasted for 7 months.
It wasn't like spotting or anything, it
was like a heavy period, straight the
whole time. No breaks.
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Posted: 10-02-07 09:45am
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the pain started about a week after the
IUD was put in place, but the cramps
werent constand they came and go.
But they just did the surgery they found a
tumor and 2 cysts, i beleive she said it
is cancerous but im not gonna say for sure
because she was all groggy and stuff from
surgery so all ima say is they found a
tumor as well, she will know more tomorow
when the dr talks to her though but wow
its scary she is only 22! It just scares
me and shocks me but the drs said it was
probably growing for 1-2 yrs but i would
think being pregnant and having a d and c
done that they would have noticed it
during any of those times ya know?
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Posted: 10-02-07 09:51am
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WOW! You would think they would have seen
SOMETHING out of the ordinary by that
time. 2 years... jeeze. I wish her the
best. Hopefully it wasn't malignant. I
will keep her in my thoughts.
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Posted: 10-02-07 10:01am
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yeah, she will know more and be more
coherent tomorow, she prob heard tumor and
thought cancer automatically, in the
craziness of it all so im not gonna jump
to conclusions on it, her husband didnt
say anything about it being cancerous when
i talked to him after her so she just
might not be thinking straight at the
moment since she is really upset. So all
we can do is hope all is fine and there is
nothing serious going on.
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Posted: 10-02-07 10:18am
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Marianne, what kind of cancer did you mom
have? Did she have follow up treatments
(chemo? radiation?)?
Tink, fibroid tumors sound malicious, but
they aren't. Well, yes, they don't feel
great and they cause a lot of dumb
bleeding (grr, fibroids!) - but they are
not cancerous nor will they ever really be
cancerous.
What kind of surgery did your friend have?
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tinkinpink84
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Posted: 10-02-07 10:22am
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im not sure, they were gonna do it
laproscopically to remove the cysts, they
only saw one cyst on the vaginal
ultrasound but i guess it looked off to
them so they opened her up a bit more.
They pulled it out as a whole but when
they got in there they found the tumor and
2 cysts. All in all the drs are glad they
did the surgery when they did though, and
hopefully she was just not thinking right
when she mentioned cancer. Im hoping she
will be abit more clearer headed tomorow
after she talkes to the gynecologist.
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Posted: 10-02-07 10:23am
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| Ingi
wrote: | Marianne, what kind of
cancer did you mom have? Did she have
follow up treatments (chemo? radiation?)?
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I'm not sure exactly what kind of cancer
my mother had. All I know for sure is that
it was in her uterus and she got ALL her
woman parts removed. She didn't go through
chemo.
My maternal grandmother and maternal aunt
and maternal cousin (who was 22 at the
time) all had breast cancer. My cousin's
was the worst. She went through a couple
of stints with chemo. I don't wish that on
anyone. It was very painful for her.
My mother's family has cancer running
through it's blood like a stream has fish.
I get paranoid all the time that I am
going to die from some form of cancer.
It's really scary knowing the family
history.
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Posted: 10-02-07 12:10pm
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A lot of families have cancer history. It
sucks ~ but in all my research on breast
cancer (a LOT of research, by the way),
having a family history of breast cancer
does not make you more or less likely to
get it. You can have the 'breast
cancer gene' but even people without that
will get breast cancer. It is just one of
those things, sadly.
Uterine cancer? I'm sorry about that. The
good news is, if she didn't have
chemo/radiation, it hadn't spread. So YAY
for that.
Tink: I hope it is just normal functional
cysts that they removed from your friend!
I wouldn't wish cancers on anyone.
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Posted: 10-02-07 14:17pm
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theyll know more tomorow about the tumor,
i keep saying it has to be ok shes only 22
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Posted: 10-02-07 14:46pm
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| tinkinpink84
wrote: | | theyll know more tomorow
about the tumor, i keep saying it has to
be ok shes only
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I know that feeling. My really great
friend was diagnosed with aggressive
breast cancer when she wasn't even 30
years old. She was also pregnant at the
time. She had a mastectomy and
chemotherapy during her pregnancy (child
is fine). Plus her other breast removed to
prevent future cancer and another round of
chemo, plus radiation.
Sometimes life is just not fair.
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Posted: 10-02-07 16:23pm
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yeah , its just soooo scary , something
like this soo young, i really hope it all
turns out ok ya know. I cant wait for
tomorow to get here, not lookin forward to
babysitting im sooooooo worn out but i
wanna know the news.
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