Health Stuff

It must have been the numerous trips to my pedia which made me want to be a doctor while growing up. I still have a vivid picture of my doctor’s clinic – there were toys all around, so much eye candy! What do you expect; I was a kid!haha But when I realized you’d be dissecting cadavers in med school, I totally dropped the idea of wanting to be a doctor or anything in the medical field. The thought of blood, scalpels, syringes and even just the smell of the hospital just freak me out! Oh well, I have to give credit to myself for being a healthy kid that after my asthma, I would only visit the doctor for vaccine shots. I have not tried being admitted in a hospital so much more being ‘dextrose-d’. Now you can just imagine my horror yesterday when finally I decided to pay my friend’s gynecologist a visit for the first time!

It wasn’t any regular check up actually. I experienced some abnormalities down under for months now and when I heard four of my friends have been diagnosed to have an ovarian cyst, I fretted. My plan was to schedule the check up Monday. Then it became Tuesday and then finally Wednesday. No one could go with me so I made a solo trip. Some courage I got there huh…going to the doctor alone.=) It was very much a nerve-wracking experience, I tell you. From the moment I entered the doctor’s clinic up to lying on the examining table and finally when getting the results. Sadly, the doctor saw something during my pelvic exam. You bet there was some dropping of pants scene! She advised me to have a transvaginal ultrasound to check the rest of my reproductive organs. By the sound of it, you probably get a picture on how the test will be done. That was like past 11AM. And since another gyn (and in another building too) will do the procedure at 1PM, I went to Ayala for lunch. I was kind of like in a complete shock when I got out of my gyn’s clinic. I don’t know if I should cry and breakdown that moment. And since I have no one to comfort me, I texted my closest girlfriends about the news. I went to Max’s to have a nice meal to somehow compensate how I felt. I am very much thankful to my girlfriend’s boyfriend, Leo, for leaving work in the afternoon to accompany me the rest of the day. I met him at Max's. He brought me goodies from Davao. (Thanks, Ben!) So there, I had my ultrasound after lunch. (Be posting the results after I scan them.) I brought the results to my doctor for final advice/ opinion. (Drum rolls, please) I have a cervical polyp, an endometrial polyp and an intramural myoma. There is no known cause on how I got them. They just grew inside of me and that they have to be removed as soon as possible except for the myoma. My myoma is inside the uterine wall and it will be hard to remove. It won’t have any impact on my reproductive function as long as it won’t grow bigger.

Leo and I had pizza afterwards. I was calm after the diagnosis actually. At least I still get to laugh about the whole experience. I already told my Dad. My Mom? Maybe next time. She has hypertension.=( Haaaayyy...Wish it were a nightmare. Hello surgical table, hello general anesthesia, hello dextrose, hello recovery room!!!

P.S.
If you experience something unusual down under and you feel there are abnormalities (bleeding, heavy period, pain, whatever), go to your gyn. Take it from me.
Were the examinations painful? No. There was a bit of discomfort but they weren't painful. Or maybe it comes with the choosing of a good gyn.=)