Back in August I shared with you that I have 2 Ovarian Cysts. They were benign, thank Jah, but they cause me a great deal of pain on a weekly basis, especially the right side. I have to take nasty pain medication and hope that it works without making me ill. It's vicious.
2 weeks ago it was so bad on my right side that I had to call into work one day and leave early another day because I couldn't function with the severity of the pain. I wasn't supposed to have my follow-up visit after September until right before my birthday this year in April but I couldn't wait. They scheduled for me to come in today.
I have done so much research on how to shrink my cysts without surgery and I've taken leaps and bounds into being proactive about healing myself.
We have cut out all beef and other hormone-containing foods. Now we eat meat 3 times a week and the meats we choose are either fish, chicken or wild game that has only been butchered. Vegetables fill our plates for other meals and I drink a crapton of water as well.
Not only are the changes we have made food-related, but stress-related as well: we meditate daily and we work out at least 3 times a week. This helps to manage our stress and boost our endorphins, along with all the other benefits of movin' your body.
So this pain 2 weeks ago was... frustrating. Trying so hard to just get seemingly nowhere is hard.
Today at the doctor we discussed the pain and its frequency and symptoms and we're trying different pain meds and a lower hormone OC from the one I currently use. The doctor was curious to see if the cyst had changed since the pain is increasing in intensity so I agreed to wait for and hour and a half to be ultrasounded. I'd like to see that too, yeah.
Guess what?
One is gone. Disappeared. Poof. Vanished.
The other ugly MF'er is still there and is stable but unchanged. And it was decided that it is not even on my ovary specifically, but next to it. It isn't hurting my ovary!
I really don't care that I have a ping pong sized mass in there anymore. I know what I am doing is helping, especially the positive thinking part. We're going to discuss laproscopically draining the 2" mass on my right side since it is causing me more problems than I have shared here, so hopefully I'll have an update on that by the end of the month!
Thank you for reading! Make sure you talk to a woman you love about Ovarian Cancer. It's important!
Thank you for reading! Make sure you talk to a woman you love about Ovarian Cancer. It's important!
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