Went from a hernia to a "pelvic mass". FML

Nov 14, 2009

I can't take it anymore.  One thing after another.  Thank god I went to the ER to get some sort of 2nd opinion on the supposed "hernia" which I don't really have.  I had a CT scan that revealed an "acute pelvic mass".  That is all they would tell me and sent me home with a referral to a gyn cancer specialist.  I'm scared out of my mind now.  This is too coincidental.  What the hell happened to me that since my 2nd surgery on 10/9 I have developed this pain in my abdomen.  Hearing cancer really scares the life out of you.  After all I have been through this year, I would hate to end 2009 on a bad note like that.  Please pray for me, and pray that if it is anything, it's my PCOS acting up.  The hospital would not reveal any details to me, so I leave that up to my specialist to tell me on 11/24.  What this means is most likely I will end up having to have another surgery anyway.

I'm so frustrated with everything.  On top of it all, my damn scale won't move.  I have been at the same weight for 3 weeks now and it's really pissing me off.  I have been getting in 500-700 calories per day, and almost all the fluid.  Any normal non-RNY patient would be considered anorexic and losing weight like crazy.  Maybe it's all connected to whatever this problem I'm having is.

I'm in quite a bit of abdominal pain.  It all started off feeling like it was a UTI or bladder infection right after my 2nd surgery.  Every single day the pain got a little worse.  I went to the docs and they did a urinalysis which revealed no infection.  They gave me some antibiotics and diflucan just in case it was a yeast infection or something else.  I took that course of antibiotics and it did nothing.  Finally I went to the hospital and they did a CT scan and it revealed the mass.  Had I have let Dr. Kole do the hernia repair I would have been pissed to still have the pain.  I always trust my gut instinct, and I'm glad I did this time.  It's all too coincidental though.  I am thinking perhaps all the anesthesia I have had, has messed up my hormones and caused cysts to grow larger or something crazy. I keep trying to justify why this is happening right now.  I had not one pinch of abdominal pain before my RNY.  What gives!?

I could use all the good luck and prayers right now.  I'm just very scared! 

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