Great news!!

So after many sleepless nights, and after much thought and prayer, I decided it would be in my best interest to see my old doctor, who we will call Dr. H.  I saw him before, he diagnosed me with Endometriosis and did my first surgery, but then I moved 2 hours north to Monroe.  I have been doing pretty badly, and while I hate the distance and don't really care for Alexandria(where I WAS living), I decided that it would be best.

What many people don't know is that I have struggled with Endometriosis for some time now, before I even knew I had it.  I talked about it in my very first blog post, but I will repeat some of it here.  I would say the spring of 2010 onward was when it REALLY kicked in.  I just didn't feel good.  We didn't know what was going on.  I even went into the ER twice that summer because my symptoms triggered two terrible panic attacks, and I didn't know what was going on!!  I didn't even know they were panic attacks.  They thought I was in there to get drugs for myself or a friend, told me it was all in my head, and wouldn't even reccommend me to anybody.  At one point they even told me that it was paresthesia, in other words, my brain got overstimulated and caused me to panic so badly, my whole body went numb!!  However, there was nothing that they could do for it; it was all in my head.  I didn't get a break until an ovarian cyst burst on me in April, shortly before my birthday.  I saw someone we will call Dr. D in the hospital, and she seemed to be great at first.  However, she didn't seem too concerned about everything that I had going on physically.  That is when I decided to get a second opinion, and ended up with Dr. H.  Good thing I did too, he operated on me a few days later, and diagnosed me.

So, I woke up early, and Jake and I made the drive down to Alexandria.  Well, really he drove and I slept most of the way.  Did I ever mention how amazing of a fiance I have??  We stopped and picked up my twin on the way, because I don't go home without seeing her!!  So we picked her up, and seeing her cheered me up quite a bit.
Twin, if you are reading this: MOVE TO MONROE!!
Anyway, like the wonderful person she is, she sat out in the waiting room while Jake went back with me.
I saw Dr. H almost right away, and he said it could be a few things, all of which could be complications from a previous surgery(not the one he did).  So I have to go back Friday to have a scan done, and then we go from there :)
For now, I got a shot to reduce inflammation, and it is working out quite well so far :)  I already have some relief.  Time to go eat Papa John's pizza!!