Roger's Girl
10-23-2004, 10:01 AM
For the last three months I have been battling a problem I have never encountered before. Abnormal bleeding.
While some may think this is gross or not really a topic for open discussion I really need as many ideas as you guys have on how to get my engery level back to normal.
I have been seening a OB/GYN since July for abnormal bleeding. I have had a cyst on both ovaries and with time both have cycled themselves out. In the interim I have been bleeding. Just as an example, last Saturday I went through 11 maxi's in 8 hours. He cant explain it and doesnt seem to be all that sympathic. He just wants to fix the problem and leave me sterile and not concentrate on what the problem really is -
It has gotten to the point that I am hardly able to make it through a day of work. As soon as I get home I have to lay down for an hour just to have the engery to eat dinner. Most mornings I feel as though I have been awake for 3 days when I have just slept for 7 hours or more.
My feet swell 2-3 times the normal size and it makes it difficult to wear shoes and not be cranky every mintue of every day.
Last Friday I finally crashed. I am a Iron defeict anemic, I am on strong Iron pills and I am still bleeding. I work with nurses and they have told me if this continues I am a prime candidate for a blood transfusion just to get my hemoglobin levels up to normal. I am having a tremedous time concentrating or even remembering things. Its frustrating, its out of control and its got me very very scared.
The GYN I have been seeing is not being aggressive and I have had to schedule a 2nd opinion with another Dr. and literally start all over again.
In the mean time. I am needing any kind of home remedies, over the counter wonders or health food solutions to getting my engery level back up and I am wanting to do it as healthy as possible. Right now any type of exercise is out of the question. Its all I can do just to take another step some times.
I know this sounds really dramatic - but it has gotten to the point that it is serious.
So ANYTHING anyone can suggest I am all ears. Looking forward to hearing from you.
While some may think this is gross or not really a topic for open discussion I really need as many ideas as you guys have on how to get my engery level back to normal.
I have been seening a OB/GYN since July for abnormal bleeding. I have had a cyst on both ovaries and with time both have cycled themselves out. In the interim I have been bleeding. Just as an example, last Saturday I went through 11 maxi's in 8 hours. He cant explain it and doesnt seem to be all that sympathic. He just wants to fix the problem and leave me sterile and not concentrate on what the problem really is -
It has gotten to the point that I am hardly able to make it through a day of work. As soon as I get home I have to lay down for an hour just to have the engery to eat dinner. Most mornings I feel as though I have been awake for 3 days when I have just slept for 7 hours or more.
My feet swell 2-3 times the normal size and it makes it difficult to wear shoes and not be cranky every mintue of every day.
Last Friday I finally crashed. I am a Iron defeict anemic, I am on strong Iron pills and I am still bleeding. I work with nurses and they have told me if this continues I am a prime candidate for a blood transfusion just to get my hemoglobin levels up to normal. I am having a tremedous time concentrating or even remembering things. Its frustrating, its out of control and its got me very very scared.
The GYN I have been seeing is not being aggressive and I have had to schedule a 2nd opinion with another Dr. and literally start all over again.
In the mean time. I am needing any kind of home remedies, over the counter wonders or health food solutions to getting my engery level back up and I am wanting to do it as healthy as possible. Right now any type of exercise is out of the question. Its all I can do just to take another step some times.
I know this sounds really dramatic - but it has gotten to the point that it is serious.
So ANYTHING anyone can suggest I am all ears. Looking forward to hearing from you.