R & R board?

She has us all blocked so we cant see what she is saying....Valgroce outed her on the band board when she was daydreambeliever...I dont know if its worth it...

You folks have been great and so terribly supportive through this incredibly painful week. I got calls from my gastro doctor's office who said my blood count and iron count were down and I should take a prescribed supplement. I'm not eating regularly, so I'm sure I will have to be nauseous more often or feel the pain of taking iron on an empty stomach. I have a colonoscopy scheduled in about a month to see if there's a colon problem adding to the anemia and blood count issues. My wls surgeon's office -- angels, angels I tell you -- just sent me all my labs and tests from the last few weeks. They can't help me with the GYN stuff, but they have ordered the tests and is helping me try to find some solutions. I have two types of fairly harmless pelvic masses -- uterine fibroid tumors and ovarian cysts. The right ovary is probably the big bad guy because the cysts has ranged from 6.5 to 4.5 cm since the testing noticed it. The fibroid tumors are inter-woven in the wall of my uterus, not hanging from a stalk. There are at least three of them of measurable size. The largest being 2.5 cm. Basically, there's so much extra crap in my pelvic cavity that it's all pushing into the abdominal cavity and causing this intense pain and nausea. I've deflated the band in hopes of not aggreviating this condition with restriction, but I still feel pretty restricted. I've seen several GYNs in my city and they know that I'm in pain and miserable, but they also know that I've had at least 10 abdominal surgeries and I'm full of scar tissue and it would be difficult to work around all those obstacles. My original GYN has termed it an "inoperable pelvis" and all the others after doing some calling and reading reports side with her conclusion. I am, basically, not worth the risk to an OB-GYN practice. My most recent GYN said today that his hands were tied and if I wanted a referral to leave the state, I could just call around myself. I don't even think he will even look at the most recent labs. Ok, that's where I am. I have 12-pages of labs and reports and I've trying to find a surgeon who can help me. If my local doctors were working with me, I might at least stand a chance to move on without the need to justify leaving my network of providers. Once I find someone now, I will also have to explain to my insurance company why I had to leave the state for one of the most common surgeries performed. Thanks for your awesome support and prayers, Frances

I hope that your anniversary was wonderful from beginning to end!

Day 5 and counting.. B: Tea, omelette, bacon L: Melted Cheese (pizza topping) S: Pecans and more cheese D: Scallops, green beans (Yum!) Water! I can't believe how easy low carbing is...