Being put back together. (TMI warning)

Steps are finally being made to fix my brokenness. You can read about me being broken here and here. I finally had my first appointment with Dr. A last week. I was a little nervous as Dr. A had a foreign name, and I didn't know if this Dr A was a male or a female. My worst fears were that Dr A was a male with a horribly thick accent and a horrible bedside manor (totally had this before at my GP's office). I can now relax. Dr. A does not have a horrible accent, and he had a very good bedside manor. Phew! The weird thing is that his associate (also a Gyno) is my middle sisters ex-boyfriends father! Talk about small world.

It was a little weird sitting in the waiting room as I was the only one sitting there that was under the age of 50. I'm not kidding. The rest of waiting room was filled with empty nesters, that and there were about 10 clocks hanging on the walls. I want to know what the deal is with the clocks. The random things you notice when you're sitting uncomfortably in a specialists office.

So I went through a bunch of questions with Dr. A and a resident that he asked could join us. He seemed very concerned with my lack of a period. He was very adamant that I should be getting one period 4 times a year at the very minimum. The worry being a higher risk of certain cancers with the imbalance of hormones. I was relived that he seemed concerned with both the bleeding and the lack of periods instead of just ignoring one of the problems.

I had to do yet another vaginal exam (my third since January) and yet another pap smear (my second since January). He explained that I had my last in January, but he wanted to be able to rule out everything so he did another one. I'm getting to be a pro now. It makes me laugh every time a doctor does a vaginal exam now because they all say the same thing **TMI WARNING**

"Wow, you really do bleed alot" or "All I have to do is touch your cervix and you bleed" I feel like shaking my hands in the air and saying "No Shit! Now just figure out why and fix it!!!" It's like they haven't really been believing me until they see it for themselves.

This doctor seems to think the bleeding is caused by my transitional cells on my cervix changing location and moving too far forward, and because they are so fragile, every time they are touched I bleed. The root cause of this would be the lack of hormonal changes. In the meantime I was sent for some blood work "only three vials though", the lab tech told me. And another round of ultrasounds.

This time I learned that I'm a little more hydrated then the average person though because I was on the verge of being too full. Yes, too full. This was after I started drinking my water a whole 20 minutes later then they asked because my bladder was so full the first time I was in pain. I was practicing my deep breathing and she poked and prodded my bladder. The best part was when I finally got to empty my bladder. Heaven. But then I had to go back for part 2. The part I affectionately call the "dildo cam" Sorry Amy, I totally stole your name for it. The added bonus was when I had to hold my breath and poke my sides so she could get a good picture of my left and right ovary.

Now some more waiting. I have a follow up appointment in two weeks, so god willing Dr A will have been able to gleam something from my test results.