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ah well, good news and bad news, and alot of it. I went to see a gynecologist today, to finally get the ball rolling with my endometriosis (endo) and how to fix it.
GREAT dr. really nice. but he doesn't do surgery anymore so had to refer me to a specialist. told me i had endo b4 he even examined me, said what i described was classic endo.
After the exam, said i have an abnormally shaped uterus and i have a growth on it which may or may not be cancerous, called adenomyosis. in any case he strongly suggests a hysterectomy, which they CANNOT do thru the vagina as the surgeon also has to check for endo around the bladder, intestines, bowel etc 
Er... so i have to get a pregnancy test in case this growth he felt was a baby in a weird place, a pelvic ultrasound, bloodwork for vitamin d level, mammogram and go visit a genetic specialist, but I declined the mammogram as I've already had 2 breast thermography tests, which are more sensitive than mammograms, but of course the mainstream medical industry wont accept thost test because it's new technology.
I also declined the genetic thing, it's only because my mum has breast cancer, and they want to test for the BRCA gene, some people have their breasts lopped off just IF the have the gene, in CASE they get breast cancer, how ridiculous 
! I'm not doing that, so a positive BRCA genetic test wont make any difference to me, so I'm not wasting the money. If I get breast cancer, I get breast cancer, THEN I will have them removed and replace them with more fake boobs !
So the question now is whether or not my insurance company will approve this surgery, I bet they will try and make out that it's a pre-existing condition, after all, we all now that they deny most 1st claims anyway. 
If they DO deny it then I will most likely go to Cuba to have it done, then at least I can request a plastic surgeon to sew up my big hysterectomy scar, for probably like another $100 instead of the thousands it would cost me to request that in the USA.
The only problem with cuba now I have to have a hysterectomy rather than the less invasive laparoscopy (1" cut under the belly button) is that I will have to be there probably 2 weeks+ instead of a week for recovery and SP won't be able to take all that time off work, but we'll just have to see.
We have to see what this surgeon says on Monday and then see if the insurance will cover it, and what they will charge for a plastic surgeon to sew me up (coz I know the Insurance wont cover that) and then see how much it is in Cuba and go from there. What a pain ! At least I know what's wrong with me now tho.
The doc said that this growth in my uterus is undoubtedly the cause of all my gas, bloating and weight gain, can't wait to get rid of it then !
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