Hi BrightLight - Great that your doctor is listening to your worries and sending you for checks to make sure nothing is amiss to re-assure you (hopefully). Let's hope all is OK and then you will worry less?
Celery oo-er - I haven't heard of that one! I've never had water retention but I know celery is extremely low caloriie and very fibrous - wonder if that has something to do with it? Or perhpas it's a diuretic? Sounds like it's worth a try - I'm all for dietary ways to deal with problems if possible because they don't cost much, are not concentrated and won't do you any harm if you overdose!!
Good luck with your scan!
Hurdity x
Thank you - I don't really want to go and see what is going on in there
But as it's happening, it will be a good thing.
There has been a niggle in the back of my mind about a fibroid I had diagnosed in my 30's and a couple of burst cysts in my lifetime, none of which showed symptoms and a cervical polyp that I had removed 2 years ago, that didn't bleed either. I think my anxiety brain has made a connection that my body 'grows' things well with estrogen eeek. I know it doesn't really work as simply as that in any stretch of the imagination but just having a check to see where I am at as it were is probably a good thing in general.
I was quite clear that my concern wasn't really the heavy flow - which for me is heavier but not really heavy in comparison to normal ranges and that I had a couple of 17-18 day cycles with what appear to be normal periods - not dribs and drabs, the whole works, but I guess if my body is trying to find eggs, I might ovulate quite soon after my period and in theory an 18 day cycle is possible.
It is all hypothesis but if there is a polyp or fibroid or thickening (eek, I hope not as I know that will freak me out ongoing until this all ends) then there is the possibility of lightening the bleeding - yay!
I was also thinking about the wise woman part of my brain - if I dig deep, I have to trust that my body knows what it is doing, even if there is something amiss, it is attempting to do it's best and I just need to take care as much as I can. I do think my bleeding is OK really, I do think my body is clearing out etc, despite not having the right ratio of hormones - it certainly feels like it anyway! Semi PMT symptoms sort of give me that idea - infact the symptoms I have are very similar to all the very mild ones I had when regular - just ramped up x 3!!!
I just realised a 4-6 wait for an appointment is Christmas time - hope it is before and can get it out of the way.