I went to have the Mirena inserted this morning, and she couldn't get it in 😂😂
Picture this...I'm high as a kite from the ibuprofen / paracetamol / codeine combo, naked from the waist down, legs akimbo up in in the stirrups of that gynaecological ‘birthing stool' thingy....
And she's clamping my cervix so she can ‘sound' (measure) my uterus, muttering through the anatomy, etc....ant the bit of my cervix that goes into the uterus wouldn't open 😂😂. She was saying, ‘that's gotta be hurting you', and I was saying,'no just feels a bit like a period cramp, but more than manageable'...😂😂
Anyway, after trying this and that for about ten minutes, she gave up. I've now been referred to another gynae who works out of a local public hospital, rather than private (my private health cover doesn't kick in for another six months, we have stupid rules here, but not as bad as the US thank goodness!).....
Personally, I think my cervix is partially fused after needing two emergency caesars, which is why she couldn't do it.
She also is adamant I've been post meno for ages, but can't explain why I keep having a period every two weeks, on prog or off....
Anyway, my appointment with the new gynae is not until 20th Feb, and in the meantime I've decided to put myself on a ‘longish' cycle - 5 weeks of oestrogen patches with 7 days of Utrogestan vaginally. I'm so tired of gps and specialists not knowing much about anything. I'm not so arrogant to think that nothing could go wrong with this regime, but as I'm bleeding every two weeks regardless, I'm sure my uterine lining must be reasonably thin, and as it's only for three months, if anything untoward should start happening, it should be found early enough!
Anyway, I'm still getting a giggle out of how flabbergasted the gynae was this morning - she was sure I'd be screaming in agony 😂😂, even after I assured her my pain threshold was incredibly high!!