I have to say that if there was anything that a woman could have wrong in their female reproductive organs, I have had it.
For two years, I lived in pain that was the same as being in labor or worse because of military docs and Tricare not believing that I was REALLY in pain because things didn't show up on their very vague ultrasound. Tricare wouldn't allow me to have a "scope" done to see what the problem was because they didn't have enough paperwork to support it.
Finally, after going basically nuts with the pain, my husband and I decided that the only way we could find to get them to allow a "scope" was to have my tubes tied.
A female miliatary doctor broke some rules to take my case and went in. She found that not only did I have Endometriosis on my bladder but, a tangerine size uterine fibroid tumor on top of my uterus being feed by several arteries. She told my ex husband that was a double whammy and had every right to be in pain.
But that wasn't the end of my nightmare. They sent me out to a radiologist that specialized in a procedure similar to a heart cath to go in and kill the arteries feeding the tumor.
An MRI was performed. The radiologist was so amazed at what he saw that he himself pulled me into his office to show me all that was wrong. He said, "Ma'am I honestly don't know how you are able to stand up straight as this is showing that not only are those other things wrong but, you have polycystis and a thickening of the uterine wall. I can do this procedure but, it's not going to stop your pain. I recommend a full hysterectomy."
So,I will tell all of you, if you or a woman you know is having missed periods, irregular periods, painful intercourse, or any pain at all during a period, tell them to continue to seek medical care until the situation is resolved. IT SHOULD NOT HURT to have a period at all.
