The REAL 50ish group...9/26

Although I'm nearly 61, I'll post here anyway for now!

I'm SO sorry about your biopsies!! I feel your pain!!!!! I had to go every 3 months (up until my hysterectomy at age 51) for a cystoscopy. It wasn't too bad. I also had fibroids.

When I moved to FL (age 50), I found a gynecologist who took over doing the cystoscopies for me. She suggested a full hysterectomy. Before that, her office did a uterine biopsy in office. DH was with me. No big deal, or I thought as much........ The nurse told me it would pinch. Fine. She came at me with that LONG stick-like tool to get the biopsy. She couldn't get to my uterus. She took a 1 minute break and tried again.......... and again!!!!!!!!!!! I was literally crying at this point. It hurt like HELL!!!!!!!!!!!! After more than 3 tries, she admitted that she couldn't get it!!!!

After the hysterectomy, we found out that the fibroid had grown quickly. It was now BEYOND my entire uterus, so when the nurse was attempting to get the biopsy, she was hitting right into the huge fibroid, again and again. O M G!!!!!!!!! Why the hell don't they tell you it'll hurt like a MFer??? I wasn't prepared. I had no pre-medication meds. Nothing! I went home after the failed biopsy, and bled and hurt like I just had a baby. It was BAD.

IMO, *any* time a gynecologist's office is going to do a biopsy, they should warn you that it might hurt. They should either premedicate you or tell you to bring your own calming meds. Damn!!!!!!!!!! Hope your endometrial biopsies don't hurt like that hurt, or I'd say to bring out the "big guns" and have a friend drive you! Hugs to you!!!!!!!

I realized that I was never checked after my hysterectomy for cancer. Although my uterus and cervix were removed, there are other cancers I could get. No one ever advised me to keep checking. I went to an ob/gyn just this year (10 years post hysterectomy) and they said it "seemed all good". I still get cramping and wish I had a GOOD gyn like I had up north.

Hugs to everyone on here dealing with "female issues". xo

P.S.: I've been on estradiol for the 10 years (hot flashes were horrid and lasted 24/7; still do!! I keep trying to come off of the estrogen!!!) and I'm on the estrogen vaginal cream. I try coming off of that too and wind up with wicked infections. Fun!

So I was telling her that my fitbit tells me I sleep better than I thought I did, but the majority of it is lighter sleep. I tend to watch tv until bedtime and look at my phone before I go to bed. She said filtering out the blue light helps your body to release your melatonin which signals sleep. Watching tv and looking at screens makes the body think it is still daytime....

This explains things well:


Blue Light for sleeping

Reading this thread, I'm doing well. I just have a "friend" causing drama.

Those biopsies hurt. I wasn’t warned and had forgotten I had had one years ago. I cursed snd nearly broke my husband’s hand. We were going in for a consult for a hysterectomy. I was put on aygestin to help with bleeding. I had nasty fibroids and we thought endometriosis but turned out it was adenomyosis. Cramps daily and heavy bleeding with no warning. Had my hysterectomy more than a year ago snd so wish I hadn’t waited and had it years ago.

Currently doing better than I have in a while but wish I had more energy. I get night sweats no hormones but use evening primrose and it helps. I often am tired early but it’s too early to go to bed then by the time it is late enough I’m wide awake.

I’m sorry so many have had to have the biopsies multiple times.

Hugs to all who need them. Ageing isn't for the faint-hearted.

Final chemo was 3 weeks ago tomorrow, so for 2 out of every 3 days day I think I'm back to normal, then the following day I feel better again. The other day(ish) I don't feel so good again and get cross with myself for not healing quicker! I think when you feel rubbish for months on end, you forget what feeling right feels like.

I'm having private physio for nerve pain in the arm that had the PICC in. 4.5 months of pain. To start with they said it will wear off in a couple of weeks. Then they said it can last for a couple of months. Then they said I was just one of those few unfortunate people for whom it lasts longer. The physio said why on EARTH didn't they just take it out and reposition it? I'm doing my exercises, and very much hoping this is not permanent damage.

I'm going to be 50 in January so I've been prepping all year to make it a good one. If JLo can look that good at 50, I feel I can at least look half that good.

So all year I've been making my body and health my focus. No uterus to give me trouble, no more breasts to need biopsies, I think I'm finally living my best middle aged life.

I got Botox for the first time last week, going to get a little bit of filler tomorrow, going to get laser resurfacing done in December, going to Orlando for my bday and have everything planned.

After a year of mini Rona flares I sort of got my health back (I never tested positive, but am pretty sure I was constantly fighting it off) after the vaccine and have been feeling really good since January. It's nice because for a while I worried I was going to feel old and sore and sick and chubby and tired for the rest of my life.

Now I'm just sore, but usually that's from working out so I'll take it. I feel like I've turned a corner.