HORMONE TREATMENT.

It’s been a couple of weeks since my last blog and during that time I was back at the hospital (a new hospital) for a face-to-face appoint with my consultant, talking about the options available and preparing to start three months of hormone treatment. It’s been overwhelming and, really, I needed to try and clear my head a bit just so I could make a decision on what to do. It’s been a heavy couple of weeks.

On the 11th of this month, I was back at the hospital to see my consultant (and at a new, just been opened, hospital) to discuss properly what was found in my laparoscopy back in September and the options available. After going through 5 pages with 4 photos on each page (there may as well have been a slideshow), I got to better understand what is going on. As well as a deep pocket retraction on my left side (formed on the left side of my uterus), more towards the lower pelvic region, showing endometriosis but signs of it also on my bowels, with an amount of blistering also present. From that my consultant went over hormone treatment as an option for me and excision surgery…basically the only two options. May as well give hormone treatment a go, right? Not like excision surgery would be happening any time soon with the current situation and the looming…Christmas. 

I was prescribed Provera for m hormone treatment and I have to take it three times a day…which is not great when your memory is shit so you have to set alarms to remind you to take them. Three months of hormone treatment, what could go wrong? Will it ease some of the pain I experience? 

I’m now a week into taking Provera and for four days straight I was completely nauseous and knocked about. I then have been getting headaches (I rarely get headaches so that always concerns me), I’m more exhausted than my usual exhausted self (did not think that could happen but here we are) and, a week in, I haven’t actually been to the toilet properly to empty my bowels. Sounds fun, right? All to reduce the growth of endometrium cells that are forming inside and outside of my uterus. Trick my body into menopause almost. If someone told me this is what I’d be like at the age of 24, I would not have believed them. Here we are: 24 and tricking my body with hormones. Always hormones. I’m exhausted. I wonder how this will change over the weeks and how I am at the end of this three month prescription.