u/Browniesgirl

How did you start going downstairs?! I feel like my ROM just won’t let my bad ankle go down! Going up stairs is fine. Any suggestions?

Hi All! New here, hoping you could help because it’s been a day.

I had 2 children via C-section in 2015 and 2018. In 2018 my dr made note of my fibroid during delivery.

Fast forward to the past year. I’m 43 my periods are now 7 days instead of the 4 days it’s been since I’m 12. And they are HEAVY now when they weren’t before. Also, so much pain on day 1-3 when there was never pain. I figure perimenopause.

I broke my ankle early this May and had surgery at the end of May. 2 days after my surgery I get my period. Except at the end of 7 days i don’t stop bleeding and this brown terrible smelling liquid (old blood) is seeping from me and what looks like tissue is in the toilet bowl. I think it’s shock and stress from the ankle and wait for my next cycle to see if it resets itself. It doesn’t so I go to the gyno. She gives me antibiotics for the smell, takes a culture and sends me for an ultrasound.

Results came back and went to see her. “There is a 4.4 x 3.1 x 5.0 cm solid mass in the lower uterine segment and upper cervix demonstrating internal vascularity on color duplex evaluation.”

She wants an endometrial biopsy, MRI and most likely a hysterectomy of only the uterus.

She says I have to do the biopsy to determine if I have to go to a regular gyno surgeon or a gyno oncologist. In my brain I get it removed and test it after, why biopsy?

Do I get a second opinion? Are there other options?

I feel…overwhelmed.

I was having tightness on my inner ankle and I went to my surgeon and he said you need to moisturize and massage it. So I went home and massaged with castor oil and then soaked pads and left the pads on overnight. Guys my tightness is loosening!! I freaking LOVE CASTOR OIL. Thank you for coming to my ted talk.

There’s a lot of talk about walking in this group, when you’re walking, walking without the boot, walking with a brace.

What about driving? When did y’all drive? I’m 7 weeks out from surgery and just doing weight bearing in my boot. I was hoping to drive in September, reasonable?

I am cleared to partial weight bearing next week and my neighbor has offered me two different walkers; one, your normal stationary walker and the second one with wheels and a seat. Which one do you suggest to make the transition to weight-bearing?