ultrasound advice, please help!

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After posting on here about my periods problems (very erratic and irregular, 30-100+ day cycles), bad headaches and other hormonal symptoms, I’ve followed advice and booked an ultrasound to check my ovaries. I managed to get an appointment tomorrow (private) and should hopefully have the results straight after it.

im absolutely shit scared all of a sudden! I’m not worried about it being bad news, as I’m confident it will be fine or something minor at the most, it’s just I’ve always been so unsure about what’s wrong with my periods, if anything, and now the idea that I might get an answer is a bit scary.

For the last 10 years I’ve been told my symptoms are normal for women- I know that they can be normal for some people but I’d like full reassurance that everything is fine. I’ve had one blood test for my hormones (5 years ago) and it was fine so I’m feeling positive from that.

what’s also scary is the idea that I might not be any closer to getting an answer. Obviously I don’t want anything to show up on the ultrasound but equally if it were something minor that could be fixed easily and stop all these problems it would be such a weight off my shoulders.

if anyone has any advice about it I would be really greatful x

Bumping this x

Sometimes when we carry the weight of an uncertainty for so long, the idea of clearing up that uncertainty can be scary, too! I don’t think you’re experiencing anything abnormal. It’s not an out of control fear; you have a medical test, you’re experiencing some nervousness, and like anyone would be, you’re a bit scared of the results.

Also, I don’t blame you! It sounds like you’ve been fobbed off for a while now. Yes, some women have long cycles, some women have irregular periods, and if it wasn’t bothering you, maybe it wouldn’t be an issue, but you say it’s clearly been bothering you for close to a decade, causing severe headaches and other issues. I’m only sorry your doctors didn’t push for more investigations sooner. There are a lot of different things that could be checked (not just the hormones themselves, but their “roots” at the adrenal glands, which tells the body to make them - all simple to “check” via blood tests and then confirm with a scan; or on a totally different tact, they could have given you an ultrasound long before now and it would have been the logical next step after a smear was either normal or abnormal).

Be kind to yourself today. Tell yourself it’s okay to be nervous. And then be kind to yourself tomorrow. You’re doing something very brave, going after answers like this. I do hope this provides you with some.

And maybe ask for a full blood work-up, back with your regular doctor? Not just hormones but hormones, hormone building blocks, vitamins to check for deficiencies, a full red blood cell count, to check for anemia (it happens even with irregular periods), and check inflammation levels or chronic disease markers (I don’t know what all your symptoms are or when they occur in relation to your periods).

Good luck, OP. I hope after tomorrow, you’re one big step closer to feeling better.

Thank you so much for such a helpful post, that’s so nice of you and I really appreciate it❤️

I just can’t wait for it to be over- 99% of me knows that it will be absolutely fine (it’s been going on for 10+ years so not likely to be something bad!) but the other 1% of me is worrying just in case it is!

this time tomorrow it will be over with though and I’ll hopefully have some answers.

thank you so much again for your help x

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