Good news is the doctor has come up with an option to resolve at least some of my health problems. The doctor wants to cauterize my uterus to stop/slow my female cycles. If it works this would resolve my heavy flow issues and also could help limit the number of menstrual triggered seizures and other complications I have been struggling with for years.
Bad news is there is no way to get the procedure approved and completed before we move back out east. That means the onus is on me when I get back to West Virginia to either find affordable health insurance that does not have a preexisting conditions exclusion OR find another way to finance this out of pocket. The other part of the bad news is that this procedure will not completely remove the possible need for a hysterectomy down the road in response to my abnormal paps and history of gynecological cysts/fibroid masses.
A friend suggested I ask all my facebook friends for $20.00 as a way of raising funds. I told her I didn't think it was quite that bad yet, but I'd let her know before I hit the street corner with a tin cup. ;-)
The other major draw back is that this procedure would completely destroy any chance I had at even considering having my tubal ligation reversed to have children with any future husband. I shouldn't have been considering it anyway since the reason for tying my tubes was the concerns of my OBGYN at the time. He felt that my life and that of future pregnancies would be at risk if I continued to reproduce. I can't say that I was really ready to offer my womb up to even the right person, but I had been giving the idea serious consideration lately.
I guess I'm just going to have to hold out hope that either that special someone will be able to accept my inability to reproduce or that I eventually I meet someone that will be able to love me, missing pieces and all.
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