Doctor, Doctor and more Doctor

So I went to the doctor on November 12 to get checkup. I've been feeling run down, tired all the time, menstrual cycle getting worse (was slightly anemic last year)....she sent me for blood work and ultrasound (had fibroid last year).  The office called me on the 17th and said to come in as soon as I could.

The appointment for test results:
-Now two large fibroids 14cm and 18cm and a few smaller ones. One of the big ones is top of uterus and may cause other problems.
-Uterus stretched to double its size -bleeding will get worse
-Severe anemia - not enough blood in my system and may need a blood transfusion
-Suprised I'm still functioning with my iron so low
-Blood pressure very high 180/117- that's probably what's keeping me alive
-must do a hysterectomy as soon as possible before something happens

Needless to say I was not in a good way when I left there...lots to think about.

So a few weeks have gone by and I've been seeing the doc every week...I'm on iron pills, blood pressure pills, and my synthroid for thyroid. BP has gone down a bit to 168/103 but still not happy so she upped the dosage. She said she can't bring it down too fast because of the anemia.

They finally got me an appointment at the gynocologist ---for March 2016!!!!! She did tell his office it was an emergency..WTH!  She's been trying to call for two weeks to talk to the gyno herself and they don't call back. Next week when I go in, if there's not an earlier appointment I'm going to demand to go to someone else, someone who cares about their patients.  What bull.

My boss Francesco is a raw vegan. He says that if I change my lifestyle I can reverse this. From everything I've been reading and people I've talked to online I don't think so. But I am making moves to be healthier. I've started growing wheatgrass so I can start juicing it in the mornings. There is a lot of nutrition in it. I've also started some sprouting, right now I'm starting to sprout a salad mix and mung beans. My boyfriend Barry is doing some fenugreek. We said we'd share the harvest. It's a start, we'll see how it goes from there.

Anyways, there's an update on what's been going on.  I'm going to use this blog to keep track of this particular journey in my life.