The gyno and GNC

I went to the gyno back in July...this was visit #2 and she did an ultrasound on me to take a better look at my ovaries.  She said my uterus looked good and only one of my ovaries looked kind of abnormal.  It had an unusual mass to it.  After some testing it was determined that the  ovary's cystic mass was benign, so nothing to be scared about.  I was supposed to go visit the Dr. again at the end of August, but because of my change in employment I was not covered by insurance at the time. So, I've not rescheduled and really I just don't know when I will.  I get pretty stressed out this time of year with school (my grad studies).  So, I will more than likely postpone an appointment till December or January when there's more time.  It's not good that I postpone these appointments, especially since the one I missed was about putting me on meds for my PCOS.  I was on Metformin back in 2007 and 2008, but then I stopped taking it after my prescription ran out.  You would think filling a prescription wouldn't be so difficult for me.  But, between changing jobs and changing insurance companies-- I found it discouraging to try to fix in another appointment just to get a refill.  I also felt discouraged about other things in my life and this made me not care about keeping up with my meds.

I know I have problems with my female plumbing... The Dr. talked about doing some minor surgery in the near future: drilling into my ovaries in order to jumpstart ovulation.  I don't really like the idea of any sort of surgery ...even though doctors can put on a plastic smile and tell you that this the best course of action.  I have to admit that I am skeptical about doing such a surgery...for me it's a last resort.  I rather try meds or even changing my diet if that can be just as effective.  The doctor said doing this surgery would make me ovulate for awhile...but then eventually they'd have to do it again.  So, is that a good thing?  I really don't want to mess with my inside plumbing and possibly make it worse.  There's always resorting to taking The Pill,  to make me ovulate...but The Pill is a catch-22.  It'll make me ovulate, but I won't be able to get pregnant if I'm on it.

I went to GNC (you know that health store in the mall) in late August and I wanted to buy some Wheatgrass pills or juice...I had read online that Wheatgrass has many restorative health attributes...some of them being to treat infertility, fatigue, and improve your overall vitality.  So, I was excited about trying Wheatgrass, but the GNC store didn't have a specific product that was just Wheatgrass...they had some variations.  The GNC lady I talked to, tried selling me some Probiotic products and told me the importance of detoxing and taking vitamins.  She was really big taking vitamin D.  Well, I figure I probably need to really detox...but I wasn't about to buy something blindly without doing research to see if it was worth the money and if it was something that would help me.  I suppose in the quest for health, there are two camps that people pursue: medical or natural (or quasi-natural). I realize its either doctors or health store salesman,  but both are peddling meds of different sorts...on one hand you have doctors eager to prescribe any pharmeceutical to you or you have health store salesmen trying to entice you into purchasing vitamins, elixirs, or some other combo detox package.  It's hard to know what's right.  I really want to try alternative medicine...something non-toxic and natural that will actually heal me.  I don't need a chemical cocktail to temporarily mask my symptoms and give me false hope on the baby frontier.

As for the pursuit of Wheatgrass and its miraculous powers, it's on a shelf of my "To do" list of things to do.  So, in other words...it'll be awhile before I look into again.  You see, I'm pursuing other things at the moment....trying to juggle work and school.  Unfortunately, "health" is taking a backseat, but it's always on my mind.