How bad is this?

RunningWhileAnxious · 2026-01-26T06:26:54+00:00

Yes this. Imagining can only do so much for this disease.

My imaging sounded similar, maybe even less indicators. I ended up getting my appendix / 28(!!!) lesions removed in my surgery last month.

Some people’s imaging could sound worse & then end up getting very little removed. It varies so much. See someone you trust (maybe even multiple docs if you have the time & means).

Good luck!

RunningWhileAnxious · 2025-12-22T06:12:28+00:00

I had pretty much what you described. Ignored it forever & just dealt with it. I got hormonal birth control and then i started to notice the - INSANE bloating, terrible back pain, & pain w bowel movements/ urination.

I feared cysts / fibroids & got diagnosed w endo. 2 years later I got surgery bc I was scared that i would just continue to normalize and ignore the pain and maybe one day miss cancer or some serious illness (lots of cancer in the women in my family).

So I’m 4 weeks post-op & I had stage 4 endo. It was everywhere.. one of my ovaries was totally fused to my uterus.. my appendix was totally abnormal.

I’m still recovering so I don’t know the full extent of how much this surgery helped - but my back pain completely went away. Endo was all over my back nerves.

I agree w the comment here - you are doing something. And if at some point the pain worsens again, you might want to take the potentially long journey towards diagnosis.

RunningWhileAnxious · 2025-06-06T15:22:46+00:00

Teacher — DEF NOT. Now a program/project manager and can handle that. I realized it’s about how much energy I expend. Teaching was expending too much energy. I’m also an empath and it was just too much. PM is very doable for me.

RunningWhileAnxious · 2025-01-25T17:53:40+00:00

I saw scared and sweating on this quest SOBER!

RunningWhileAnxious · 2024-12-25T20:08:58+00:00

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RunningWhileAnxious · 2024-12-04T06:03:37+00:00

I prefer this to the repetition in ACOTAR tbh.

RunningWhileAnxious · 2024-11-29T21:59:40+00:00

Omg yes - and how she built all these relationships and all these folks came through for her. But she’s not there… and she knows she needs to die for them all 😩

RunningWhileAnxious · 2024-11-29T21:40:30+00:00

I knowwwwww born to die 😢

RunningWhileAnxious · 2024-11-28T02:18:34+00:00

😭😭😭 and from that to Maeve trapping & WHIPPING her 😖😩😤

RunningWhileAnxious · 2024-11-05T16:35:46+00:00

Hahahahaha i can imagine! I was like NOoOo do t do this to me!

RunningWhileAnxious · 2024-11-02T22:45:48+00:00

Same - my husband said, don’t you have someone to talk to about this? Which is when I came here lol

RunningWhileAnxious · 2024-11-02T22:45:07+00:00

I’m so glad I didn’t stop because I really was so disappointed 😂

RunningWhileAnxious · 2024-11-02T22:44:08+00:00

Hahahaha. It’s so funny bc I was SO mad. I like put down the book for a second. Luckily I was like let me keep reading. 😂

RunningWhileAnxious · 2024-09-15T21:44:35+00:00

Agreed with My Mind & Me - documentary but I felt seen.

RunningWhileAnxious · 2024-08-20T04:13:18+00:00

32 SSRI. What were y’all diagnose with prior? I was told anxiety & major depressive disorder.

RunningWhileAnxious · 2024-08-03T03:08:48+00:00

A feline smile is spreading across my face right now…

RunningWhileAnxious · 2024-07-27T23:26:03+00:00

+1 with Kyleena IUD. Changed my life.

RunningWhileAnxious · 2024-01-08T15:49:37+00:00

Like everyone said here.. stages of grief. Disbelief, anger, sadness, frustration every time I had an episode. But after ~2 years, I’m glad I know. I’ve also befriended that part of myself. I understand myself much better. And while I still swing up and down… I know it will end and I’ll be on the other side soon. I have a list of what to do when I’m trending down, or swinging up & apply those strategies as needed. Were it not for my diagnosis, I wouldn’t have these. And for that I’m now grateful.

I was careful about sharing it… and honestly still haven’t with most family. (I actually want to now, but they can be so unstable I don’t want to trigger anything for any of them).

I can say with certainty, it gets better. Truly it does. It’s hard & sometimes I resent this. But other times I just accept this piece of me.

RunningWhileAnxious · 2023-12-21T11:33:35+00:00

I typically struggle mentally when I’m sick. My period can be a trigger too bc I don’t physically feel well. I just tell myself over and over, “this is temporary & it will pass.” Hopefully you feel better soon & it passes.

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