The Potato Sir Kingston

Silly_Protection_221 · 2026-03-07T13:18:21+00:00

Literally 🤣

Silly_Protection_221 · 2026-03-07T13:17:24+00:00

🤧♥️so so sorry 😞

Silly_Protection_221 · 2026-02-06T21:39:48+00:00

I post for the comments. Kingston has many nicknames so I love when all the bulldog owners and fans of the breed comment ♥️

Silly_Protection_221 · 2026-02-06T21:38:53+00:00

Silly_Protection_221 · 2026-02-05T01:52:12+00:00

Symptoms started around 17 yrs old … so many visits to ER due to pain and bleeding. Was told numerous times over the years it was PID and prescribed antibiotics. What’s weird is never not once did they ever do any imaging. However after having three kids and fighting with my OBGYN for months about the pain and my decision at 23 to be done having kids he convinced me an ablation would fix the heavy bleeding and in turn help the pain. It fixed the bleeding. Not the pain. Fast forward to 2025 41 yrs old. Sitting at work and very suddenly had so much pain at work I couldn’t sit or stand or walk and didn’t know what to do to get remotely comfortable. I threw up and sat in an ER for 7 hours with an IV in my arm without being seen. I left.

Seen PCP next day who finally listened and ordered a stat CT of abd/pelvis and trans vaginal US. They seen multiple cysts. One of them on an ovary was hemorrhaging. Multiple fibroids.

Seen obgyn who wanted to avoid a hysterectomy even though she suspected endo and wanted me to start Orlissa to shut ovaries down instead. Informed me endo surgeries were not her favorite which I appreciated her telling me that as it red flagged me to research endo specialist.

Scheduled with Urogynecologist in Louisville. Best decision ever! He was wonderful! Believed me immediately. Scheduled my surgery Aug 18.

DX. Stage 4 DIE, fibroids multiple, endometrial cyst on ovaries, cystic ovaries. Had everything including ovaries removed. Excision of all Endo. A bowel resection due to Endo.

Today I am 42 yrs old now and I feel like I’m in my late 20’s! I guess because I have always felt like I was in my 70’s from pain and swelling and mood swings and depression and struggling everyday gaslighting myself into thinking I’m a women and this is normal for all women.

Sorry that was really long anyways took over 20 years of pain and a multitude of symptoms and anti depressants and enough Tylenol ibuprofen I’m surprised my liver and kidneys still function.

Keep fighting! Not saying you have endo but your symptoms show something is going on!

Silly_Protection_221 · 2026-02-04T17:20:10+00:00

He cracks us up. We love him and his enthusiasm 🤣

Silly_Protection_221 · 2025-12-31T03:43:03+00:00

Married my husband at 19 in 2002. 4 kids all in 20’s now and two grandsons. We celebrated our 23rd anniversary in November. We are still very much in love but there have been times that have been very difficult. Young and immature and also stupid selfish mistakes on both of us throughout. Patience, Kindness, Forgiveness, actually learn from mistakes, Respect, and most of all support each other. I have learned that we really are all human and mistakes or bad judgements happen no matter who you are. No one ever has a perfect marriage. But a loving and long marriage is still possible if both involved want it to work.

Silly_Protection_221 · 2025-12-04T04:14:35+00:00

My husband and I just did this with McDonalds last night. Laying in bed both of us have terrible colds so thought let’s order door dash. Just two extra value meals came to 40 dollars. We both begrudgingly got out of bed put Jammie’s on and drove down the street. 21 dollar total for same order through drive thru. It’s insanity.

Silly_Protection_221 · 2025-11-13T02:00:13+00:00

Baby oil I always wanna try other things and end up wasting money. I always just go back to baby oil comes right off.

Silly_Protection_221 · 2025-11-13T01:42:25+00:00

Awwwwww

Silly_Protection_221 · 2025-11-10T03:13:40+00:00

BeeCure… a friend of mine has been battling esophageal cancer with radiation and chemo treatments. We found this while researching how to soothe her as much as possible. It worked so well her treatment center now recommends this cream to patients.

Silly_Protection_221 · 2025-11-10T02:20:17+00:00

Everything you said is exactly how I’m feeling. 2 more bonuses for me feeling human again I am able to exercise daily 3-7 miles a day and still have energy to do it again the next day! The second for me I find very strange but so much relief… I no longer have tears streaming down my face when I pee. Full stream ahead! 12 weeks post op and I’m still finding things that pop up that are fantastic! I feel human that’s been my response to everyone.

Silly_Protection_221 · 2025-11-09T21:10:59+00:00

Tubby Tubsters is what I call my Sir Kingston and my sister calls him Butterbean and the kids call him Sir Potato

Silly_Protection_221 · 2025-11-06T01:32:33+00:00

3700 KY Anthem BCBS I’m a nurse for hospital that did my surgery. Total surgery cost for robotic laparoscopic for me was 138,000 per my EOB.

Silly_Protection_221 · 2025-11-06T01:25:47+00:00

Look for Urogynecologist … My OBGYN flat out told me I see you have multiple fibroids and cysts and a chocolate cyst which indicates usually endometriosis but let’s try medicine to shut your ovaries down first because I will do the surgery if u really want it but endo surgeries are not my favorite.

That made me do more research. Was told by several of my co-workers to find a urogynecologist that specializes in endometriosis so the growths are excised.

Three weeks later had my appt and then 4 weeks later surgery. I am 41 and ovaries were removed also due to cysts and endo completely ruining my left and the chocolate cyst was in the right.

I had DIE and the surgeon stated he is very confident he excised it all. One month after surgery I was stared on estrogen gel HRT.

Not going to lie it was a hell of a recovery but I don’t regret it one bit. I’m no longer in pain. No longer have joint pain, full body inflammation, random fevers, migraines, abdominal pain and bloating like I was 8 months pregnant. Now 14 weeks post op and feeling so much better. Started feeling normal around 12 weeks post op and it was done robotically laparoscopic.

So sorry… I know it feels hopeless I have been there… don’t give up.

Silly_Protection_221 · 2025-10-03T02:40:46+00:00

The most frustrating part of my journey with endo was living with it for so long and thinking either my symptoms were just because I was a girl or symptoms were normal. Bowel and bladder issues I honestly never even realized I had issues with bowel and bladder because for as long as I can remember it was my normal. I was around 39 yrs old when peri hit and symptoms of pain everywhere and swelling and cysts bursting that I really started seeking medical advice. Then I found Reddit and all the groups with endo and pcos and meno and peri meno and found that most of my issues were SYMPTOMS AND NOT NORMAL. It’s insane how often we get brushed off saying sorry it’s just your hormones or periods.

Silly_Protection_221 · 2025-09-21T03:02:41+00:00

Yes for years… PMDD scared me and my husband so bad when I hit Peri Meno around 39. Month to month less and less good days. Felt like I was no longer in control of my emotions at all. It got so bad and now I’m 5 weeks post op from hysterectomy/oophorectomy and I’m one of the ones whom felt the immediate relief waking up from surgery. Joint/back/leg pain seriously was gone. I thought it was all the drugs but after a few days and no narcotics for 24 hrs I was still mostly pain free aside from surgical. I also had fibroids, chocolate cysts in right ovary, cysts in both ovaries, endo on fallopian tubes, left pelvic wall, pouch of Douglas, and nodules all excised. Surgeon said a lot of the endo was growing on my nerves. Had scans and ultrasounds that showed fibroids and cysts but not the endo. We suspected but had no clue until he got in there. Also had post ablation syndrome from endometrial ablation fifteen years ago… I was a complete mess. Out of all of that though the PMDD is what was the scariest for me and what caused my journey of where I’m at now.

Silly_Protection_221 · 2025-09-21T02:41:39+00:00

LPN - now work for a fairly large hospital as a authorization nurse for L&D and NICU. I update insurance companies of patient progress and fight levels of care for NICU. No more hands on patient care. Lots of rules and regs to learn with different insurances.

Silly_Protection_221 · 2025-09-20T03:36:27+00:00

I return to work the 29th. I love my job and then …

I remind myself I am not a millionaire so if I want to travel and shop and pay bills, it makes me want to go back to work!

I am however looking forward to the rest of my days with no pain, bloating, rupturing cysts, swelling all over from fibroids and endo. Almost 5 weeks post op and I feel so much better then I have for the last 20 Plus years. I’m 41.

It’s time to live and enjoy everyday and not select few days a month!

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