Phew!

Well, that's a relief - nothing too much out of the ordinary in the report from last week's pelvic ultrasound - Yay!!! Although I did learn two new words today: subserosal and pedunculated. Pedunculated (from the word peduncle....which is actually not an uncle who's a pedo) means attached by a stem or stalk.

What I imagine a pedunculated 
fibroid to look like.

My ultrasound revealed a 'pedunculated mass' of about 1.5 x 1.3 x 1.8cm behind my uterine fundus which is almost certainly a fibroid, of the kind that has a stalk, the idea of which is pretty gross if you ask me and makes me think of an ugly, magic mushroom type fungus growing inside of me. Best I don't dwell on that idea.

Actually, referring to it as pedunculated or having a peduncle sounds better than fibroid on a stalk. Pedunculated sounds almost comical and makes me think of how the AT-ATs walk in Star Wars;  'pedunc...pedunc...pedunc...' i.e. she has a pedunculated gait when she walks.

Anyhow, back to the ultrasound. They also reported a 'linear echogenic structure measuring 1.4cm in diameter' within my right ovary but apparently, when trying to get a better look at it with the endovaginal scan (too much information?) they actually couldn't see the right ovary at all and basically suspect the 'structure' is probably just a dermoid. Nevertheless, my GP gave me a referral for a follow-up ultrasound in a couple of months to see if they can get a better look at the mysteriously disappearing right ovary.

Overall it certainly explains some of the bloatedness and discomfort but I'm also going to do an H. pylori breath test in case that's part of the problem (Lorne was diagnosed with H.pylori bacteria just a couple of months ago himself and says his symptoms were very similar to those I've been describing). I'm personally not convinced that's my problem, since I haven't really experienced the burning pain/ulcer like symptoms normally associated with it, but I'll still do the test regardless.

So, overall, the best part of today's results is, I don't have cancer - and any day without a Big-C diagnosis is a good one! While a fibroid might be/become uncomfortable, it's a helluva-lot less scary, thank you very much.