Praise The Lord! The Urine Culture test shows that there is no growth of bacteria in Baby C’s urine! Despite not on antibiotics for 3 days, the bacteria did not proliferate in the urine! That’s the best news I’ve received this week. Thank you Lord!
Monthly Archives: September 2008
Uterine Fibroids
Just before I conceived Baby C early last year, my gynae detected a small fibroid in my uterus during my yearly medical check-up and ultrasound scan. The fibroid was only the size of a pea and my gynae was very blase about it and told me that it’s a very common problem in women. He told me that it’s normally non-cancerous and does not require surgery to remove it.
I am supposed to see my gynae anytime now to have another ultrasound scan to see if the fibroid is still there, whether it has shrunk in size or whether it has enlarged. Oh God, I hope that the fibroid has disappeared. I must take the effort to see my gynae real soon.
Here is some information on Uterine Fibroids :
Uterine fibroids are noncancerous growths of the uterus that often appear during your childbearing years. Also called fibromyomas, leiomyomas or myomas, uterine fibroids aren’t associated with an increased risk of uterine cancer and almost never develop into cancer.
As many as three out of four women have uterine fibroids, but most are unaware of them because they often cause no symptoms. Your doctor may discover them incidentally during a pelvic exam or prenatal ultrasound.
In general, uterine fibroids cause no problems and seldom require treatment. Medical therapy and surgical procedures can shrink or remove fibroids if you have discomfort or troublesome symptoms. Rarely, fibroids can require emergency treatment if they cause sudden, sharp pelvic pain.
Symptoms of fibroids may include:
Heavy Vaginal Bleeding — Some women experience excessively heavy or prolonged menstrual bleeding. Not uncommonly, women describe soaking through sanitary protection in less than an hour, passing blood clots and being unable to leave the house during the heaviest day of flow. As a result of the blood loss, some women develop anemia, or a low blood count, which can cause fatigue or lightheadedness.
Pelvic Pressure or Discomfort — Women with large fibroids may have a sense of heaviness or pressure in the lower abdomen or pelvis. This discomfort is similar to pregnancy when the enlarging uterus presses against surrounding structures.
Bladder Changes — The most frequent bladder symptom is the need to urinate more frequently. Women may awaken several times during the night in order to urinate. Occasionally, women experience an inability to urinate despite a full bladder. Bladder symptoms are caused by the uterine fibroids pressing against the bladder thereby reducing its capacity for holding urine or allowing urine to pass.
Pelvic Pain — A less common symptom of fibroids is acute, severe pain. This type of pain occurs when a fibroid goes through a process called degeneration, usually because it has outgrown its blood supply. The pain is usually localized to a specific spot and improves on it own within two to four weeks.
Low Back Pain — Fibroids that press against the muscles and nerves of the lower back can cause back pain. It is important to look for other causes of back pain before attributing the pain to the fibroids.
Rectal Pressure — Fibroids also can press against the rectum and cause a sense of rectal fullness, difficulty having a bowel movement or pain with bowel movements. Occasionally, fibroids can lead to the development of a hemorrhoid.
Sherilyn’s Swollen Lymph Nodes
continuation from here.
After more than 3 months, the lump can still be felt on Sherilyn’s right neck. Though it had shrunk in size considerably but the fact that it’s still there made me uneasy. So upon the recommendation of our paed, we brought Sherilyn to Pantai Cheras Medical Centre to have an ultrasound scan of her neck. The radiologist explained that the lump was only an enlarged lymph node and said that it’s very common in kids, especially after an infection or flu. It’s not a lump or a cyst. So that gave me some relief but I still have to monitor the size of the lymph node.
Sherilyn was so tensed as she lay on the bed in the cold air-cond room.
When the radiologist put the cold gel on her neck, she cried and struggled, so daddy had to hug her and carry her throughout the scan.
For many months ever since the day I discovered the swollen lymph nodes on Sherilyn’s neck, the first thing that I did when Sherilyn woke up was to touch her neck to see if the lymph nodes had shrunk in size. I read that in some people, those lymph nodes would take many months to subside. It’s been more than a year now and those lymph nodes are no longer felt on Sherilyn’s neck. Phew, thank God!
Swollen Lymph Nodes In Toddlers
Do you freak out whenever you discover that your toddler’s lymph nodes are swollen?
Last year, around June, hubby and I discovered that Sherilyn’s lymph nodes (on her right neck) were swollen. Careless me didn’t even notice the swell in her glands near her neck until daddy felt it one night as he was cuddling her while reading to her. When I touched it and felt a lump there, I really felt a big lump in my throat, so did daddy. Being the wimp in us whenever health issues affect our 3 precious daughters, we were actually quite worried, more so as the swell was on the lymph nodes in her neck. All sorts of morbid thoughts came flashing through my mind and I was sure daddy’s too, coz I could see he was just as worried but he just put on a “nah…. nothing to worry about wan” look on his face.
We then brought Sherilyn to the paed’s clinic the next day. My poor Sherilyn’s lymph nodes on her right neck, just below her jaw were swollen and infected. She had also been having gluey yellowish-greenish goo on her right eye for the last 3 days and I thought she was just plain ‘yeet hei’ as the chinese say it or heatiness in her body coz she had been eating quite a bit of durian, biscuits, corn flakes and pan-fried tempeh lately. I was also having a strep throat and slight runny nose with phlegm and I guess Sherilyn must have gotten the bug from me.
The paed said Sherilyn’s lymph nodes were infected and if we brought her to the clinic a few days later, the lymph nodes could have gotten inflamed and then more invasive medical treatment would be needed. The lymph nodes got infected as they were trying to fight off virus from invading the body. She also had URTI (upper respiratory throat infection) and the paed prescribed her with antibiotics (Augmentin). She was also given an ointment for her eye and allergy medicine for her nose.
to be continued…
