My patience is wearing thin. I mean, after more than 7 years, I suppose I am getting closer to actually obtaining a diagnosis.

But today, right now, at this point, "it could be any number of things."

Nope, not amused.

Good news is*, I have to go to yet another test- a CT scan with contrast. I'll be dining on a light breakfast of Barium that day. Yum. It's not scheduled yet, so I'll update as soon as I know.

According to the doc, the "mass" isn't the former fibroid. They found that, and it is "similar in size" as it was last year. No, this mass is Something Else. Hopefully, you can understand my confusion since this Something Else basically covered and displaced my uterus, fallopian tube, and ovary.

At first I was told it "just might have been some bowel." "But," he said, "if that was the case, the mass wouldn't be there today. And, you were born in (flipping through chart) 76 so it's extremely unlikely that it's cancer." (But it's very important you get the CT scan, soon. I was told.) So, I stripped out of my skivvies and got to enjoy the wonderlust that is the Painful Pelvic Exam, now with exciting and new Gonorrhea Swabbing!**

He says he definitely feels the mass. It's soft. (Therefore unlikely to be bowel.)

But, since I would like to preserve my fertility, if it is a problem such as a "penduculated fibroid tumor" or "a large mass of endometrial tissue" I will be sent to an RE in Wichita. A subspecialist, he calls him. (Jenn, are you out there? Do you know this man whose name starts with a G? Please tell me everything if this happens to be the RE you went to.) My doc admits he wouldn't be comfortable operating since so much is at stake here. Meaning he actually cares if I keep my uterus or not. Score!

* HA! As if any of this shit is good news.
** "Not that I think you would have gonorrhea, and if you did, I know it wouldn't be your fault."
I was told... What the fuck ever, I was naked and in no position to argue.
*** Updated to add: My CT scan will be next Tuesday morning. I'll find out the results probably next Friday.