March 16th, 2011, my first apt with Dr Kamelle

I got to see Dr. Scott Kamelle for the first time. He tells me that he as looked over all of my test results and ultrasounds and that he agrees with Dr Cornella Carlson that I need to have a D&C as soon as possible and then we will be able to take a better look at things to see what is going on. Also so that everything can come back down to a manageable level and hopefully be controlled by medicine.

Surgery was scheduled that same day for April 4th, 2011. I was given all of the information about what had to be done prior to surgery such as labs and xrays, pregnancy test etc. I made an appointment with my primary physician Dr. Sara Nolan to have all of the pre-op test completed.

Had all of my pre-op work up completed on March 24th.

The 27th of March was my golden birthday and honestly I don't remember what happened that day all I can remember are the days around it and that I was stressed out.

I need to add in the detail that my job is answering 911 for the Fire Department and that at the time of all of this happening I was just on the edge of finishing my 4 month training. With not only the stress of the surgery, but also my final exam for my job, and trying to get the time off for my recovery.

March 15th

March 15, 2011 , when I bleed so heavily that it went through my clothing and onto the chair. I was embraced and at work and tried to do everything I could to not tell anyone but it was to late and my co-workers knew. I lost so much blood in such a short amount of time that I was dizzy and couldn't stand without holding on to the wall. I was taken to the hospital from work. The staff in the ER had so many other things ahead of me that I waited for 3 hours bleeding sitting in the waiting room. My clothing was ruined. When I finally go into a room and had to go through that extremely uncomfortable exam. And the doctors had no answer for me gave me no medicine to stop the bleeding. Now Because years prior to this I had been in the exact same spot and those doctors gave me a high dose of birth-control to stop the bleeding and to take it for several days in a row, to rest and if needed take ibuprofen for pain. So after leaving the hospital in scrubs because my clothes were unwearable I left and went home and did the same thing I had been told years ago. I knew it would work and it did. Helped me just like I thought it would.

the background...

This Blog is so that I can write down the events leading up to and about my cancer story. Along with everything that followed the surgery.

I am going back over a year ago and will write a little more each day in the process that I have gone through. Until we are in current day.

And might I add there maybe some details that are a bit graphic. 


It's been just over a year since all the major problems started.

Feb/March 2011 I went in for a routine exam like every woman should. My gynecologist found a polyp and said that it needed to be removed immediately so that we could find out if there were more problems. This was extremely painful it felt like I was left with a crater in me. When my doctor showed me what he removed it was a mass of cell the size of a golf ball. It being removed caused me to bleed. I left there in so much pain.
I was later called with the results of the biopsy and told that I had per-cancerous cells and that I needed to have a few more test done. He also wanted me to go see a specialist by the name of  Dr. Scott Kamelle. I am told that the specialist is a Gyn Oncologist and that it's just precautionary.

I had to have an ultrasound so they could have a view of everything going on. The results showed that the lining was extremely thick and that since my body wasn't naturally getting rid of it that I was going to need a D&C and that the doctor that I was being sent to would preform it.