Re: Mutiple posts, sorry! question too
From: Michelle (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Dec 25 20:02:27 2007
Congratulations on your nursing degree!!!!
We have some things in common. Both of us are in (still working towards
right now) health careers and I too have one ovary and asthma. By the
way, one ovary still gives you plenty of eggs to use all the way through
menopause. At puberty you have about 300,000 eggs or 150,000 each. Of
course some die each year but in the end there is about 1500 eggs per
ovary that can become fertilized. My doctor told me this but I just
learned it in school again which I didn't mind! Made me feel better. I
do wish having one ovary made it so you had a period every other time!
:)
I just worry about the endo getting ahold of it. My right one went
soooo fast. There was a small cyst and then it was a giant ovary with
giant cysts all in a period of four or five months. I was 21 at that
time and it was scary to loose it so fast.
I guess we will find the right person when we are ready. I just don't
feel like I will EVER be ready at the right time....
Thanks for your post,
Michelle
At Tue, 25 Dec 2007, Melissa wrote:
>
>Hey Michelle
>I can relate to what your saying. My last serious relationship was a
>few yrs ago and I haven't really dated since. I really cared for him
>and had my heart broken, so I decided to enjoy the single life and wait
>to find a great guy.
>Esp this last yr I have had so much going on that I haven't dated at
>all. I had to have surgery and that was when I was diagnosed with endo.
>I also have some other health problems and its just been a rough yr.
>Sometimes I just didn't feel like going out or doing anything. I
>decided to go bk to school for nursing and I just got a job prt time at
>the hospital.
>I'm 26 and I only have one ovary left, so I know if I want a child I
>need to have one soon or I won't be able to, but I'm not in a
>relationship and the timing is bad.
>All of my friends are also married or engaged as well. I'm just sort of
>convinced that if I'm supposed to meet someone, he will come around and
>will be able to deal with my endo, asthma, etc.
>Your not wierd, you have to look out for you 1st.
>Merry Christmas!
>Melissa
>At Tue, 25 Dec 2007, Michelle wrote:
>>
>>Hello everyone,
>>
>>Sorry for posting two of the same earlier. It happened by accident and
>>am not sure how I did it. I hardly ever get to go on this site and then
>>when I do I start reading everything!
>>
>>After writing the earlier message I really am curious.
>>Did any of you not date due to the pain of endo and therefore ended up
>>dating later in life or not at all?
>>
>>If so, I am curious to know. I feel really alone in this area. All my
>>friends are married (and most have kids) or are in serious
>>relationships. I have not even seriously dated anyone and am feeling
>>more awkward about it because of this.
>>
>>Any feedback would be most appreciated!
>>
>>--
>>Michelle
>>
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