Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Lets start from the beginning.

Last October I had suddenly started experiencing some really bad cramps and didn't know what they could be stemming from. Since I didn't have insurance I went to a place called Zoom Care, because I had heard they were a bit cheaper than the usual medical office. The lady from Zoom Care referred me to the hospital for blood tests, therefore making my visit to Zoom Care not only worthless, but also more expensive than I had thought. I continued to the hospital, pulled up the arm of my shirt, and allowed the nurse to stab me with a needle and extract blood from my body. From this test the docter's found nothing. Through out the next couple months I had many PAPS and still no answers. So, next was to get an Ultra Sound to see if there was any abnormalities in my pelvic region. This process, although not very comfortable or fun, went by fast and produced some results. A week after my Ultra Sound the Doctor called me (finally) to let me know the details. "Have you ever had a kidney removed?", the Docter asked me. Trying to hold back my gasp I told her, "No... Why?" She went on about how I have a missing kidney and there are possibilities of some reproductive anomalies. After finishing the discussion and hanging up the phone, I cried. Unbeknownst to me I had been born without some body parts. I immediately googled what I knew so that I could find out more. For the next week or two my world was spinning. Yes, I can live with these conditions. But, at the age of 23, I felt as if I needed to mourn for my missing parts.

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