I'M PREGNANT!
Hahaha, just kidding!
While I was in the hospital, they took a urine sample for various tests. After I got discharged from the hospital, I noticed that they have assigned me an OB-GYN to my care team. Wut? I was confused but didn't think much about it.
At the end of January, I emailed my oncologist because my period didn't come. I figured that it was one of the cancer drugs that makes me temporarily go into menopause (yeah, it's true! Menopause at 35!). He replied that yes, the Lupron injection stops my period...but the urine test from the hospital showed a positive for pregnancy. He believed it was a false positive and ordered a blood test for hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin). Well, the test came back with a presence of hCG in my system.
I emailed him again and said there is NO WAY I'm pregnant and I would be willing to bet whatever is left of my life on it. So he ordered the quantitative test for the level of hCG in my system. The previous blood test only tested for the presence of the hCG hormone but the quantitative test would tell the exact level of hCG in my system.
The result is...NOT preggers! Whoohoo!
You know what would be nice? What would be nice is that the doctors at the hospital notified me of a possible pregnancy when they got the result. What the fuck, man?
Anyway, I thought this was a fun distraction from all of the poop and vomit stories.
Hahaha, just kidding!
While I was in the hospital, they took a urine sample for various tests. After I got discharged from the hospital, I noticed that they have assigned me an OB-GYN to my care team. Wut? I was confused but didn't think much about it.
At the end of January, I emailed my oncologist because my period didn't come. I figured that it was one of the cancer drugs that makes me temporarily go into menopause (yeah, it's true! Menopause at 35!). He replied that yes, the Lupron injection stops my period...but the urine test from the hospital showed a positive for pregnancy. He believed it was a false positive and ordered a blood test for hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin). Well, the test came back with a presence of hCG in my system.
I emailed him again and said there is NO WAY I'm pregnant and I would be willing to bet whatever is left of my life on it. So he ordered the quantitative test for the level of hCG in my system. The previous blood test only tested for the presence of the hCG hormone but the quantitative test would tell the exact level of hCG in my system.
The result is...NOT preggers! Whoohoo!
You know what would be nice? What would be nice is that the doctors at the hospital notified me of a possible pregnancy when they got the result. What the fuck, man?
Anyway, I thought this was a fun distraction from all of the poop and vomit stories.
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