First and foremost let me say thank you to everyone who has sent me a kind note, a thought or a prayer – it means more than I can say to all of you. Yesterday afternoon, I went to see a specialist about the mass the sonogram found on my ovary. Sitting in the waiting room for the doctor seemed like an eternity and though I have spent the weekend working diligently to not think about the doctor’s concerns over the weekend and though it remained a white elephant in the room – I was a nervous wreck waiting to get in to see the physician.
Not Out of the Woods Yet
The doctor was pretty straightforward and performed his own exam and went over all the test results with me. First, the cluster on the left ovary was a case of bad grammar in the report. What he saw and read from those results indicated that it was fine and healthy. All right, that part was great news.
As for the right ovary, there was indeed a mass there and he was concerned about that mass than he was about the one in the right fallopian tube. He felt that what was in the tube was directly related to the ovary. Now, for that ovary, the mass there was likely one of four different things. The first three are cysts in nature and the last would be a tumor.
The first type of cyst is one that is likely to self-correct if that’s the problem, but it would require waiting a few weeks to see how I feel and what another sonogram will say. The second two are cysts that would not self-correct, but are benign – just uncomfortable and potentially very painful. Those would need to be removed regardless and of course the final option is that it is a tumor that would need to have a biopsy.
But I’m Not In the Deep Dark Forest
We spoke at length about my options and about what I wanted when the situation is over and done, including the fact that I do want to have another child. So the best option for me would be a laparoscopic procedure that would allow him to go in and look at the ovary and the masses directly. He can remove them while he is there as well.
The surgery will take a day surgery, go in the morning and home by evening. He said that recovery time will take a few days and they are supposed to call me sometime today to schedule when we can do the procedure. Honestly, I feel like a huge weight that has been dangling over my head has been removed and a good portion of fear has abated. I am not out of the woods, but I’m not lost in the deep, dark forest anymore either.
So for now, I’ll proceed as I have been – I’ll keep living, working and making the best of it until it’s time for the surgery and then we’ll see what we see then. Thank you again for all your thoughts and your prayers!
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