Surgery outcome...

I went in for surgery on Thursday April 29, 2010. I checked in at 8:00 am. They took me to pre-op at 9:20 am where I stayed until they wheeled me to surgery just before 11:00 am. As previously noted I would not know the outcome until AFTER surgery, which was very scary!

I explained to the anesthesiologist that I always have severe nauseau and vomitting from the anesthesia so he said he would give me something for that. When I woke up in post op I felt suprisingly well! I heard the nurse say I was going up to the post op floor but that I would be going home today so I figured it had gone well, although at that point I didn't know exactly what had been done.

When I got up to the post op floor Rio explained that when the Dr. came and talked to him she told him that once they got in there she could not locate the mass. She even had someone go get the x-rays from the ultrasounds and MRI so she could ensure she was looking in the right place. She was, and the mass was not there! What she found was that my right ovary was slightly deformed. She took a piece of it for biopsy and the initial report was that it was not cancerous so nothing needed to be removed. She did find a small amount of scar tissue from having my tubes tied 6+ years ago and she corrected that. She explained to Rio that could have caused the pain I was having but since it was such a small amount of scarring she would be surprised if that was the reason for the pain.

From the first ultrasound in October 2009 to the 2nd ultrasound in Feb 2010 to the MRI in late Feb 2010 the mass was there...but from Feb to the time I had surgery at the end of April, it apparently disolved or whatever it is they do...any how, it was not there when she went in to remove it!

I felt great after surgery and went home about 3:30 pm that day. I went right back to eating regularly and was told to rest as much as I could and no heavy lifting or housework. Well...sitting around doing nothing is REALLY hard for me. I get up at 7:00 am and get Tessa ready for school and Rio takes her. Once they leave I go back to sleep for a few hours and then tried to just lay around and rest as much as I could, which is really hard for me! I don't want to get into the habit of sleeping late for when I have to go back to work.

I had a one week follow up yesterday, Thursday May 6, 2010. The nurse did a thorough exam and said she couldn't believe how well I was healing for 2 weeks out. I said "It's only been a week", she looked at me like "WHAT"? and then checked my chart. I said "My surgery was one week ago today" (I should have kept my mouth shut). She said "Wow you are healing so well, your not even swollen and your incisions are healing so well"! She said I could go back to normal activity but when I asked about work she would only release me to go back part time next week since it's only been a week...UGH! (Told you I should have kept my mouth shut)!

Anyway, I am so very grateful and blessed that it turned out as well as it did. I didn't have to have anything removed and the final biopsy showed everything was benign so all is good. At first I felt like I had done the surgery for no reason but I would rather know than wait 6-8 months and then find out it was cancer and it had spread. This way I know that it wasn't cancer and I can move forward without questioning it everyday!

Of course my wonderful husband, Rio, has been so great! He takes care of everything while I heal and although I was told to take it easy for 3-4 weeks I have done some laundry and then cleaned house tonight because I just CAN'T sit around doing nothing...I am incapable of it I guess.

I am blessed, very happy and so thrilled at the outcome! I am indeed a very lucky, blessed woman!