I had the surgery at IMC in Murry and stayed for one night. Dr. Rhodes did a frozen biopsy to see if the cyst was malignant. It was benign!! When I woke up from surgery that was the first thing I asked about. When the nurse told me it was benign, I started crying. The nurse told me to calm down and not cry. Don't tell me not to cry, those were happy tears. Until you have been told you have cancer, you don't get to judge. I was full of relief. The doctor took out my right ovary, my cyst named Harry, two cysts on my left ovary, and both Fallopian tubes. They are finding that the tubes are the starting points for ovarian cancer. It was kind of strange, I had to sign a waiver saying that I was fine to be sterile. Not that I want anymore children, it is just another step in this process of cancer. Another life decision forced on me. I also had to have a D & C because I was starting to develop a polyp on my uterus. This is yet another side product of Tamoxifin. If I didn't love it because it stops the breast cancer, I would hate it for everything else it does to my body.
Here are some great pictures of my ovaries. I kept telling the doctor I wanted to see what was going on in there. This is what I got. The big bulges are my cysts. Looks fun, huh.
