Getting Back on Track
It’s been just about a month since I told you WUL’s publishing schedule would be indefinitely halted. Well… I’m back! More or less, that is…
Many of you have asked, so here is what happened and how the last month went.
Remember I told you I had to undergo a laparotomy (that’s abdominal surgery, where they cut into your tummy, not fun) to have a mass on one of my ovaries removed. Even though my doctor had done an ultrasound prior to surgery, she couldn’t really tell what it was until they went into me, so to speak.
So on September 3, I was admitted into the hospital where both an OB/GYN (the main surgeon) and a GYN/oncologist (GYNs trained to diagnose and treat related cancers) did exactly that – cut into me.
In the OR
What they found was not malignant, thank goodness, but a 7 cm endometrioma (a cyst caused by the prevalence of endometriosis, which I was diagnosed with in 2004).
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Funny how things can change in the blink of an eye, isn’t it?
Here I was, thinking I’d have a nice little break, catch up on blog reading & commenting, cooking, and so on. As a matter of fact, I thought I’d be spending Saturday heading to my local farmer’s market with a friend, and then getting a blissful acupuncture treatment.
Instead, I’m actually going in for emergency surgery (1 pm ET)… which I found out yesterday. So there goes my weekend.
What’s the surgery for? I’ll tell you, but before you read any further, please know that if you’re uncomfortable reading about “female issues,” you should stop right now.
Feeling great, then not-so-great
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