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For Ni-Ki and others pregnant with a cyst - A story with a happy ending
Today I saw my oncologist for my 2nd followup following surgery to remove a 16.5 cm borderline, stage 1a cyst and TAH. While I was there, my doctor told me about another patient, who just happens to be one of the nurses in my gyno's office.
At 8 weeks pregnant, this poor girl was diagnosed with 2 cysts, 1 on each ovary, grapefruit sized. They did surgery shortly thereafter to remove the cysts and were able to save the pregnancy, however they were unable to 'stage' the cysts because of the pregnancy. So, for 7 months this woman waited to find out if she had ovca or not.
On Monday, she went into labor, delivered a healthy baby and our doc did a TAH and debulking. They were then able to do more looking around and stage everything. Her cysts turned out to be borderline, stage 1a just like mine and she will have no chemo or radiation.
My doctor was so excited, he was just beaming. Things have definitely been going his way and his patient's way lately.
Just made me feel so good, I wanted to share with everyone.
Have a joyous day!
Julie
At 8 weeks pregnant, this poor girl was diagnosed with 2 cysts, 1 on each ovary, grapefruit sized. They did surgery shortly thereafter to remove the cysts and were able to save the pregnancy, however they were unable to 'stage' the cysts because of the pregnancy. So, for 7 months this woman waited to find out if she had ovca or not.
On Monday, she went into labor, delivered a healthy baby and our doc did a TAH and debulking. They were then able to do more looking around and stage everything. Her cysts turned out to be borderline, stage 1a just like mine and she will have no chemo or radiation.
My doctor was so excited, he was just beaming. Things have definitely been going his way and his patient's way lately.
Just made me feel so good, I wanted to share with everyone.
Have a joyous day!
Julie
Well, I'd been having 'stomach' issues for a couple of years. I was being treated for acid reflux and IBS by a gastro but kept having pain and bloating in the upper abdomen and lose and frequent stools. I had 3 gallbladder U/S's and they found nothing. Had an endoscopy which revealed H Pylori virus (the virus which causes ulcers) and was treated for that. Had a colonscopy last November which was clean, but from December through January was feeling very sick and in pain again. Finally, the last week of January, I started feeling something hard pressing against my belly button and was very bloated. My gastro was quite alarmed and sent me for a CT scan. That's when the cyst showed up. It was 12cm. on 1/30. They did a CA-125 that day which was (uh oh...can't remember) I think around 100. Met with the gyno onc on 2/3 and had the cyst (which had grown to 16.5cm) out and TAH on 2/8.
Yes, borderline is cancer albeit at the lowest stage possible. I dunno....i feel kind of guilty saying I'm a survivor when all these ladies are going through chemo and radiation and are suffering. They're the REAL survivors -- not me with only my zippered tummy to show for it. I feel like I should have to have had a more horrendous experience to make that claim. It's a strange, uncomfortable feeling.
Julie
Julie
What were your symptoms that made you go in in the first place, if you don't mind saying?
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