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This is for Tascha

I was looking on Wikipedia about ovarian cysts and well this is what i found. About 95% of ovarian cysts are benign. Weird I know. Here is the page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovarian_Cysts

-Lois
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I can't sleep, i am tired of being in my bed and resting and la lala im soo upset.
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All those odds sound good to me...I'll take 'em! Will find out tommorrow at 2 week post op visit.

The biggest thing is to know that we do have a good chance even with ovca...the stats are years behind the new treatments. We can all do this ladies!!!   Cindi
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See, I am not that far off.  Most places say 98-99%.  Glad you found the site.  Anyway, I am glad you researched this and you know that I am not just pulling this info from .... well you know!:-)
~Tascha
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I like the 99% statistic better! Where did that one come from?
Marcy
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Looking forward to hearing some good news tomorrow.  I've got my dancing shoes ready!
~Tascha
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I also found this. "Torsion (twisting) and haemorrhage are more likely in right-sided ovarian cysts"


Didn't know that either
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