ovarian cancer

[lilbiddy]

just found out had a mass on ovary size of large grapefruit did bloodwork to send off to see if cancer doctor told me if not cancer will have surgery to remove all female parts wednesday if cancer then would have to send me to a cancer specialist  can anyone help me?

[lilbiddy]

thank you for your support.  I am having the surgery tomorrow am.  doc will remove mass and send to pathology.  He seems optomistic that not cancer but will send to pathology before closing me up if it comes back cancer then will cut more and remove lymphnodes and fatty something.  He does have some one to back him up if needed both are gyn who come from Ochners Hospital.  Please keep in prayers.
Monica

[Brownie3321]

Just reinforcing the above comments. Please make sure you have a gyn/onc perform the surgery or at least be on call in case the biopsy comes back cancer...which I'm praying it won't, sweetheart. Please keep us updated. With love, Deandra

[hopeshell]

I second what rmarie said to you above.  But...just also want to note that you can't necessarily tell if it is cancer by the bloodwork.  A mass on your ovary the size of a grapefruit is enough to warrant seeing a gynecologic oncologist before you proceed with the surgery if you haven't already done so.  Here is a link that explains it pretty well:  

http://www.oreilly.com/medical/news/ovarian_ten_things.html

Best wishes and keep us posted.

[rmarie]

I can tell that your are upset, from your post, I need to ask a question.  I am not clear on who is doing your surgery?  Hopefully a Gyn/Oncologist , or you have had a second opinion with a Gyn/Onc and he/she would be available to take over the surgery if it were cancer.  If there is any question of it being cancer, you want to start out with the correct surgeon doing the operation, or available to take over to remove all that needs to be removed and to do all the biopsies that need to be done. The Gyn/Oncologist has 3 additional years of training in surgery and chemotherapy treating women's cancers.  We are here to answer your questions,