Update

[pixiee27]

Hello ladies. If you don't remeber me I posted back in October of last year about possible emdometrioma, hemorhaggic or fdermoid cysts plus an elevated ca125. I finally had my surgery about three weeks ago. I ended up having a robotic assisted unilateral salpingo Oophorectomy. They took my right tube and ovary. My tune had cysts and was blocked and my ivary could not be saved. I also had my appendix removed, the surgeon said everything was inflammed and attached. He was only able to save part of the left ovary and the tube. According to pathology there was no malignancy noted which I am very thankful for. The only problem now is that my chances of conceiving are low. The gynecologic oncologist who performed my surgery said I may or may not be able to conceive without help. He also recommended I start some sort of hormone therapy since I had stage 4 endometriosis at the time of surgery. I have heard of lupron and other meds but I am honestly scared. After surgery I was given several doses of dilaudid which made my heart race and they ended up putting me on another floor with all the heart patients. It was a scary situation and now I am terrified of medicine. I get anxious and panic at the doctors office. Although my surgery went well I now have horrible anxiety and fear of medicine or even going to the doctors. I believe I was overdosed but of course the hospital denied it. Anyway I wamted to ask if anyone has been succesfull conceiving with just part of an ovary and tube left. Also my period was due the 29th and it did not come! I had surgery the 10th and bled a little but no period still. Could this be because of my missing ovary and tube?

[old_before_my_time]

Hi Pixie. I am sorry to hear that you are left with only part of one ovary and have been diagnosed with stage 4 endo. Was your surgeon able to excise all or most of the endo implants?

Hopefully, it will just be a matter of time before that partial ovary figures out that it has to get to work! However, as your surgeon said, you may need intervention conceiving. It is also possible that your partial ovary could stop functioning altogether throwing you into a surgical type menopause. Only time will tell. I don't recall your age (if you mentioned it before) but surgical menopause is associated with a number of increased health risks and these are magnified in younger women. Hormone "replacement" therapy has been shown to mitigate some of those risks.

Hopefully, your other ovary will figure it all out soon and you will be able to conceive!