havent been on in a long time

[ontariocanada]

I havent been on in a long time,and I apologize to those of you who have messaged me and I have not responded.  I went through several life changes, and my surgery to have my complex mass removed was cancelled.  I have moved up to the Ottawa Valley and dont have a family doctor now.  I went in to the ER at my local hospital on Friday of last week, they ran blood work on me and I saw the surgeon on Monday, had an ultrasound yesterday and see the surgeon again tomorrow to book a date for the OR.  He wants to remove the mass laproscopically if he can, however he also said that he wont know until he is in there whether or not it will be safe to do so, and if it isnt he will have to make a larger incision to take it out.  I will find out my new ultrasound results tomorrow and from the way the technician was acting and the questions she was asking me, my guess is that it isnt great news.  I allowed myself to believe my doctor in southern ontario when hesaid that since the symptoms had gone away that I should avoid unneccessary surgery......and letting them convince me that reading tomuch on the internet can make you think things are worse than they are however I get up to Renfrew and they cant believe that they allowed me to live with this complex mass for at least well over a year.  Now I am a little nervous.  The doctor up here said that the fact that the mass has thick walls is a stronger indicator(along with blood tests) that it could be a malignancy.  I am hoping when I go in tomorrow that the ultrasound shows that not much has changed in there in the past year, I can get this thing taken out and everything be ok.
Can anyone tell me what the thick walls thing means, and make me feel a little less nervous about my situation.

[hopeshell]

That's good it is scheduled!  Please keep us updated!

[ontariocanada]

My surgery is now booked for March 15th so 3 more weeks and it will be behind me.

[hopeshell]

I am glad you are moving ahead with treatment.   The outer border of your mass shows more complex findings (thickened solid parts) rather than a thin layer outside fluid.  Any complex mass can be malignant.  But, most still turn out to be benign.  It is important to get it removed as soon as possible to be on the safe side.  I know it is scary and stressful to be waiting and wondering.  I hope all turns out to be benign!

Shelly