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Mood: vallieanne

would like to fly south for the winter!!

About Me: Female, 55, Westchester - NY, member since Apr 2008

On Oct.6the I had a laparoscopic surgery for what was supposed to be a simple unilocular left ovarian cyst. The surgeon found a Brenner tumor about 6cms. left ovary, and a very hard mass on the right ovary that was either an endometrioma that had solidified and she was ... [More] afraid might have had a malignancy. She elected to removed both ovaries and fallopian tubes, sent everything to pathology. Frozen sections were benign, found out at post-op visit the path reports came back benign too. All the original test results were wrong, TV/Us, Cat-Scan. My advice to all is make sure that you advocate for yourself for surgery if there are any inconsistencies in your reports, it can save your life. Also, find a doctor you trust no matter how long it takes, it took me a very long time. My first gyn who found the cyst 5 years ago just kept putting off surgery saying it would shrink when I went into menopause. She was very wrong, it would have kept getting larger than it did by the time it came out. I'm tired, in some pain, and swollen like a balloon, but I'm very glad it's done and I don't have to worry anymore about what the heck was growing inside of me. [Less]

Interests: ovarian cyst, fibromyalgia, Chronic Pain, Arthritis, failed back surgery syndrome, sciatic nerve pain, arthritic knees

Preparing for laparoscopy?

Nov 14, 2008 10:58PM in the Ovarian Cysts Community

I had mine Oct.6th which fell on a Monday, so on Friday afternoon the surgical dept. called to tell be what time to be th...

Surgery tomorrow

Nov 11, 2008 07:45AM in the Ovarian Cysts Community

Try not to be scared of the catheter, it is usually put in after your under anesthesia and when you wake up it really doe...

hair

Nov 05, 2008 10:08AM in the Ovarian Cysts Community

Since my surgery on Oct.11 my hair's been falling out like mad, it looks like I washed the family dog in the shower when ...

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Hey Val, come on and fly south to Florida. It is beautiful here this week. You can recover out by the pool :) Hope you are doing well this week and that you got some answers. Thinking of you! Love, Colleen

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	Leave a Note Send Message Add as Friend sobermommy Female, 42 years St. Cloud - MN Member since Oct 2008 Mood: sobermommy Thanks for the help ladies. Journal Entry: "Today was such a great day to start off. ..." [Read]

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LOL...the great part was that I laughed so hard at it that it made me hurt even more...lol. On a side note. Did you have times when the pain came back?

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	Leave a Note Send Message Add as Friend knightrider Male, 60 years Norfork - AR Member since Mar 2007 Mood: knightrider WAKE UP EVERYONE Journal Entry: "I would like to thank U for starting Ghos..." [Read]

Nov 15

I just felt to drop a, HI !!!!!!!!!!! The coldness must be catching up to U guys.

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	Leave a Note Send Message Add as Friend Cindee56 Female, 52 years NJ Member since Jan 2008 Mood: Cindee56 very depressed and tired of being in pain Journal Entry: "Each day it seems I have more pain, and I..." [Read]

Nov 15

Hi Valerie! How are you doing? I hope you're feeling OK. If you get a chance, I have a question. I'm going to post it on the dog forum also. We have found 3 ticks on Connor already. Poor baby. All around his neck area. The first time, we took the tick out and then took him to the vet. The vet didn't do much. He said put antibiotic cream on him and check him for ticks every day. So we've been doing that, and last night hubby pulled two ticks off him. He got it all out and put the ticks in a jar and they died. Connor is acting a little strange today. He's not eating a lot and he's trembling. I am worried. Hubby says he's just scared cuz he really did not like it when we pulled out the ticks and we keep putting neosporin on him. What do you think? Thanks, Cindy

Heron Rises From The Dark Summer Pond-Mary Oliver

Nov 01, 2008 05:05AM - 1 Comment

Remembering the picture Donna posted this summer of her "mystery bird" on her lake, which turned out to be a Blue Heron. I saw this poem and wanted to share it in honor of...[more]

The Peace of Wild Things - Poem by Wendell Berry

Oct 21, 2008 10:04AM

The Peace of Wild Things When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I ...[more]

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