Hi all!
About a month ago, I went to the emergency room because I had severe pains in my right side. 10 hours later, when I finally received some help, all they told me was that I probably had some menstrual pains. The week after my visit to the ER, I had constipation/gas pains for about a week, when I finally took some dolculax to relieve the pain. The funny thing was that even after all that, my abdominal still consistantly hurt for the next three weeks.
I finally cave in, and decided to go to my family doctor to see if they can find something wrong with me. That same day, the doctor made me go get an Ultrasound, where they found a cyst approximately 30 cm in my abdominal. A week later, I had a CT scan, where they comfirmed that it does exist. The only problem is that it was so big that they didn't know where it came from.
But my doctor sent me to a gynecologist because she assumed that the cyst came from my ovaries and blew upwards. My gynecologist then informs me that I will have surgery done, and will a bikini cut incision. She also mention that if they can't get it out, I will have a midline incision done as well.
My surgery is schedule for next Thursday, but I'm very scared. I'm only 20 years old, and I plan to have children in the future. The doctor said that she will try her very best to maintain my insides for me, but still I'm still very scared. I have a lot of concerns right now. I'm considering telling my doctor that I do not want a mid abdominal incision, because it will leave a big scar. I never had a boyfriend, and I'm not married, so I'm worried that this scar would ruin my chances of ever finding a mate.
Another thing that bothers me, is the time it takes to heal. Does it really take 6-8 weeks to heal? For me, that's a lot of time I have to be on the sideline. I have a job, and also school is starting up in a month and a half, I can't afford the 6 weeks that it takes to heal.
Any feedback would be great!
- Tania