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Recovery after ovary removal surgery?

I am 41 with a strong family history of cancer. My mother had breast AND kidney cancer, and I recently lost my father to metastatic colorectal cancer. That being said, after having pain in the area of my left ovary, an ultasound found that I have "something" growing on my left ovary. A repeat ultrasound showed that it is growing, and I was giving the choice to leave it and "watch it" or have it removed. I did have a CA-125 blood test, which was "normal". However, given my experience with cancer, I feel it best to have my ovary removed and pathology done on the cyst/dermoid/mass growing on my ovary. To those of you who have had this surgery performed, I really would love to hear from the patients experience on what to expect during the recovery period. Thanks!
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I had a my right ovary,a cyst,and my right tube removed November 27th 2012.Doctor said he noticed when taking out my right ovary that my left Ovary was close to my bladder and has little scar tissue but he left it in just in case I want  to have more children cause I am 26 yrs old.I ran a fever in the hospital for 3 days and a low grade the 1st week I was home and on Cipro.I have felt very different ever since the operation,like just sad and depressed.Then when I urinate everything down below is still a little sore and I am still bloated.Has anyone else experienced this before.Then my son and daughter have cold like symptoms that seem to have rubbed off on me.*****!
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I just had both my ovaries removed on Nov 26 and I do have to say I had no pain at all. I just have three small incisions. I did experience a lot of gas and still very tired. I am trying to walk around the house as much as I can. Good luck
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Thank you that was very helpful
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  I am having both ovaries and womb lining removed on Tue 6th Nov. I am  50. i am in remission from breast cancer and i also have epilepsy!
Will it be v.painful and how long do you think i should rest.

                              Anne  
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Hi,
  I know what your going thru..I just had that done to me...last Wednesday to be exact.  I had a cyst on my left ovary, and a cyst somewhere on the right side,which gave me bad side aches, and bloating everyday.  They thought it was my gallbladder, being on the left side and all.  But to make a long story short...I went in at 7am on Wednesday morning October 17,2012., was out and home by 1pm in the afternoon.
  I am recovering alright I guess?  Still shooting pains down where the ovary would still be..and some stinging around the incision areas...but nothing the pain medication can't take care of.  I am up and about, but still trying to rest another week and 2 days before I go back to work, thats for sure.
GOOD LUCK!
Hang in there it will be quick and you won't even notice a week has gone by already!
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hi, im new to this forum, i have just been diagnosed with 5cm right ovary simple cyst. im terrified of being operated, i hate hospitals and doctors in general. thats since my daugter died in hospital of meningitis 9 months ago. i have date for my operation on 15 of november, i would of never go ahead with this if my mum wouldnt have an ovarian cancer when i was 18. she was diagnosed very late and lost her uterus, ovaries and everything else there.. , followed by chemo and all kind of nescessery treatments. i had the blood test today for marker (??) to check my risk of cancer cause of my mum's history. im very scared of aneastetics, would prefer to be awake, but apparently its not a normal procedure. im just paranoid i will never wake up again, want to add i have heart problems (atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia..) sounds quite scary and feels scary but its just heart arrythmia. they say it's very rare you die under the aneastetic, like 1 in 200 000 but it somehow doesnt make me feel better cause whats the risk that perfectly healthy 14 months old baby dies within 12 hours of contracting meningitis???? and she did! :(
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