Surgery yesterday went really well! Everything went as expected, which means the surgery was done laparoscopic (four incisions about 3/4 inch each). Much better than what the alternative would have been! A few months ago I had some blood work done to check levels to see how my ovaries were functioning. Mainly this was done because of some symptoms I was having at the time. HOT FLASHES!! I never got any results from my doctor so I just assumed that the levels were fine and that my symptoms were just caused by all the changes my body had recently been through (chemo, surgery, and radiation treatments). The surgeon yesterday gave me some hopefully good news ~ the blood work actually showed that my ovaries had stopped working. What this means for me is that I shouldn't have any more symptoms as far as menopause goes now that my ovaries have been removed. Even better news for someone like me because I wouldn't have been able to take hormone replacement to help alleviate any symptoms I might have had. Shouldn't is the key word... and of course, nothing really seems to go according to plan with me. So we will have to wait and see what the next few weeks bring but I am hopeful that this will all work out.
So I am home taking it easy and resting. A very hard thing for me to do! Even harder because this surgery seems like a piece of cake compared to the other surgeries I've had in the past year. I'm trying to remind myself that it was still a major surgery and I still need to be careful. Expecting results from pathology late this week or early next week, so I'll post an update when we get those. Hope everyone has a great week!
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