Re: Ovarian Cancer is not cool!

Oh, no...any cancer is not cool! Glad to hear the tumor is out. Chemo sucks too, but we will all be praying for you. Tell your friends who are calling to email :-) Or tell them to talk and you can just listen. You know that you are still in our prayers here, so get better and do whatever the doctors say :)

BIG HUGS,
Carole




DeeTee and Bob Taggart wrote:

Okay, so here I am, minding my own business, getting my house organized and put together when the pain in my gut got so bad I just couldn't deal with it anymore. The DH was at work, so I called a friend who not only took me up there, she stayed with me until the DH got off work at midnight and joined us. I though bladder infection, but the ER doctor thought more along the lines of kidney stone. They did a CT scan. Neither of us was right. The doctor said, "You don't have any stones, but you do have one heck of a mass in there. It's 7" X 5" X 6"." Wow. So I was admitted and Monday morning they cut me open and took out a volleyball-sized ovarian cancer. The tumor biopsed malignant so chemo is now necessary...in about 2-3 weeks. I'm in a great deal of pain of course, but the worse of it is the exhaustion (I'm as weak as a kitten) and the sore throat. I had tubes down my throat for many days. It's really hard to swallow. My family and friends, God love 'em, call me regularly, but talking for any length of time causes me more throat pain. I guess if they didn't call, I'd be complaining about that. LOL

So now I have two or three weeks to recover from the surgery and then get to go through chemo. I will be glad when this chapter of my life is over and I can get on with my life. I have what may turn out to be a permanent numb spot on my left thigh. Doctor said it was normal after major abdominal surgery because of all the tissue removed and that the nerves run through there. So it may be that a piece of nerve got scrapped out, too. I may get the feeling back or I may not. It's not a major concern right now.

Thank you to all of those who sent me healing thoughts and vibes. The surgery went well and I am very glad to be home.

DeeTee


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