The dermoid cyst alien inside me!! – Jo’s story

The post The dermoid cyst alien inside me!! – Jo’s story appeared first on Hysterectomy Association. After being diagnosed with endometriosis in my mid 30’s I went on Ovranette which seemed to help, but when I reached 50 oh my…. I had to come off it due to age and boy did everything come back with a vengeance. After several months of heavy flooding and indescribable pain I got referred to gynae. After several scans told small dermoid cyst, no other issues but would need to come out, was told it would be several months wait, but after bloods were tested I was called in to be told I had 50/50 chance of cancer…… Scared, frightened doesn’t describe how I felt at that moment and having to face yet another stranger poking around everywhere, what can I say!!! Anyway cut long story short 1 week later I had CT scan/ultrasound scan, then following week appointment with oncology/gynae. Cyst was apparently bigger than large grapefruit!! was attached to appendix and that I would need total hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo oophorectomy and cyst removal and that it would be in approx. 6 weeks. Imagine how I felt when next day I got a call asking me to go to pre op the following day and into hospital 3 days later, I was beside myself thinking the worst (as you do). So on Saturday 25th July 2015 in I went to be operated on by yet another complete stranger who I only met that morning!! The op went well but I was unprepared for the severe pain that foll...
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