What if: What if you are now post-op day 24 and you finally got to speak with your Gyn Oncologist a couple of days ago. You would have a lot of questions! As did I. I spent 3 days in the hospital which was definitely not fun. This included being in the hospital for my 90th birthday! My surgeon spoke to my family post-op but not to me as I was still in the recovery room. He gave them a very positive report as he did to me when I saw him. He told me he was able to get the original mass plus all the metastasis that he could see as well as my left ovary and left fallopian tube but that there could be microscopic metastasis that he could not see. As I think I have mentioned in a previous blog I only had one ovary and one fallopian tube as I had to have my right ovary and right fallopian tube removed when I was about 27 years old secondary to a ruptured cyst. The Path report showed a. large amount of cancer in the left ovary. I am doing well with my recovery from the surgery and the five incision sites are almost completely healed. My surgeon told me that he still wants me to undergo the three remaining Chemo Infusions as previously planned. He also explained the two following Chemo treatments that he had mentioned before that sounded very complicated and I do not remember the names of them. He said there were pros and cons to these and that he will discuss these treatments further in the future. He highly recommends that I do these but that it will be totally my decision. I told him that if he recommends them that I feel sure I will agree to them. I reminded him of the fact that my Mom lived to be 103 years old and he said well that’s what I’m trying to get you to.!!
So, this is where I am today.
There are so many people with Cancer today and I cannot imagine why this is. A friend of mine said she thinks its because of all the plastics we are all constantly exposed to.
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God Bless.
Dr. Dixie
