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When I was 56, My dr found a possible fibroid on my uterus, so I had an ultrasound, which showed a massive black spot surrounding my
remaining ovary. He was terrified I had ovarian C, and recommended exploratory to find out what the hell was going on in there.
I saw that ultrasound - the tech let me watch the screen - so I knew this was serious.
My dr had previously performed a laser ablation of my endometrium, because I had
very heavy periods and the endometrial biopsy showed Stage 2 hyperplasia which is pre-cancerous. My grandmother had uterine cancer, so here was another issue and another reason he thought the mass could be ovarian C as there was no reason to suspect endometrosis.
When we were planning the surgery, he asked me if I wanted to keep the ovary. I decided to go ahead and take it because of my history. I knew that any microscopic endometrial cells could bring about another ovarian cyst and I was tired of being cut open. He did not want to do laproscopic because of the Cancer potential since it could be spread.
Outcome: He woke me up in recovery and said "You are not going to believe this! The mass was a gigantic endometrioma, probably the largest I have ever seen. I can NOT believe you were not crawling into my office in massive pain, begging me to operate." He was just ecstatic over the outcome which was when I realized just how worried he was that I had incurable cancer.
Interestingly, the horrid premenstrual and during my period headaches stopped after the hysterectomy. Twice a month of near migraines was no fun
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