At Ease

My appointment this morning went pretty much like I had expected it to - besides the two hour wait just to get back to a room. That part was a little crazy. And then another hour in the room. ARGH! My patience was being tested but I can understand. They had a few add-ons this morning. A few patients weren't doing well over the weekend and needed to see the Dr. first thing. I also ended up running into a girl in the waiting room that I used to work with. Anyway, the Dr. viewed pieces of the video, spoke with the referring Dr. (who happened to be on vacation out of state), and deciphered the lab report. She explained that with the cystectomy, I have a 20% recurrence rate vs. a 5% that I would have had with an ovarian removal but with not having children yet and wanting them that it is probably best to have both ovaries. Plus, there is a chance of it recurring in the opposite ovary. What if we removed the one and then recurrence happened in the other and we still had not had children. That wouldn't be good. That if it does come back the chances of it coming back as invasive are slim - not that it can't happen but the chances are slim. The plan of action for now is to do careful watching - every three month exams, ultrasounds, and CA125 blood tests. If we start to see a new growth, surgery will need to be done to remove it. That time surgery would be a laparatomy though (longer recovery time). She did tell me that if a new growth were noticed during pregnancy (also no need to move that forward any) that it would be fine. We know what it is, watch it carefully and wait until delivery and do a c-section and remove it at that time as well. I guess if it is fine during pregnancy, than it can't be that scary. Generally, these are not problem causers but just oddities. All of this really did put my mind at ease - which I am thankful for. Now I can start to focus on something besides this, which has seemed to consume my mind for the last few weeks. So that's the update. Thanks to everyone for the thoughts and prayers. They are definitely appreciated!