Monday, March 21, 2011

Pray, He is there.

"Be strong and of good courage:
be not afraid.
Neither be thou dismayed:
for the Lord thy God is with thee
whithersoever thou goest."
Joshua 1:9
I hope that includes the operating room! I went to the doctor this morning and the news was not good. I am terrified and very humbled. I did know that I had a cyst with a benign tumor inside, or at least that is what the ultrasound tech told me....
The doctor said that the fluid in the cyst is pre-cancerous because of the type of tumor that is in it and it has to be removed. But the even scarier part is that when he is removing it if he knicks it the fluid will leak out and the cancerous cells will spill into my entire abdomen. That would be VERY bad. So he will try to cut around it but he said it is very rare to save the ovary in this situation.
If he does have to take the ovary out then he will do a complete hysterectomy, scrape out all the scar tissue and burn off any endometriosis that might be left. Sounds lovely doesn't it?
This is the news I have been terrified to hear and adding all of the cancer stuff makes it even more terrifying! The surgery is scheduled for April 19th. I am a little angry that i have to wait that long, but with how complicated the surgery is there has to be 2 specialists in the OR instead of one. If there is a cancellation I could get in earlier so lets all hope for someone to get cold feet!

4 comments:

Unknown said...

I'm sorry about all of this Shelley! Sounds like you're in good hand with your doctors. I hope they don't have to do the complete hysterectomy and realize how important it is that they try and keep your uterus. You are so young! I'll be praying for you!

Amy said...

We are thinking about you and you are in our prayers. You are such a strong person!

Rebekah said...

I haven't checked in in awhile, and wow. I am sorry that you are going through this right now.
There is nothing worse than waiting, especially for something scarey.
We will be praying for you!

kera said...

shelley! i love you, and will keep you in my prayers as you go through this. that's rough. i hope that everything works out to the best outcome possible. love you tons!