MRI results and...unexpected news.

[LewisLegion]

So I got a call from a doctor that works with my doc, since my doc won't be back in until Monday. He was unfamiliar with my history and basically just reported what the MRI showed.

So, my right labram (the cartilage that holds the joint in place) is torn free. I'm going to have to see an orthopedist but I want to talk to my doc again first in depth since she knows more of my history and can give a better picture.

Then he asked me if I have a history of ovarian cysts. I told him no (never had one as far as I am positively aware, though I did have an incident a few years back that may have been a cyst rupturing) and he said that even though they weren't 'looking' at that area in particular, they noticed a lump. He says it's probably just a really angry looking cyst but I need to talk to my doc again on Monday and she'll probably send me in for an ultrasound.

This just gets better and better.

[telecom_goddess]

wow good luck.....that's all I got :(

[Seshat]

Torn free sounds really bad.

The ovarian cyst is probably 'just a cyst', ovaries tend to develop those. But even so ... good luck. I send my wishes that it is 'just a cyst'. An egg that's grown but not come free for whatever reason, perhaps. (My ovaries have lots of those, part of PCOS)

[slipknotpsycho]

hope you get feeling better soon ~hugs~

[LewisLegion]

Thanks guys. I'm sure it's nothing but...better safe than sorry. I see my regular doc again tomorrow and we start talking which orthopedist and options.

[Solumina]

How did it go with the doc?

[Food Lady]

I saw the title and thought, "Oh, no." Hope it can be fixed!

[LewisLegion]

Went well with the doc. She's fairly confident it's just a big cyst. Apparently the right ovary has several smaller ones on it as well. Still, to be safe I get to have a, uh...*ahem* extra-special ultrasound done.

She also gave me the referral to the orthopedist so, that's next on my list. I finally broke down and asked her for some pain medication (I hate taking anything stronger than OTC, but it's been BAD lately) and she gave me some acetominophen with codeine. That stuff is frakkin' BEAUTIFUL.

[LewisLegion]

Just talked to the orthopedist. Soonest I can get in to see him is Nov. 16th.

Yay.

[Seshat]

I've had the 'extra special' ultrasound done twice. If you want a female tech, ask for one; however, both techs were quite professional about it.

The half done with the bladder full is distinctly uncomfortable - or it was for me. Then they let you go and relieve yourself, and do the same set of images again.

Some are done through the probe, some with a hand scanner over your belly.

Oh, and take a packet of handiwipes or something. The paper towels they give you never do a good enough job of getting the lubricant off your belly. :(

[RootedPhoenix]

*hugs* :eek: How very scary! *offers cookies and homemade applesauce*

[LewisLegion]

Thanks Phoenix and Seshat :)

Ultrasound is first thing tomorrow morning. So not looking forward to it...

[Sleepwalker]

The paper towels they give you never do a good enough job of getting the lubricant off your belly. :(

Belly?

My cyst ultrasound was a bit more...intimate. :(

[Seshat]

Quoting myself:


Some are done through the probe, some with a hand scanner over your belly.

And yeah .. vaginal probe. Lubricant there, too. Wear a panty liner.

[LewisLegion]

Well, they were supposed to do both, the abdominal and the extra-special one, but she said that because I'd already had the MRI done there was no need for the abdominal, just the other.

Let's just say...it was VERY uncomfortable. Something I hadn't thought about....

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The probe had to go all the way up to my cervix and, despite my age (which surprised the doctor) certain things were still...ahem...let's say intact. And could not remain intact if they were going to do the scan.

Yeah. And I didn't even get dinner first :(

[laborcat]

OMG I'm so sorry. That had to hurt. I've had those, without that problem, and they hurt. If you're ever in my area, I'll buy you dinner to make up for it!

[LewisLegion]

Aww, thank you laborcat ;D

[LewisLegion]

Ok, so my doc called me just as I got off work last night with the results. Seems I have a benign tumor called a dermoid cyst in my ovary.

For those of you who don't know what a dermoid cyst is, DO NOT look it up if you are even remotely squeamish. I looked it up and I am seriously disturbed. Totally squicky!

So I'm making an appointment today to see the gynecologist, who will set a surgical date in the next month to have it removed.

My room-mate named it 'Raoul'.

[Lady Legira]

I had a dermoid cyst on my right ovary, it was only found because I was having my tubes cut. It was the size of a cricket ball when it was removed. I wasn't really squicked by the info on dermoids more interested but I'm strange. :D

Surgery for it wasn't too bad considering it's major abdominal (got a nice caesarean scar :lol: ) recovered well and found out I have PCOS about a year or so later. Usual things for that kind of surgery, no heavy lifting for 6 weeks, painkillers (I had to ask for a different type as I was allergic to the ones they normally give out), and gentle exercise.

[AccountingDrone]

Ok, so my doc called me just as I got off work last night with the results. Seems I have a benign tumor called a dermoid cyst in my ovary.

For those of you who don't know what a dermoid cyst is, DO NOT look it up if you are even remotely squeamish. I looked it up and I am seriously disturbed. Totally squicky!

So I'm making an appointment today to see the gynecologist, who will set a surgical date in the next month to have it removed.

My room-mate named it 'Raoul'.

LOL I had one in each ovary we nicknamed Ricky and Lucy to go with the cysts in each breast named Fred and Ethyl ...

[lineswine]

LOL I had one in each ovary we nicknamed Ricky and Lucy to go with the cysts in each breast named Fred and Ethyl ...

You are very strange...that's why I like you.

[42_42_42]

I had benign tumors develop on both of my ovaries about a year and a half apart. So I've had that lovely surgery twice. Depending on how big it is (one of mine was the size of an American football, the other the size of a softball), you'll need a good 4-6 weeks recovery time before you're up and about and able to go back to work full-time.

[AccountingDrone]

You are very strange...that's why I like you.

thanks =) I like being strange. Makes the world more interesting for others :roll:

[LewisLegion]

I wasn't really squicked by the info on dermoids more interested but I'm strange.


Don't get me wrong, it's absolutely fascinating...just while its inside other people. ROFL. I keep envisioning this Alien moment where it's just going to burst out of my stomach and go snarling around the office. Doesn't help that the first site I went to, to find out what it was, had a photo of one complete with teeth **shudder**

My doc mentioned a laproscopy so while she didn't mention the exact size, I'm thinking it's still small enough to be removed via that...won't know until my gyno says for sure, though. I'm hoping for the laproscopy. I can't afford to be out of work for six weeks, back for a month or two, then out again for another six to twelve weeks when I go in to have my hip fixed.

[Seshat]

Teratology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teratology)- the study of faulty development - is a fascination of mine.

Studying such misdevelopments can provide major assistance to scientists researching not just congenital diseases, but other diseases as well. If you don't especially care what happens to the cyst when they remove it, please consider donating it for research. (They might also, if you do that, ask you for a cheek swab so they can compare your healthy DNA to the teratoma's DNA and RNA.)

The good news is that it's benign (or at least, has some chance like 99.999% of being benign), and once removed it's gone for good. Almost all of these are just bits of you that got the wrong message in utero, and instead of becoming what they were supposed to become (in this case, ovary), became something else.

[Andara Bledin]

My aunt had what was likely one of these.

When they found it, they estimated it was the size of a softball. When they finally pulled it out, it turned out to be the size of a pineapple and weighed something like 6 lbs.

^-.-^

[Seshat]

YIKE!

That's huge.

[Andara Bledin]

Yeah. She'd had a partial hysterectomy for a growth a dozen years earlier. Since it was partial, she still had a bunch of equipment left, and ended up with another growth. This time, it had nested partly around her intestinal tract, which is why they missed how large it really was until they got in there to pull it out.

The surgery itself went without a hitch, and then she showed off her stitches and scar. :lol:

^-.-^

[LewisLegion]

Ok, here's hoping mine is nowhere near that big! Though it would be a fanatastic way to lose a few pounds...**stare**

[Amina516]

Im sorry youre having issues, Lewis Legion. Good luck with the remainder of your treatment. :D

[Bardmaiden]

My aunt had what was likely one of these.

When they found it, they estimated it was the size of a softball. When they finally pulled it out, it turned out to be the size of a pineapple and weighed something like 6 lbs.

^-.-^

My b/f's mum was admitted to hospital with bad pain in the lower abdomen, investigation and surgery later she had lost 2 and half stones from a one of these...which had twisted and caused the pain.

[Andara Bledin]

My b/f's mum was admitted to hospital with bad pain in the lower abdomen, investigation and surgery later she had lost 2 and half stones from a one of these...which had twisted and caused the pain.
35 lbs?!? Yikes!

^-.-^

[Bardmaiden]

She also went down two dress sizes, she was pleased with that ;)

[AccountingDrone]

Teratology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teratology)- the study of faulty development - is a fascination of mine.

Studying such misdevelopments can provide major assistance to scientists researching not just congenital diseases, but other diseases as well. If you don't especially care what happens to the cyst when they remove it, please consider donating it for research. (They might also, if you do that, ask you for a cheek swab so they can compare your healthy DNA to the teratoma's DNA and RNA.)

The good news is that it's benign (or at least, has some chance like 99.999% of being benign), and once removed it's gone for good. Almost all of these are just bits of you that got the wrong message in utero, and instead of becoming what they were supposed to become (in this case, ovary), became something else.
If you get one from Yale-New Haven that combines a dermoid and a lipoma, tell it I don't miss it ... damned thing was the size of a softball ... :pissed: But at least it wasn't as bad as the tumor off the other ovary.

I signed off on donating it. I was considering asking for a small section of it in preservative for the mantle but hubby talked me out of it :cry:

[LewisLegion]

I think I probably would donate it. Lord knows I don't want it so it might as well go to some use, right?

[Seshat]

Some of them, I've recently read, contain stem cells. And in this case, it's stem cells that have no chance of ever becoming a viable person (or any viable organism, for that matter); so there's not the ethical problems for stem cell research.

You never know, in time, one person's teratoma might become another person's donor heart.

[Rapscallion]

From what I understand, endometrium also contains stem cells and is easily harvestable.

Rapscallion

[Fire_on_High]

It's a hopeful thought, Seshat, but won't they carry the same flaw that made them part of a tumor to begin with?

[Seshat]

It's a hopeful thought, Seshat, but won't they carry the same flaw that made them part of a tumor to begin with?

No - they've worked out how to direct stem cells to form particular organs. The flaw is that these cells received the wrong chemical instructions. Give them the instructions to make a heart, or a pancreas, or a lung, or a liver, and they'll go ahead and do it.
The flaw is not inherent in these cells, it's in the instructions they received while in utero.

[LewisLegion]

Dude, that's so cool. :)

Or would be, if they weren't busy making those things in my ovary. *ROFL*

[Seshat]

I told you it was a fascinating study!

... in the abstract.

Less cool when it's in you, yes.