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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!
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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'.Comment
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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.
Surgery for it wasn't too bad considering it's major abdominal (got a nice caesarean scar
) 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.
As soon as I start thinking
That I'm sensible and sane
The Random Hedgehog comes along
And fiddles with my Brain
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LOL I had one in each ovary we nicknamed Ricky and Lucy to go with the cysts in each breast named Fred and Ethyl ...Quoth LewisLegion View PostEVE Online: 99% of the time you sit around waiting for something to happen, but that 1% of action is what hooks people like crack, you don't get interviewed by the BBC for a WoW raid.Comment
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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.Don't wanna; not gonna.Comment
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thanks =) I like being strange. Makes the world more interesting for othersQuoth lineswine View Post
EVE Online: 99% of the time you sit around waiting for something to happen, but that 1% of action is what hooks people like crack, you don't get interviewed by the BBC for a WoW raid.Comment
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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**I wasn't really squicked by the info on dermoids more interested but I'm strange.
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.Comment
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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.Seshat's self-help guide:
1. Would you rather be right, or get the result you want?
2. If you're consistently getting results you don't want, change what you do.
3. Deal with the situation you have now, however it occurred.
4. Accept the consequences of your decisions.
"All I want is a pretty girl, a decent meal, and the right to shoot lightning at fools." - Anders, Dragon Age.Comment
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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.
^-.-^Faith is about what you do. It's about aspiring to be better and nobler and kinder than you are. It's about making sacrifices for the good of others. - DresdenComment
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YIKE!
That's huge.Seshat's self-help guide:
1. Would you rather be right, or get the result you want?
2. If you're consistently getting results you don't want, change what you do.
3. Deal with the situation you have now, however it occurred.
4. Accept the consequences of your decisions.
"All I want is a pretty girl, a decent meal, and the right to shoot lightning at fools." - Anders, Dragon Age.Comment
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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.
^-.-^Faith is about what you do. It's about aspiring to be better and nobler and kinder than you are. It's about making sacrifices for the good of others. - DresdenComment
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Ok, here's hoping mine is nowhere near that big! Though it would be a fanatastic way to lose a few pounds...**stare**Comment
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Im sorry youre having issues, Lewis Legion. Good luck with the remainder of your treatment.
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