Elderflower j58
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Hi, just hoping for some guidance.. I am in a big dilemma regarding my health.
I have a very large cyst coming from my left ovary, diagnosed first by my GP as a large mass and then two ultrasounds one of them trans vaginal
After the GP visit I was urgently referred to my local hospitals gynaecological team... Two more scans tomorrow at 6:30, not sure if they are CT scans or MRI scans. It's being done in a mobile unit in a hospital car park.
I had an appointment with the gyno/surgeon last Friday surgery is arranged for the 29th of December.
The Big C has not been mentioned,there are some things in my favour but I know there is a reasonable chance as I'm postmenopausal older lady
My CA 125 NUMBER (TUMOUR MARKER IS 35... Normal range being 0 to 35, she did mention she thought that number would be much higher considering the size of my cyst.. . even though it's not a definitive marker.
She said there are varying types of cysts and mine is a complex cyst which carries more risk.
She obviously said removal of the cyst straight away and then I think it was a full or partial hysterectomy which obviously threw me a bit... She went on to tell me that ovaries do nothing after menopause which I know is an absolute lie even the uterus performs functions that a woman needs for the whole of her life. Obviously if this cyst is cancerous I understand that certain things have to happen but she is more or less saying that it'll have to come out and I have no use for it anyway maybe down the line sort of stuff..
I have a very large cyst coming from my left ovary, diagnosed first by my GP as a large mass and then two ultrasounds one of them trans vaginal
After the GP visit I was urgently referred to my local hospitals gynaecological team... Two more scans tomorrow at 6:30, not sure if they are CT scans or MRI scans. It's being done in a mobile unit in a hospital car park.
I had an appointment with the gyno/surgeon last Friday surgery is arranged for the 29th of December.
The Big C has not been mentioned,there are some things in my favour but I know there is a reasonable chance as I'm postmenopausal older lady
My CA 125 NUMBER (TUMOUR MARKER IS 35... Normal range being 0 to 35, she did mention she thought that number would be much higher considering the size of my cyst.. . even though it's not a definitive marker.
She said there are varying types of cysts and mine is a complex cyst which carries more risk.
She obviously said removal of the cyst straight away and then I think it was a full or partial hysterectomy which obviously threw me a bit... She went on to tell me that ovaries do nothing after menopause which I know is an absolute lie even the uterus performs functions that a woman needs for the whole of her life. Obviously if this cyst is cancerous I understand that certain things have to happen but she is more or less saying that it'll have to come out and I have no use for it anyway maybe down the line sort of stuff..