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Block UserI had my surgery on the 19th of May. It sucked! They took out my uterus, right ovary, 3 lymph nodes, 16-inches of intestine and a bunch of other tissue and dead cells.
Now not only do I have a horizontal 8-inch scar across my lower abdomen, I now have a 10-inch vertical scar all the way down my stomach and a 3-inch scar just above my tailbone. Not to mention the numerous scars from ports and PICC lines! My brother told me that I look like a heroin addict that got in a gang fight!
The only scar that I don't mind is from my egg implantation. I have a 3-inch scar on the inside of my upper left arm. The fertility specialist said that the procedure was successful and as of right now there are 25 eggs in my arm. Woo Hoo! Now all I have to do is find a surrogate!
But to tell you the truth, this whole Hysterectomy thing is not all it's cracked up to be! The hot flashes alone are making me want to move to Alaska! I live in Texas and they are torture! I have started carrying a portable fan with me wherever I go.
I start my next round of chemo next week, so I'll be around if anyone wants to talk!
God Bless & Gig 'Em!
Jessica
Hysterectomy
Great News! ... NOT!!!
I just found out that the chemo treatments that my doctors have been saying "Are going SO well!", are really not going so well. My left-sided Ovarian Cancer has spread to my Uterus, Right Ovary, and Small Intestine! I thought they were supposed to keep an eye out for spreading! Apparently NOT!!!
They are beefing up me chemo, I have to go on twice a week, in-hospital treatments (250 miles away), and they have scheduled a complete hysterectomy. So much for having kids!! I want to finish the end of the school semester, so my doctor is letting me wait on the surgery and have scheduled it for Monday, May 19, 2008. They are also looking at a new procedure to preserve my eggs so that I can have my own children with a surragate mother. The cool part is that they would store the cells in my upper arm! However, the procedure is only in the experimental phase and they can only give me a 30% chance that the cells will survive and be transplanted successfully. I guess there's always adoption!
Anyway, for all those in the hospital at the end of May... email me when you're bored!
Prayers all around! Gig 'Em!
Preston
Marcus
jaclyn
Amber
Hey Jess,
PrestonThings have been going really great but really busy! I have been getting my life in order one day at a time what with my profession, life linkage etc. I am working with a partner to add on some new things for LL. How have things been going with you?
Hope all is well, keep kickin that cancer ass!
Preston
09:24 PM CST