Saturday, January 7, 2012

I HAD Ovarian Cancer

I think today it finally hit me. Last week, I think the anesthesia helped block some of the emotions I am feeling today. When I woke up, the Dr. told me the cells were neoplastic. I'm a nurse, I knew that meant cancer. They removed my right ovary and fallopian tube. The cancer ended up being isolated, and it was caught very early. Best part, it was caught during testing for other things. Some would say I am the luckiest person on the planet right now! If it was caught when I actually had symptoms, imagine the outcome... Today, I called my dad to figure out what cancer my grandma had for the BRCA screening. She had ovarian cancer. Great! Now, it hits me. I probably have the gene. The doctor threw around words like egg harvesting and mastectomy. Yikes. I have a feeling that while I am lucky, I have a long road ahead of me. I am 27 years old. The recurrence rate for my rare type of tumor is 3 years for people under 30. I'm a time bomb.

Source: http://www.inspire.com/groups/ovarian-cancer-national-alliance/journal/i-had-ovarian-cancer/

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