02-04-2009

Well - I haven't been here in about 5 months. Doubt anyone even checks this thing anymore.
Doesn't matter.

The title of the post points to an interesting day for me. I will be having surgery then to remove a tumor attached to an internal organ. Whoopie! The organ is one of two ovaries I have. When I'm done, I will have one. When I am done I will be glad I have not one but two children as I also have to have another procedure which will render my uterus virtually useless. (Guess for anyone reading you are probably sorry I picked up again at this point.)

But - Praise the Lord I get to actually KEEP my uterus and one of my ovaries.

Praise the Lord the tumor is NOT cancerous. It's a mature teratoma (Greek meaning = monstrous tumor). I thought that maybe monstrous meant huge, but no. It means MONSTER.

Ugh. If you are brave and think gross = cool then you should look it up. If you are brave, but do NOT think gross = cool then I would not look it up at all because it's NASTY!! If you are not brave then you should DEFINITELY not look it up because you will not be able to sleep for days. :)

Praise the Lord that we (Dr's, me & family) know that I have a VERY high incidence of "feminine cancers" in my family. (Doesn't that sound pretty? "feminine cancers"?) There are no less than 5 - yes, five - close female family members who have had breast, ovarian and uterine cancers. I had only known of one until the tumor reared it's ugly head and then it was revealed to me just how high the rate was on my maternal side. I say Praise the Lord because now I know the truth and know just how conscientious I need to be in physical check-ups and that it hasn't caught me.

Praise the Lord that my surgeon also does wood carving. LOL. I told him, "At least I know my insides will look pretty when you're done!".

Praise the Lord it is considered day surgery and not a "major operation" (although I don't know how anyone can call removing something you were born to live with your entire life "minor").


It's Another Day in Montgomery and I say:
Praise the Lord all the way through the day.