Dermoid

Soooo, last Tuesday night I just wasn't feeling well, like when I had a cyst burst last Sept. I woke up in the morning and really didn't feel good. I still thought it would pass, or that it was another cyst and there's nothing I could do but go through it.

By ten on Wed. morning, I felt some impending doom coming, and when I couldn't really stand and was in tears I knew I had to go to the hospital. I also couldn't keep any food down. When I tried to call Eric, I kept getting his voicemail. I called around and got my wonderful visiting teacher came to my literal rescue (thanks Courtnee!) she was already babysitting another toddler, but got a neighbor, Jenny, to watch her so she could come. Bless Cortnee. I handed my chillen's off and drove to the UTMC E.R. I know this is going to be long, but bear with me.

My lower right abdomen was so painful and I'd have waves of nausea. Finally Eric came in, yay. I got checked in....everything seemed to move in slow motion. They did some tests, blood, urine, CAT scan, and ultrasound. Then, I got morphine, ahhhh. So, they said I had a dermoid cyst on my right ovary, about 8 cm long, and that it had to be taken out. Dermoid cysts apparently can have fatty tissue, oil, bones, hair and even (yuck) teeth! Mine had bone in it, no incisors :).

If this is too much information, please stop reading. If you're quezy, again, please move elsewhere.

Thursday morning they operated. The cyst was under my uterus and so it couldn't be seen by the ultrasounds before. This cyst floats around and can twist. It had twisted around the fallopian tube which had dead tissue on it. They took the cyst, ovary and fallopian tube out. There was also another calcified cyst on top of the uterus that they removed. I know, too much info., but you've been warned.

I came home Friday evening and have a nice row of staples keeping the gizzards inside. It's like another c-section, they went through the old scar. I am not supposed to lift anything over 10 pounds for 6 weeks (???) So, Eric's mom came up to help us out and my mom is coming this week to stay a bit. Crazy. I am just glad that a) it happened this year when we've met our deductable, b) our moms are able to help us out, c) Cortnee, Jenny T., Thomas's, and Jeppesen's have been so kind to help us with the kids. Thank you a million times over. (run-on sentence) And d) that the pain is gone and they were able to figure it out and fix it. I hope that's the end of my cyst adventures. I can't do this alone and may this be the end of craziness at least for this year. :)