My MIL has stage 3 ovarian cancer. We found out on Monday. Wait~ scratch that. I knew she had it back in April when Dave's sister was visiting and said "have you noticed how Mom only eats 2 bites and says she's full and her tummy looks really big and full and she says she's bloated.....
Bloated. Right then and there I knew. SIGH..... But she waited until 2 weeks ago to go to the dr. and had a CT scan. Apparently she's had symptoms for 4 months. SIGH....
I told my mom & she texted me back and said, "You had your ovaries out last summer when you had your hysterectomy, right????"
Yes, yes indeedy I did. Thank God. Well, one of them had to go....it got its eviction notice because it had the abnormal mass on it...that was getting bigger. We debated about whether to remove the other one..... menopause vs. worrying about getting ovarian cancer in that one. The decision was made for me. My endometriosis was so bad (stage 3) that the other "healthy" ovary....well, the fallopian tube that goes with it was totally caked with endometriosis..... and so the whole reproductive system came out in one neatly caked together package! Seriously. Uterus, tubes, ovaries....all stuck together.
Lovely image, I know.
Menopause is actually a pleasant thought compared to ovarian cancer.
She is having surgery July 8th to remove the mass. Then she is supposed to do chemo to treat the cancer that has spread in her abdomen.
I'm so busy these days with summer vacation. Wait....isn't summer vacation supposed to be just that...relaxing? Bahahaha! Not in my world. But anyways, my point was I've been so busy that I think I've lost weight without even trying! I haven't been mindlessly eating boxes of crackers and cupcakes.
Gotta go- I have about a hundred things left on my to-do list and it's almost bedtime!
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