So what's been going on since the last blog?
A lot, but suffice it to say, I got tired of the "wait and see" mentality of my previous gynecologist (I'm 35. Waiting and seeing is off the table.) and now I'm going to a clinic that has a more intense focus on infertility. So they did a workup on me and found that I have at least 1 dermoid cyst. There is a second cyst that may be dermoid or may be a fibroid. Or maybe it's all one cyst with two sections? I'm honestly not totally sure. The doctors know
Often cysts like these are ignored.... But I'm very good at growing things that shouldn't be there. My gallstones were huge when my gall bladder was removed. My cysts are similarly huge. So huge that they have to be removed via surgery. Somewhere between 6 and 9 cm.... that's as large as a baby's HEAD. They may be able to remove just the cyst... but probably not. It's likely that they will have to take part or even the whole ovary. This doesn't mean that I won't be able to get pregnant in the future, they would just be removing my "spare tire" as they referred to it. :D
And of course, this is the busiest summer I've had in a long time... so, in order to not screw up any other plans and give me enough time to recover... I'm having the surgery next week-- Tuesday to be specific.
I have not been diagnosed with PCOS or endometriosis and the rest of the workup has all come back as "normal," so there is at least a possibility that these cysts have been getting in the way of pregnancy but we do know they need to go (with cysts this large they could flip the ovary which apparently is real bad.)
We still want to get pregnant (I still maintain my insane desire to have twins. Don't @ me. If I can cope with Nathan's cancer, I can cope with twins.) Adoption is also an option, though I really want a baby and any route that isn't foster care is very expensive. But pregnancy aside, this is something that would need to happen. Sadly, it means we're going to have to miss my big family 4th of July celebration, which is a huge disappointment as it's one of my favorite holidays. But at least this way it will be done with and I don't have to dread it for too long. So yeah, that's what's going on with me.
