Continuing
this blog series, “Cancer Journals”, named after Audre Lorde's
classic The Cancer Journals.
Below
is a letter I sent to my sister, who is a doctor, yesterday. It
is a bit technical, as it gives a few of the details of my diagnosis.
I
saw the doctor at the hospital yesterday. I shall be having surgery
on ----- and be in hospital for 4-5 days afterwards. The surgeon
will be Mr. M----, who was the consultant I was referred to.
There
are still a lot of unanswered questions. The cancer is inside a cyst
which is either on my right ovary or in the peritoneum next to my
uterus and ovary. They are going to remove everything - my ovaries,
womb and cervix, as well as some fat cells and some lymph nodes in
the area. The cancer MAY have spread to the lymph nodes, but they
are not sure.
They
have not found a primary site for the cancer and are not sure whether
the cyst is the primary. They expect to know more once the
pathologist has examined the tissue.
I
think that is pretty much all I know now.... I do find that the more
information I get, the more upset I become, so I need to manage this.
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