YAY!! IT IS OUT :)
My blog is private and no one really looks at it anyways so I don't feel weird posting these pics but if for some reason you think it's gross...don't look :)
On 3/2/2011 I went in for a checkup with complaints of a belly ache and a fat, yet firm pooch.
My doctor did an ultrasound and found what he thought were two giant cysts on my right ovary. One measured 15cm and the other was 13cm.
He decided it was best to have the cysts drained asap and scheduled me for an "emergency" surgery...Two weeks later. I was more than ready to get these little alien eggs outta me!
During the surgery, the doctor found that there was actually only one cyst that had twisted in half. This cyst was a whopping 11.6 inches! Freakin disgusting... I'm just relieved that I wasn't turning into a pot belly pig :)
After a 2 hour surgery (just 3 little incisions) and 7 1/2 hours in the recovery room, I got to go hoooome!! I was so happy to get out of there.
Day 1: This is me the night of the surgery. Somehow I gained 13 pounds that day. Sick, I blame the saline.
Day 4: Definite Progress! Bruised and swollen but there's progress!
Day 9: Almost Normal! Can you tell the difference between this picture and the first? I hope so! Just a little bruising, some soreness and flab but a couple weeks at the gym and I'll be ready for summer! WOOOHOOO!!!
The recovery has actually been a lot harder on me than I thought...honestly I thought I would be back to work the next day, two days tops. But no...I went to work yesterday FOR AN HOUR and had to come home because I was SO exhausted. I guess when they say up to 3 weeks recovery, I should plan accordingly. Oh yea, I forgot to mention, on Day 3 I flew to California and on Day 5 I got the flu. So that didn't really help my recovery but I will be back in action next week for sure! I'm determined :)
2 comments:
Oh that is sick. How weird. Didn't your mom have the same thing once?
I know huh? I'm glad it's out. Hers was way worse because it was fibroid or something? Mine was just fluid filled so they did a laparoscopy and drained it but hers was a solid mass so she basically had to have a c-sec :(
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