OVARIAN CYST | BENIGN GROWTH | MALIGNANT GROWTH

The Diary of a Giant Cyst #6

They finally took that thing out of me, and what an experience it was… and still is!

Image borrowed from Columbus Ob/Gyn

On Friday, 22 November 2024, during an ultrasound, I learned I had a
huge cyst in my belly, coming from an ovary. This is my diary of the
events that followed that discovery.
In the list linked at the end, you can find all parts of this ordeal.

Start reading here

I know I kept you all in suspense, but before the operation on 16 January 2025, I’d expected — and I was right — that I would need time to process it all. It’s only at the start of this week that I eased back into being online.

Buckle up, as this will be a bit of a bumpy ride. There is more to come as I recover — but probably this will be the last weekly share.

Tuesday, 14 January 2025

My last full working day for, what I think will be, at least two months.

Wednesday, 15 January 2025

My last bullet journaling day at my daughter’s for, what will probably be, at least six weeks.

In the afternoon, the hospital called to tell me my operation would happen at 1pm the next day. I had to report at 11am.

Only then I turned into a nervous wreck, but only for about half an hour.

Thursday, 16 January 2025

Operation day!

Blood work

We were at the hospital at 10.15am, as I first had to have blood drawn for a crossmatch. I thought this was ridiculous as they had already tested for this on 3 December 2024. But, the nurse explained to me they had to change it again as the antibodies in your blood are important for when you need a possible blood transfusion, and those antibodies can alter from day to day, week to week.

The results of your crossmatching test let lab staff or blood bank workers know which blood type will work the best for your transfusion.

Unlike other tests, blood typing doesn’t have any normal or abnormal results. This kind of test simply…