And of course, no sexual intercourse while driving. This is what the oncologist told me today will be my post operative limitations. Great - as if having cancer isn't bad enough, having to give up my top two favorite activities AND their combination too. FML. Everyone better send me lots of chocolate, that's all I can say!
After talking w/ the doc, I decided to go with a total hysterectomy w/ bilateral salpingo oophrectomy. Doesn't that sound like I'm picking out a new car or ordering a sandwich? In plain english, they'll be taking out the uterus, fallopians & both ovaries. The good news is that doing this procedure has a 90% success rate of solving the problem. For about 1.3 nanoseconds I considered the option of just doing radiation, however as soon as the doc said that the survival rate is around 50%, that pretty much made up my mind. Needless to say, since either option leaves me sterile, I'm gonna go with the option that's gonna give me the highest chance for success, and by success I mean being alive. The doctor said I was lucky that I acted on things as quickly as I had, because otherwise I would have been dead within a year. Well damn, if that's not a message to women everywhere to get their paps done, and to check out any and all things that may even have a hint of being wrong, I don't know what is!
The surgery is scheduled for the 28th, and as long as they don't have any complications, I'll be hospitalize overnight and home the next day. If there is a complication, they'll have to open me up, which will leave me in the hospital for a couple of days, and then a 6-8 week recovery. Needless to say, I'm hoping there's no complications!
As far as my job goes, they're very understanding, and I've got a great supervisor. Unfortunately, because I'm a contractor, and I haven't been w/ them for very long, I'll have to resign my position while I'm recovering. They'll try to re-hire me when I'm recovered, but there's no promises or guarantees. I've gotta do what I need to stay alive, but damn it's frustrating to leave a job I love, and in this economy, the thought of being out of a job again is freakin' me out!
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