Path report

Talked with the physician assistant to the surgeon. She said that the biopsies that they took during the first surgery are consistent with scar tissue around that cyst. The cyst it self was not biopsied yet and won’t be sent for pathology until the second surgery is completed. At this point he feels that the hot chemo part of the surgery is too risky to do, the risks outweigh the benefits of it at this point. I will still wake up with a big incision, a ureter stent on the right side, and most likely a NG tube. My hospital stay well be 4 to 5 days rather than 12 days. But they do not feel the need to resection the bowel at this point. All this is subject to change once they get in there, obviously. But we couldn’t be happier about the results of the pathology! 

Overall I am pleased with how recovery has been this last 6 days. Besides the stinging in the tummy, I might be moving slower and I’m definitely lonely during the day when everyone has things to do but me. I’m bored really. Not a TV watcher or reader makes it hard to waste time. I can only check Facebook and Instagram so much throughout the day. I do notice some postoperative blues set in about day 3. I’m not really ready so to say for surgery two but I’m as ready as I’ll ever be. I was disappointed how the surgeon managed my pain initially and worry a lot how it will be managed with a great big incision down my whole tummy. Erik’s been working the business a lot in his off time and he’s so preoccupied with that and getting that up and running smoothly that I am feeling maybe I need someone to come stay with me to help me out so he can work. Kids all have their own things going on that I can’t help with either. My sister will be coming in March for 4 days which will be wonderful. Maybe this surgery won’t be as big of a deal as I’m making it in my head. After all, it’s just a cyst right? I’ve had bigger ovarian cysts in my lifetime that just stayed in there and dissolved in their own time. I have a lot of questions now that the HIPEC is off the table. Seems to me a NG tube, ureter stents, and even a midline incision seem like overkill. Guess I will find out at my appointment on Thursday.