Surgery update

So I’ve been very behind on keeping up with this blog. But my second surgery came and went on February 22nd and all went well. I had what was found to be Ovarian Remnant Syndrome where part of my ovarian tissue was left in the abdomen during my ovary removal in 2017. It started growing into functioning ovarian tissue meaning it was producing hormones making me jump out of menopause. Something I asked several docs about by the way. Why was I one day hit flashing and the next all of a sudden not doing it any more? No one then had an answer but we do now. I stayed I. The hospital three nights and came home to recover only I had to have a catheter for 10 days because the ovarian tissue was attached to the bladder and I had to have part of the bladder removed and repaired. I developed a UTI (staph) from the catheter and was readmitted thru the ER at MD Anderson the day after the catheter came out due to fevers. The highest I got to was 103.2F! And it was the day my sister came to visit. While in the ER they wanted to do a CT scan to make sure it wasn’t a leak from my surgery. When they went to inject the contrast in my vein, my IV blew and all the contrast ended up in my arm tissue. Very painful! And I was very annoyed by this point. Five IV sticks total and I finally with support is my surgeon I said thanks but no thanks, send me home! The risk to attempt the contrast through my very small delicate veins was too much and outweighed the benefits of the CT scan since my body was already responding to the oral antibiotics for the UTI symptoms. I haven’t cried in a long time but that situation frustrated me and for the fact I was exhausted because no one sleeps in the ER. Erik and Autumn came to get me and save me from the traumatic visit to that ER. I didn’t spike another fever but about a week after stopping my antibiotics I got another UTI in addition to two weeks of diarrhea from the first round of meds. I’m 9 days from going back to work and feeling good. Except the menopause symptoms have returned and I’m not sleeping well through the night. Hot flashes are the worst! While Erik freezes at night, I am sweating.