This is not an easy post to make, but I know I’ve worried people with my MIA act. I’m not really active online but I felt the need to explain what happened.
Last year I went to the US. I was staying with my then boyfriend, and one day I felt sick. I thought it could be appendecitis or something like that, But the pain went from “uncomfortable” to “I may dying” in about an hour. so we all called my insurance back home so they would tell me where to go. A shit ton of time later, I was at the doctor and after some tests, they realized that it wasn’t appendicitis, but that there was a mass on one of my ovaries and the fallopian tubes had twisted around itself. That means there was no bloodflow to the ovary, so it’s an emergency surgery to basically remove the mass and see if they could salvage the ovary.
I ended up undergoing a Salpingo Oophorectomy, which is the removal of the fallopian tube and ovary (which were necrotic by the time I had surgery). The mass they found was around 1.5 pounds. The byopsy results weren’t good, it wasn’t a cyst, it was a fibrosarcoma, which is a form of cancer. So after I was stabilized from the surgery I flew back home to get chemo.
I have a couple more rounds left, I start the next cycle this week. But so far, prognosys is good, we’re all optimistic, but I go between feeling like a warrior and just being terrified. I’m still dealing with everything and it feels like an eternity has gone by and it’s only been a couple of months. Sorry for worrying people, but I’m exhausted most of the time and looking at a screen kinda drains me a little. I’ll try to jump in online more as I’m able to, but for now please know that i’m doing my best.
