surgery

[capnzebbie]

I'm having surgery on Monday, so wish me luck!

My sister died of ovarian cancer a few years ago, so my mom, my niece and I got tested for the BRCA gene that makes you more likely to have breast and ovarian cancer, and we all have it. I decided to have a hysterectomy/oophorectomy to avoid the ovarian cancer, and that will also make me less likely to have breast cancer.

This has been a weird year so far.

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[serenography.livejournal.com]

Oh, man. I totally meant to respond to your comment in my LJ. I'm such an airhead about checking LJ lately. Apologies.

One of my good friends (and a coworker) is also positive for one of the BRCA genes. She's currently pregnant, but as soon as she's able, she will also have the hyst/ooph surgery. Further down the road, she plans on also having a bilat. mastectomy. It's such a personal decision for someone to have to make. I'm glad you're on top of all this and being pro-active about taking care of yourself.

Wishing you all the best for a speedy post-op recovery! I had the TAH/BSO a few years ago and the recovery time wasn't nearly as bad as I had thought. Hugs to you!

[capnzebbie.livejournal.com]

Thank you! My surgeon is planning to go in through my navel, so if everything works out I should have minimal scarring and fairly quick recovery. That's what I'm most nervous about--that the navel part won't work and he'll have to open me up.

A bilateral mastectomy is down the road for me as well, but my surgeon said that having this surgery now will make me less likely to get breast cancer, so I can wait a bit on that.

I'll post after the surgery to let people know how it went. *hugs*

[capnzebbie.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for the orchid! It's beautiful!

[serenography.livejournal.com]

You're totally welcome.
I had mine done laparoscopically too. Great to hear that's how yours is being done. Much easier recovery that way.