Fibroid or Cyst ... that is the question .....

Continued from my "endometriosis" ....

So I asked my friend who had her fibroid removed recently, to recommend me her gynae. So made appointment at UMSC for Prof BK Lim. You know what, I tried to make an appointment with Dr Siti but she was full until the middle of Sept and I cant wait too long (that was in mid August). I saw this Prof BK Lim and he seems like a nice guy, not very friendly. Told him my problem and wanted to show him the pics of the scan but he refused to see it. He ask me to go on the bed and did a ultrasound himself. "You dont have fibroid!" .... "OH NO, then what do I have ???"

"You have a cyst and it's exactly 5cm!!!??? Huh ??? It's getting pretty confusing now ..." But the gynae at Columbia Asia told me I have a 5cm fibroid ! He said "Nope it's a cyst at your right ovary". Hmmmmm ....

So what do you recommend, the doc said same thing, to take all out. Frank said he mentioned a few times, you are 48 years old .... yeah take out everything ! Unless you want to have a baby ... huh ??? of course not! Actually the doc said if I have a baby now, then no need to operate. ... should I .... haha ... no lah I think I'm too old to have a baby now ..... Doc said he will do a laparoscopic hysterectomy, where he will make 3 or 4 holes in the abdomen instead of the big cut like a c-section. Recovery will be much faster and less invasive.

Doc continued "Then you dont have to worry about ovary cancer, uterus cancer and cervical cancer" .... that's nice to hear 

But I'm not menopausal yet and if I take out everything, I will be into surgical menopause. I quite worried about the symptoms of menopause , read that it could be quite bad for some and of course a breeze for others ... well .... decision decision decision.....

So I have decided to get a third opinion. Spoke to a good friend who is a child specialist and she recommended Dr KK Wong of Gleneagles and I managed to make an appointment with him the next few days. His clinic looks very old school and so is his nurses ... but anyway ....he did a pap smear for me and and ultrasound and also a vaginal scan.

He confirmed I have a cyst measuring about 4.5cm on the right ovary. He said I have this endomitrosis. He even took his time to draw a diagram of the whole uterus/ovary/cervix thingy and explain to me what it is all about. Btw he's not young .... should be in his early sixties. He also told me to take out all and told me "Uterus is only good for two things, one is to grow babies and one is to grow cancer !!!".

But KK Wong did say that if he opens up and the left ovary is still good, he will keep it.

So what did I decide to do .... after a lot of reading and researching on the internet and also listening to a few people's advice, I decided to remove all. I read that cyst comes back very often once you have them and since I'm already 48 this year, will be nearing menopause, I decided once and for all, remove everything and be rid of it. Doc said once everything is removed the endometriosis will not come back. 

So it was a cyst after all .... was wondering if I can take any action on Columbia Asia for wrongly diagnosing a fibroid instead of a cyst ??? Anyway ..... sighhhhh ... feeling scared and nervous of my impending surgery. How about my work ??? I need to be on 4 to 6 weeks MC ...gosh ... but thank God, all my bosses were very nice and asked to to go ahead with my surgery, have a good recovery and rest.

Well I never expected to be faced with this phase in my life but I thank God the almighty for everything.  The growth could become cancerous if it was left inside and started growing and stuff like that. Even KK Wong was telling me that he needed to shift his perspective. Last time he used to tell his patients, if the fibroid or cyst does not bother you, just leave it but 8 to 10 yrs down the row, he has seen many that have become cancerous and nowadays he advises this patients to take it out.

I thank God for being with me through this journey and I pray that I will get full recovery from this without side effects and move on with my life. Now I am taking supplements to boost my health. Doc prescribed Livial for HRT but I'm not taking it cuz I read about the many side effects especially breast cancer but doc said got no side effects but I'm not taking any chances. I joined Amway to be able to buy their vitamins especially the Protein powder drink and the black cohosh and soya supplement. Hope everything goes well and my road to recovery will be good and life can be back to normal again. Praying hard .....