The relief I feel is palpable. It's not cancer.
My gynecologist called me when -- get this -- I was in a timeshare presentation in Hawaii, the Big Island. I excused myself, walked outside and walked on the grass next to the ocean. What an ironically beautiful place to take such a phone call, I thought.
I didn't understand most of what Dr P tried to explain to me -- after all, in stressful times like this, I only picked up on two terms ("there's no cancer" and "you'll need an operation"), but I did pick up that there's definitely abnormal activity going on in the endometrial wall. So much so that Dr P told me that she advocated for a complete hysterectomy. When she asked me how I felt about that, I said I was all for it.
Imagine being in paradise but unable to go in the water because you're on a perpetual bleeding cycle. One that won't quit. This operation will finally take care of that.
She did add in the conversation that she'll set up an oncologist to be on call during my operation, a Dr. Stern. Dr Stern will advise Dr P during the hysterectomy if more tissue or lymph nodes should be removed.
Stacy, the scheduling maven, called me later to advise me to call Dr Stern's office tomorrow to be scheduled for his end of the operation.
And so it begins.
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