So it has been almost a month since my alienectomy. To say that transition from alien baby carrier (10 inch dermoid cyst firmly attached to my left ovary) to recovery patient of a hysterectomy and partial oophorectomy (left ovary removal) has been an adventure would be odd. On the one hand, I had a month…
Tag: Hysterectomy
On Pregnancy Tests
On Monday. I took my final pregnancy test. “We’re required to do one whenever we are doing surgery”, the nurse explained. The irony of a pregnancy test prior to a hysterectomy was not lost on me. “It just goes to show,” my friend Mombie texted, “There have been enough malpractices for performing hysterectomies on pregnant…
Phantom Loss
“I don’t need a uterus to have kids in my life,” I declared. “I’ve got 15 nieces and nephews; I’ve got a roommate that is young enough to be my son, I run a charity event for non-profit that deals with foster kids and adoption. If I decide I want a child, I think I…