Laurel - Resilience in Motion
@laurelvirginia.bsky.social
Entrepreneur - Chef, painter, nail tech, photographer. An artist of many mediums. ADHD.
I go in for an exam with my PCP, we order the bilateral mammogram (that was a nightmare) - they tell me it is 100% a cyst and not cancer. I spent 4 weeks between the lumb being found and getting the scans. The emotions I felt in that time were very intense. I was so freaking scared.
January 13, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I go in for an exam with my PCP, we order the bilateral mammogram (that was a nightmare) - they tell me it is 100% a cyst and not cancer. I spent 4 weeks between the lumb being found and getting the scans. The emotions I felt in that time were very intense. I was so freaking scared.
I see that the “Fibroid, I shouldn’t worry about” has DOUBLED in size… but that’s all I can bear to look at and I just pack it away. THEN, in November I find a golf ball size MASS in my right breast. 😩
January 13, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I see that the “Fibroid, I shouldn’t worry about” has DOUBLED in size… but that’s all I can bear to look at and I just pack it away. THEN, in November I find a golf ball size MASS in my right breast. 😩
Fast forward to September 2024. My right sided pain has returned. The OBGYN who took my tubes orders an ultrasound to rule out another tumor… all they do is send a note to MyChart saying I don’t have another tumor and I’m fine. I go in and look at the notes to try and decipher the ultrasound notes.
January 13, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Fast forward to September 2024. My right sided pain has returned. The OBGYN who took my tubes orders an ultrasound to rule out another tumor… all they do is send a note to MyChart saying I don’t have another tumor and I’m fine. I go in and look at the notes to try and decipher the ultrasound notes.
They removed my fallopian tubes, without my knowledge or consent. They removed them and didn’t even tell me. I am 36, I had my tubes tied when I was 25 due to being in an abusive marriage with marital grape and having future pregnancies forced on me. I was planning to untie them… I no longer can.
January 13, 2025 at 3:14 AM
They removed my fallopian tubes, without my knowledge or consent. They removed them and didn’t even tell me. I am 36, I had my tubes tied when I was 25 due to being in an abusive marriage with marital grape and having future pregnancies forced on me. I was planning to untie them… I no longer can.
3 days after surgery… I go into my chart and go into the surgical notes deep in the app, past your basic notes after you have an appointment. I read, “bilateral salpingectomy” - knew what bilateral meant, both sides… I had to google the rest.
January 13, 2025 at 3:11 AM
3 days after surgery… I go into my chart and go into the surgical notes deep in the app, past your basic notes after you have an appointment. I read, “bilateral salpingectomy” - knew what bilateral meant, both sides… I had to google the rest.
They take me in for surgery… the teratoma was killing my ovary, they couldn’t save it. It has grown 2 cm in the two weeks between the CT and surgery. As far as I knew, surgery went as planned. Nothing to report out of the ordinary. They removed the tumor and the ovary, gave me post op instructions.
January 13, 2025 at 3:09 AM
They take me in for surgery… the teratoma was killing my ovary, they couldn’t save it. It has grown 2 cm in the two weeks between the CT and surgery. As far as I knew, surgery went as planned. Nothing to report out of the ordinary. They removed the tumor and the ovary, gave me post op instructions.
After battling with the OBGYN and the hospital to get my surgery approved. I had a pre op ultrasound to see where I was - about 2 weeks after the ER visit. They found a fibroid as well - they didn’t want to touch it in surgery. The teratoma was taking over my ovary, I was going to lose it.
January 13, 2025 at 3:07 AM
After battling with the OBGYN and the hospital to get my surgery approved. I had a pre op ultrasound to see where I was - about 2 weeks after the ER visit. They found a fibroid as well - they didn’t want to touch it in surgery. The teratoma was taking over my ovary, I was going to lose it.
Dr. Didn’t want to give me the scan… I said “So are you telling me you won’t help me?” - he reluctantly ordered the scan. Then he sulked back into the room. “You have a 6 cm teratoma tumor on your right ovary - you need to have surgery in the next few weeks.”
January 13, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Dr. Didn’t want to give me the scan… I said “So are you telling me you won’t help me?” - he reluctantly ordered the scan. Then he sulked back into the room. “You have a 6 cm teratoma tumor on your right ovary - you need to have surgery in the next few weeks.”