Dodging the Surgeon’s Knife
It was back, once again, to RPA to see my army of gynaecologists for their opinion on my test results and if I will need surgery. The answer to that question was no. Hurrah!!
I was found to have two problems; one a vaginal septum and two, a dermoid cyst.
Firstly the vaginal septum. This bastard blocks the left hand side of my vagina making a pap smear impossible. My gynaecologist couldn’t guarantee that surgery would make a pap smear possible and might result in some weird nerve damage. Therefore it was decided just to leave it alone. My pap smear will be performed in an unusual way by using one of these devices.
It is a cytology brush which looks like a mini bottle brush. Apparently women in remote locations use them to perform pap smears when they can’t get to a doctor. So if is off to the GP for me to have my bits brushed.
My fluid filled cyst has turned out to be a dermoid cyst. These cyst are full of potential tissues of the entire body - it is my own portable stem cell. They can contain hair, thyroid glands and most scarily teeth. My gynaecologist actually checked my kidney x-ray to see if he could see a tooth. Fortunately, my cyst does not have teeth, thank god. I would hate to have a tooth filled cyst sitting next to my ovary. What if it got hungry?
Anyway, it is nothing to be worried about, but I do need to monitor it in case it get bigger. My little cyst baby is 61mL, if it grows to 100mL, it has to be removed. I hope it never grows up.
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April 17th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
And this post completely freaked me out! Lol! Teeth! OMG! Can you imagine them removing a little lump with hair and teeth???! Or what that’d look like on an xray or ultrasound?! Too too scary!
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April 17th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
OMG this totally cracked me up babe! Bwaaaaa haaaaa haaaaaa at ‘what if it gets hungry?’ and ‘get my bits brushed’
So glad that you don’t have to have surgery, phew.
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April 17th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
Melissa: It would totally freak me out to see a tooth in my cyst on both my ultrasound and x-rays. Fortunately, my cyst was just full of liquid and some calcium deposits.
Kelley: I can either laugh at my medical issues or have a cry. I prefer to mock them. It is much more enjoyable.
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