@nikkiww7 Hello again. Like you I spent a summer driving back and forth from Mayo to Michigan. That's when I had the radical hysterectomy and then 6 weeks later I had a total hip replacement (planned before the endometrial cancer was diagnosed).

I recall when the radiologist showed me my staghorn kidney stone on x-ray all those years ago. She was very interested in the picture and almost gleeful as she likely did not see these all that often. I was horrified but it certainly explained all those presumed UTIs. The kidney stone was infected so I ran a fever and was very ill when I wasn't on antibiotics. It took me about month to get my energy back to normal after the inpatient and outpatient procedures. That was a long time ago (1997) and so I imagine your procedure will be performed more quickly and differently than mine.

I had my hysterectomy at Mayo in 2019 as a same-day procedure. From the very beginning of the day when I registered until I was released later in the day I felt calm and well-cared for. I wish for you the same compassionate and excellent care that I received.

When is your gyn oncology surgery scheduled?