The appointment went fine. The doctor did a quick pelvic exam and then took me in to discuss surgery. He recommended a full hysterectomy and strongly recommended removing the ovaries given that I am 50 and my periods have been irregular my whole life. He also recommended the sentinel lymph node biopsies during the surgery. He is board certified and gets amazing reviews in the area and will be doing the surgery with Da Vinci robot. I am scheduled for surgery on September 30th and my preop is on the 23rd.

I am still extremely nervous and the doctor was very matter of fact with just giving me the stats of 40%+ having cancer found during the surgery. I pressed a bit and asked if it was there, would it be early and he said “not necessarily”. He did say that cancer could be treated but yeah… didn’t help much at the moment.

I did speak with my general Gyn’s nurse and she pulled up the full surgical report from the D&C. It confirms that there were two polyps that were removed but the lining was thin and there was not much additional lining to sample. Hopefully that’s a good thing?