Good morning Helen,

Thank you so much for your reply. I spoke with a physician yesterday, who is filling in for my doctor who is currently on vacation. She told me that she had already sent a referral to the GYN/ONC department, so hopefully I will be speaking with them soon. I do have a copy of the pathology report, and it is indeed quite confusing in spots - especially the marker terminology, so I will def. have questions about the terminology.

I wish I could have children, but they told me I was walking a fine line between being menopausal and post-menopausal. One of the biggest risk factors I have right now is obesity. I have been told that I am indeed a candidate for robotic/laparoscopic surgery, but it seems whenever I breach the subject, they shy away from it. I am going to strongly press for it now. I am conscientiously dieting and have lost a fair amount of weight, and my goal is to lose at least 10-20% of my overall weight. Hopefully they will see that as an indication I am serious about getting this surgery and that I am doing everything I can on my end to get this excess weight off.

I will give the GYN/ONC today to get back to me. If I don't hear from them, I will give them a call tomorrow. I keep reminding myself that my doctor did tell my husband that "she got it all", and that the muscle underneath the concerning area was clean, pink and without discoloration or erosion. It did sound positive, so I am hoping that is an indication of everything as a whole.

Many, many thanks and blessings to you. I will report back when I have some more info.

Andrea