Ireallyneedtonamechangeforthis ·
23/05/2019 23:58
Sorry if this is a really stupid question - it's the middle of the night in hospital and I've stupidly managed to tie myself in knots on google while everyone else is asleep, and would be very grateful for some facts.
Today I had an ovary removed due to a complex cyst. It's still possible that it may be benign. In fact, the surgeon said after the operation that his money was on it being either benign or borderline, but obviously we don't know until the lab results come back in a few weeks.
If it's malignant, then he'll take out the other ovary and the uterus too. However, I have just read that the 5 year survival rate for Stage 1 ovarian cancer is 93 per cent. If everything has been removed and the cancer was confined to the ovary, what is happening to the other 7 per cent of women? Is it that the cancer is coming back somewhere else in the body? Or is it that it's often a problem for older women, and this combined with the risk to your heart means that they die of something else in those 5 years? DH and I have already accepted that we are going to be having a bit of a lifestyle overhaul either way due to the cardio-vascular disease issue - more exercise, less wine, less chocolate, etc... Thanks very much for your help in advance.