Twelve Centimeters...

...that's the diameter of the cyst hanging out on my ovary right now. My doctor chose to say that it is "bigger than a full term baby's head", but I guess you might expect that from someone who spends a lot of their time delivering babies. I searched my desk this morning for something that was about that size that's a little more relevant to my every day life and here's the best I found:

I realize that this is not completely accurate, considering the coke can is not a circle, but just imagine it is, and that would be a size of the cyst. So, needless to say, I will be having surgery. Not the pretty, easy to recover from, laproscopic surgery. No, this sucker is too big. I will be having the surgery where they make an incision like they would for a c-section. Not only is it bigger than a baby's head, I will now have a scar that makes it look like I've had a baby! Really, i'm just thankful to know what's going on inside of me. The doctor says everything looks pretty good. It doesn't appear like it is cancerous or any other kind of dangerous, so I'm at peace with having a plan to get it out.

On another note, Laura really wanted to name my kidney stone, when that's what the doctor thought this was. And now that we know what it really is, she still thinks it should be named. I still think it's a little strange, but if the right name came along, I just might go for it. Any suggestions?