Friday, January 30, 2009

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?

5 comments:

Laura said...

sarah welch!! i am so happy that you are having a contest to name the coke can inside of you!! but i do feel like i am entitled to win given the fact that i came up with the idea to name it! maybe you could ask your doctor for that picture of it and we'll make it a special frame :)

Amy H said...

Oh Sarah! That doesn't sound like fun, but it sounds like you have a good attitude about it all! I support naming it, and I bet if you took your own jar you could keep it. :) Kidding, of course. That would be gross.

Rebekah said...

your cyst might have hair and teeth inside of it...so naming it wouldn't be that weird...

lb said...

I definitely think something the size of a full-term baby deserves a name.

Team Davis said...

So sorry Sarah! That stinks! I developed a fibroid (like a cyst but has muscle tissure in it instead of fluid) while I was pregnant and it is the size of a tennis ball so I can realate. Dr. said it might flare up again if I have another baby, but she doesn't want to remove it until after I'm done having children since it is attached to my uterus. Glad you are getting better though! And I'm sure surgery on something the size of a baby is better than pushing it out! lol