About a month ago I had a very bad pain in my right ovary area, which I thought was strange because I haven't had a cycle since my first chemo treatment almost 2 years ago. Then i started spotting... it was time for my annual girlie exam so I mentioned it to my primary care doc who immediately ordered an ultra sound... a week later I received a call informing me that my lining was excessively thick and I had a 6cm complex cyst on my right ovary. I was referred to a Gyno oncologist and my entire world started spinning before me. At work we had just lost a client to ovarian cancer the Sunday before the call I received that Monday.
I called my oncologist right away and she got me in with one of the top Gyno oncologist. I decided on a complete abdominal hyterectomy, I wasn't taking any chances considering the side effects of Tamoxifen.
I had my surgery on Sept 7th and thank goodness everything came back benign!!! I am healing well, 30 staples removed and finally able to sleep on my side
I have been off of Tamoxifen for about a month now and ive noticed that I do not have any
more muscle or joint pain, I'm less moody and ive lost 8 pounds
I know I'm gonna have to go back on something when I go see my oncologist this week. So sad that the things that help us fight this dreaded disease take so much from us.