Another day, another doctor
General July 3rd, 2009I saw another doctor yesterday for a second opinion on the course of treatment. Of course, just because this isn’t confusing enough, her opinon was different from the other doctor - her suggestion is a hysterectomy right away, but letting me keep my ovaries. After the hysterectomy then I could to IVF stimulation, collect the eggs, and put the embryos in a gestational carrier (surrogate). It’s probably the suggestion that makes the most sense, especially as the risk of my own pregnancy seems too high, and it takes away the biggest risk - that there are cancer cells left behind in the uterus that could grow with time or with hormones (from IVF or pregnancy). We have a telephone consultation with a US gyn-onc expert next week, and hopefully we will start moving towards a consensus.
Checking in on the stress management (ha!):
- Finished watching Stripes
- Read a few pages of Rabbit at Rest
- Played “Brain Power” on the Nintendo DS
- Had coffee with my friend S (who is the one who found the second opinion doctor)
- Meditation before sleep
- Drank green tea (a yucky one that I have decided to throw out)
I was officially back to work yesterday, slowly getting back in the swing of things. Sounds like other than a quick trip to London in 2 weeks I won’t travel much before summer vacation, which is fabulous.
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July 3rd, 2009 at 4:40 pm
Seems like you have found a somewhat reasonable compromise. It’s hard to make a decision between your health and your hearts desire. But, it’s better not to take chances with your health, so that you will be able to enjoy your hearts desire sometime in the near future
In some ways, this opinion makes it easy between you and your husband to come to a decision about what you want to do about having children. If you decided to have your own child to make your husband happened and God forbid something happened, then he would feel horribly and you would probably resent him for pushing you in that direction. Sometimes bad news can be something that clarifies your world, maybe not for the best, but it allows you to make the best decision where you wouldn’t of necessarily done what you need to do. I don’t know if that makes sense, but I’m rooting for you 
I think you are doing fabulously. Thank you for continuing to share your journey with us.
July 3rd, 2009 at 11:45 pm
Have you told them at work? The upside is more consideration. The downside is they may view you differently.
Hugs
Shari