to reiterate: my wife's been having a FUCKING time with Occult Endomitriosis

which basically means she's got all the fucking symptoms but there's no fucking evidence when she got opened up

and they removed iirc one ovary, the fallopian tube and her appendix, but Lefty got left behind

but now lefty is developing a cyst and the tube is wrapping around it and it's just going as hard as it can fucking up for elle, so now it looks like at the very least the tube will need removing, if not the entire ovary

and the tube also had a fluid blockage which apparently might have been caused by the previous post-op infection

oh no 8( wishing her a MUCH BETTER time with this surgery

LUCKILY she is going to a different hospital this time, and her surgeon is fucking amazing and not charging her for this follow-up surgery, plus our insurance means she's already paid up on the hospital excess so we're not paying out of pocket for that again

well thank fuck for that at least. Man, she's sure having a time

hope this goes absolutely textbook perfect for her

Oh no! I hope this surgery goes a lot better than the last one

the thing is the surgery did go perfectly, bc her doctor is damn fucking good at her job, it was all the hospital follow-up that fucked us over

i've already booked in time off for the week after her surgery

Well hopefully THAT goes much better this time then

Oh no, that sounds awful. I'm glad it'll be okay financially. I hope she recovers well and fully this time!

fucking hell

I'm so sorry

fingers double triple crossed

our biggest concern is that it'll lead to a double oophrectomy, so no ovaries, which will lead to a lot of massively increased symptoms of menopause a lot earlier in her life

Oh shit I feel that so hard, I had lefty removed because of a giant cyst and now righty is doing the giant cyst thing again

Hoping for the best for y'all!

Thank you for the occult endometriosis phrasing because now I have lots of new questions to ask my doctor!

no elle i'm the only one allowed to cause you pain

tell your body to knock it off

jfc I hope this one goes smoothly and infection-free!

Oh my god

Airdra i love that "occult" is a technical medical term meaning "we can't fucking see it"

Holy shit! Best of luck to you both

oh wow jeez. I wish the best for her and hope she'll pull out of this complication free

I'm just over here like "evil spirits, got it"

"cursed ovaries sounds about right"

BASICALLY

i first learned it in context of occult fractures where there's definitely pain from a broken bone but it's not showing up on xrays

this might be my first time encountering the term, I was off googling that so fast

"ohshit that sounds super relatable I need more info"

full disclosure i am literally just slapping medical terms together so

I Am Not A Doctor

it did bring up some results when I searched! And it is an angle of discussion lol

\o/

I was told basically that it was just a little endometriosis that destroyed the left ovary so it's not like I'm pulling "maybe it's endometriosis" out of nowhere in my case lol

"hey doc could there be more that cannot be seen" seems like a valid line of questioning lol

the problem with adhesions (possible from endo) is that they don't fucking show up on ultrasounds

so usually the only way to verify their existence is by invasive surgery

endo is the worst....

between my wife and my job i am accruing so much medical trivia

jeez i'm really hoping this goes well for her and that this hospital doesn't royally fuck up like the last one

ugh that's awful, I'm sorry she's going through this! hope it all goes well

oh no all the fingers crossed here for no fuckups