Ovarian Cancer Support Group

I'm so pleased you have decided to stay with our group.. and it did start out as being a suspected ovarian cancer. I have also noticed that other cancer groups aren't as close as ours.. perhaps it's because we are all women here.. The pre op is fine.. injections are easy and not as bad as I remember them to be years ago.. I think they use smaller needles these days.. so nothing to worry about there.. You might feel ok when you wake up, people often do.. I was muddle headed for a bit and tried to pull all the needles out and felt a bit sick.. but that soon passes and you really don't care at that point what others might think.. The pain killers are great these days too.. I am so pleased they are acting so quickly and wish you all the very best.. Please let us all know how it goes and of any other concerns you might have.. Big hug to you.. Inka xxx

You'll be so doped up you won't feel a thing. Even afterwards I did not have much pain at all. Never took the pain meds they gave. You just have to be careful and try not to do much afterwards while you heal. Don't worry about a thing. You will be fine. Much luck to you.

I'm not the best person to talk to about surgical pain since I was in a coma for about 10 days after my surgery. I did learn that I was given morphine for almost three weeks. I felt absolutely no pain at all and really appreciated this. Of course, I had some soreness for a while afterwards. I still have soreness from internal scar tissue. Dealing with pain is a question you can discuss with your doctor ahead of time. Also, ask for any pain relief that you need.

Prayers and hugs to you - Janet

Thank you guys very much for sharing your experience. I feel better now about it. I guess I am ready to face my surgery.
It is interesting though what kind of reaction you get from real life people when you tell them that you have (had) cancer? I was surprised how people around me responded to my my cancer news.
Some of them were very supportive, wished me fastest recovery. Some of them looked at me like I got a contagious disease and ran away.
Thank you guys again, I wish you long cancer free life,
Russian

I love the 'real life people' bit.... What does that make us lot then??? I do know what you mean though, about peoples reactions. I'm one of those people that told very few about what I was going through.. Just those closest to me and those that needed to know. I feel like I have enough with my own reactions and emotions to deal with, without taking on other peoples fears and phobias.. The real friends will always shine through.. xxx

You know I played World of Warcraft online game for so long so that I use words and expressions accepted in this game community. In my game when you say RL (real life) it means life outside web space. It does not mean though that people that you communicate via internet are unreal.
Thank you for your answer, I did not mean to offend you,
Russian

I wasn't offended.. I thought it made sense in an interesting way.. I love playing with words and using them in different ways.. xxxxxx

I wouldn't worry yourself about the pain of the actual surgery. You have a tough road ahead, but will have professionals helping you along the way. What I've learned is "don't be afraid to ask for help!"

I recall that as I came out of surgery (never had any prior to this) all these people were standing there. My entire family, plus a few friends. I kept saying, "am I going to die soon?" and must have been repeating it over and over as I remember my son actually laughing when I said it once and him saying "no, Mom, you aren't going to die soon!" It's the unknown factors that are so scary...so learn as much as you can and have advocates there to ask for you, if you can't! Least of all, don't worry about acting like a wimp in front of people! Yikes! You will live to enjoy some moments, and none of us knows how many we have. Those of us with cancer, however, have learned the lesson to enjoy what we can.
I will be thinking of you and thinking of you, sweetie.

Thank you very much guys for supporting me and sharing your experience and making me feel better.
I am having my surgery tomorrow at 12 pm ET. After thet we'll see.
Good luck to you all, complete recovery and happiness.
With love,
Russian.

Guys I am back from the hospital and now reading your hugs and best wishes you've sent me. Thank you very much for your support. You are so wonderful!
My surgery went very well, the surgeon was great, he was able to remove everything ( there was one metastasis but it was not attached to any organs, it was in the fat tissue). He looked very pleased after my surgery because my CT scans and MRI looked much worse, like i needed one ovary and uterus removal in addition to a part of my colon).
So now I am just healing at home for 3 weeks. Then I am supposed to start chemo.
I feel good, very hopeful, thankful for your support.
With love,
Russian