The gyno office called, laparoscopic surgery will be Aug 13, pre-op appt is next week Aug 6. I did not know that it is considered outpatient but I DO have to stay overnight? Goodness! At the pre-op we have to decide what I want him to do while he's "in there" - it may be obvious, like if everything needs to "come out". Otherwise, it may be up to us - up to ME. I have no idea at this point what I want to do! I'm done having kids so that's not a consideration, just don't know how a hysterectomy would affect me. Then again, eliminating that source of pain might ease up the IBS a bit (if it turns out to be the congested vein thing). I'm pretty blown away at the possibility of ovarian cancer, though. Even when the CT scan showed "abnormalities" around the ovaries I didn't so much see that as even in the realm of possibility. But the symptoms are identical to IBS and some women have been previously misdiagnosed with IBS (yep) gastritis (yep) depression and/or anxiety (had a little of that lately) when it turns out that they had ovarian cancer! Good night!
Well, honestly this can be overwhelming, but the Lord is giving me a peace - in church Sunday morning our Pastor taught from 2 Chron 20, and how Jehoshophat responded to pressure. He had us repeat part of his prayer out loud over and over, "We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You". I've been meditating on that prayer and I am confident that whatever the outcome of all of this, it will be for His glory and our good!
Thank you so much for your prayers, if you pray for me please pray for
- confidence in decision making
- calm sense of assurance, for Eric too
- we will have a good testimony through all this
- no cancer
- kids to be fine at my mother's during week of surgery
- quick recovery
- IBS not to worsen during all this, hey maybe even improve!
Thanks so much for giving me a place to talk openly about all this. Love you guys! 
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Take care,
Michelle
...the greatest of these is LOVE. (I Cor 13)
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