Surprise Surgery!!!

Winter Break quickly approached this year, and I was eagerly looking forward to taking a break from my daily life stressors. I spent a week in Arizona with my family and friends and then hopped on a plane to Colorado to spend the rest of my break with family! However, my trip in Colorado took a turn for the worst on the first day of the New Year. I was experiencing extreme pain that landed me in the emergency room, yay! I spent that night in the hospital that evening and woke up the next day wanting to go back home. Feeling like an 80 year old, the doctors pried me out of bed and asked me to take a walk up and down the hall before I was able to be released. The moment I got back from that mini walk I knew something was terribly wrong. The pain I was feeling earlier came back much worse than it had before. The next thing I know I am being rushed into emergency surgery to remove a large ovarian cyst that I was diagnosed with a month before.

There is a positive side to this of course. My ovary was saved! The way that the cyst had twisted was cutting off the blood flow to my ovary, which is NEVER a good thing. The bad thing is that I am a terrible patient. I hate sitting in one place for any amount longer than a few hours, and I especially hate being in pain. I also have discovered Morphine makes me a meanie!

I am recovering at home now and feeling much better that my ovary is now no longer in danger. I also gave the pictures of my cyst to my mother to frame since the cyst is the only grandchild she will be getting from me!


Rushing Recovery,
Taylor