Cyst update

Good thoughts and prayers coming your way, Glenda. Since you're 3 hrs. ahead of me, hopefully as I'm typing this you're in recovery and everything is fine. []
 
Joyce

WAHOOOOOOOO!!!   I AM PAIN FREE!!
 
That was a strange procedure.  First they got me settled on the table, on my belly since it was easier to go in through my back....popped me in the CT tube and let it do it's thing, then brought me out, marked my back, sterilized, draped, blah, blah, blah, then numbed me up.  THAT part hurt because he didn't just numb the surface but down into the tissues.  He had asked me before we started if I wanted a sedative....nah, I'm a tough old broad, and also told me if the fluid was crystal clear there would be no need to test it, but if it was cloudy at all or bloody, they'd send it to the lab.  Now, it didn't HURT, but I could FEEL the needle (about 5 inches long!) in my body.  The first syringe was rather a bright red and I very calmly said...."so, guess that ones going to the lab huh?"  Poor doctor was shocked that I was so calm about it, and even said as much.  He tried to tell me that it was nothing to worry about, he probably caused the bleeding with the needle.....and I told him that I wasn't particularly worried......we'd find out soon enough if I needed to panic.
 
Sooooo.....three trips into the scanner and three needle insertions AND about 50 cc's worth of fluid later, I was done.  Then they made me hang around in recovery for a couple hours, but, at least they fed me.  And I ate a LOT!!
 
The not so terrific news is that if it comes back they'll aspirate again, but also try to kill the cells in the walls of the cyst that cause it to fill....and that involves "some pretty toxic stuff".  So, we'll just hope the danged thing decides that I'm not a very hospitable host and stays away! []

Yay, I'm glad that's over!!  I am so darn needle phobic, that just reading about your procedure made me feel lightheaded [].  Last year I had to have a needle biopsy of my thyroid.  I can mentally zone out of stuff like that if I can't see it, but there was no way I could NOT see that syringe [X(].  Anyway, glad you made it thru and feel so much better.  Hopefully, you won't have to deal with it ever again.

Wow!! Glad that's over with and you're feeling better..... I was actually surprised it was *only* 50 cc's or so, it just sounded so much bigger!  I suppose in the wrong place even much less fluid will cause some serious pain. 
 
I hope that whatever the labs are testing for come back in a good way and the nasty cysts aer going to stay away!  Hope you aren't sore from the big ol' needles!

I just read this post today. Glad to hear your doing better, I always seem to read your post, you share some great wisdom about the 4 legged friends.
I had two 10 cm fiberoid tumors removed along with my uterus. What pain it was, couldn't hold a cup of water in my bladder. Anyways thank god it worked out.
Wendy  

Oh, I so glad it's over. and that you are pain free. Get some rest today

A tiny little part of me is worried about the blood in the syringe....but, worry isn't going to change anything so I'll not waste the energy worrying about it until I NEED to........I hope anyway!
 
I have a tiny bit of soreness at the insertion site, but not really enough to bother me....I don't feel it unless something touches it, so that's a good thing.
 
50 cc's doesn't sound like a huge amount, but it was a pretty impressive amount when I saw it coming out!  Or rather when he laid the full syringes down!  And, I'm teeny tiny on the inside.  Everything inside is very tightly packed and there just flat isn't room to spare in there.  I've always had issues with not being able to eat a "normal" meal without being uncomfortable and heaven forbid I don't have my usual morning movement.....I'm uncomfortable allllll day.  So I guess for my little area, that was a pretty huge amount.
 
The best thing is that the pain is simply GONE.  It's wonderful, but it feels a little wierd....like something is missing!  I'm so used to having my fist in my back when I walk that I keep catching myself doing that!
 
IF it comes back, at least I'll KNOW what's going on this time.  And I won't wait.  I relearned a valuable lesson from this.....LISTEN to my body and don't believe docs when they  say it isn't supposed to hurt! []

And I won't wait. I relearned a valuable lesson from this.....LISTEN to my body and don't believe docs when they say it isn't supposed to hurt!

 
You know it!
 
I remember you saying before you were short-waisted, so it does make more sense that smaller amounts of fluid would cause more pain.  I was just relating to the idea that my surgeon (ie, my boss) takes out literally buckets of tumors from some patients.  It's baffling where exactly stuff like that hides.  Though I'm not sure how much pain it causes the patients, it can't be that bad or the tumors would have been caught when smaller.  But it's good that you only had fluid and not anything worse!
 
Isn't it miraculous that the doctors can just take the pain 100% completely away?  That must be just the greatest feeling ever, no real residual pain but just gone.  Good for you, and best wishes that the labs come back clean!

[sm=clapping%20hands%20smiley.gif]Glad everything came out OK. We'll keep the good thoughts coming.
 
Joyce