My Best Friend

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Registered: 10-12-2005
My Best Friend
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Tue, 05-23-2006 - 12:59pm
Hi everyone,
I wrote on the Ovarian Cancer board too but just found this one. My best friend went to the hospital yesterday for a gastric bypass surgery but instead, doctors found a 15 lb. cyst on one of her ovaries. They removed it along with that ovary. She woke up, heard the news and is in good spirits but I think it hasnt hit her yet that they just took an enormous mass out of her body and no one ever saw it coming or knew it was there. Needless to say, the bypass was put on the backburner and they will be testing the cyst for cancerous cells. They said it was a good thing she went for the other surgery because if she had decided against it, the cyst might have burst and we could have lost her.
On top of everything, she turned 25 yesterday so it was her birthday and I think she's so brave. She is an absolute fighter.
She and I have been best friends since the second she was born-we always say that:-) We feel more like sisters instead of just best friends. Our moms are best friends too.
Thanks for listening. :-)
Jen in RI
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Registered: 03-22-2003
In reply to: jen71379
Tue, 05-23-2006 - 3:27pm

Hi Jen and welcome to the board, I am so sorry to hear about your friend, what a shock it was for her and all of you to go into surgery for one thing and come back out with something totally different.

Judy

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