WHEW! It's Benign, Can I Describe My Relief?by Heather Long | More from this Blogger 01 Mar 2007 06:30 PM My doctor just called, they got the pathology back on the biopsy they performed on the tissue removed when they removed my ovary and fallopian tube. It's all 100% benign. I feel like a tremendous weight has been lifted off my shoulders. I didn't realize just how much I was stressing over this until he called. There is a history of uterine cancer in my family and when they said the mass was so bad they had to remove the ovary in its entirety - well, yes I grew afraid. But It's Benign It's benign which means it's not cancer and that means I don't have to do chemotherapy or worry about it recurring - especially since they removed all the affected tissue. I still have to take it easy and avoid too much physical activity. Starting next week, I can walk for a few minutes each day - provided that I don't become winded. He said to limit myself to 15-minute strolls and I'm good with that. I'll be incorporating my recovery into my fitness blogs and my recommendations. It will take some time before I'm back up to my previous level of fitness, but I'm not worried about yesterday, instead, I'm looking at tomorrow. Tomorrow is Another Day Tomorrow is another day and it's useless to sit here and feel powerless about what you used to do versus what you can do now. Instead, it's important to focus on healing the body and repairing the spirit. I want to say thank you to every single person that offered me a prayer or their good wishes. A very kind pastor came in to see me just before I had the surgery and he offered up this very wonderful prayer - I wish I could remember how it all went, but all I remember is the wonderful warmth I felt as he said the words and held my hand. I have experienced a great deal from the kindness of strangers and friends over the last few weeks, so thank you from the bottom of my heart. Today, I had a great weight lifted when I found out that the mass was benign and to make it even better, I even got to take a shower (I was starting to offend myself). So today was a great day - thank you for all the thoughts, the prayers, the wonderful warm wishes and more - thank you, thank you, thank you and thank you! Related Articles: Dear Heather ... How Are You Coping with Your Medical Problems? Update: My Ordeal & What the Doctor Said Well, Here I Am Again ...Learn more about Heather Long  Heather Long is 35 years old and currently lives in Wylie, Texas. She has been a freelance writer for six years. Her husband and she met while working together at America Online over ten years ago. Relevantfitness tags weight loss | parenting | ideas | holidays | family | relationships | Food | Kids | children | pregnancy User Comments  Heather Long (16954) 02 Mar 2007 10:05 AMThank you! I slept great last night because of this. I didn't realize how on edge I was about the results until they came in and it's funny because we're all smiling here today. Community Tags benign, cancer, results, recovery, surgery Discuss this article
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