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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just went through this. 15 cm "cyst" on my ovary that they were "cautiously optimistic" that it would be benign. I'm 46. I was really nervous about it. They did surgery with the plan that they would get in there and do some preliminary biopsy and decide during surgery what to do. Hoping that it was just a benign cyst and they could remove it and do a full hysterectomy (which is what I wanted). Good news is that is was benign and the cyst and hysterectomy was done robotically. The surgery recovery was not too bad - I had 4 small incisions around my upper waist. Obviously the instant menopause was a little tough, but it hasn't been too bad.

I'm hopeful that your experience will be the same! I think they always have to say there is a risk of cancer when there is a growth in the body, but I don't think they'd be willing to start with surgery unless there's a good chance it's benign. [/quote]

Wanted to add that this was all done based on ultrasound - no MRI. [/quote]

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