In May of ’23, Namine started to experience pain in their abdomen. That — to make a pretty long story quite short — led to the discovery of a cyst on their right ovary. During the surgery to remove it, the surgical team found that the entire ovary, fallopian tube, and right half of the uterus needed to be removed.
Namine is now experiencing pain on the left side of their abdomen, which they describe as the same as it was on the right side. It’s possible this pain may have come from the hernia that exists there, but it was more likely that the remaining reproductive organs are in distress. Consequently, we scheduled an MRI scan to make sure.
Under normal circumstances, a pelvic floor MRI does not require sedation. The patient must lay completely still for an extended period of time — typically no longer than an hour — but it is not invasive and does not require the patient be unconscious. Unfortunately for Namine, keeping their legs still causes them to hurt unless they can be moved around. Since that is not an option, the only alternative is to sedate them for the procedure.
This post is dated on the exact day Namine had the MRI, but I’m adding here the results that we’ve since received after the MRI was completed and reviewed by hospital staff.
It’s confirmed that Namine does have a cyst on the left ovary, same as existed on the right. That, if nothing else, require them to have surgery. They will remove only the cyst if possible, but it’s more likely that the entire ovary will be removed. If that’s the case, then the entire reproductive system will be removed: not only the ovary, but the fallopian tube and the remaining part of the uterus, as well.
Just as we didn’t know what the previous surgery held in store until doctors had Namine on the operating table, we don’t know what the resolution to all this will be until they’re in surgery. All we can do now is hope and pray, since so much is unknown and, for the time being, unknowable.
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