Large Ovarian Cyst
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I had an emergency Laparotomy to remove very large Ovarian Cyst along with the ovary it was attached to on 25th September last year. It was the largest my surgeon had seen in his career - 35cms diameter and held 9 litres of fluid!! A lot of you will wonder how/why i let it get to that size without doing anything about it. I thought it was my hernia (i had an umbilical hernia anyway for a couple years previous to this and the doctor wanted to leave it) and i was frightened quite honestly.
I went through a bad time after the operation, 6 days in ITU, then got a bad infection in my wound. I then had to go back to surgery to have the wound opened and cleaned - the wound was left open and measured roughly 10x10x10cm (length, width, depth). I was then put onto VAC therapy to heal the open wound rather than stapleing it back up, which i was able to go home with and have district nurses come to redress the wound every 2/3 days for about 6 weeks when the wound was small enough to be packed and dressed. My overall experience has been good though since being on the VAC, i healed extremely quickly, had very little pain/discomfort. My wound is now totally healed, although my tummy and belly button look a little strange and always will Life is now back to normal, thank goodness!
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