Pathology showed no ovarian tissue on the small piece that Dr. Miller removed. Bummer. It was identified as a fibrovascular bundle. This is what he went looking for and what he removed. He believed that it contained ovarian tissue. Fingers crossed that the Lupron had suppressed the hormone so that it wouldn't show up on the pathology.
He found no endo. He had me wide open and there is very clearly no endo. We will repeat the bloodwork and consult a reproductive endocrinologist and setup a co-appointment. He also consulted another doctor in his practice and they agree that I'm not making sense. Imagine that! I'm his difficult child.
We'll wait 4 weeks to see if any of my estrogen symptoms return. If I start having symptoms again, we'll repeat the imaging and bloodwork to try to find out where it is coming from.
The mass that appeared on previous scans was nothing. He assumes that it was just the way it was laying and scar tissue on the first CT. On the most recent CT, when I had a "full fecal load", it must have been stretched out because it no longer looked like a mass.
My next visit with Dr. Miller is scheduled for next week. My hot flashes seem to be calming down a bit. I'm afraid that's because the estrogen is returning!
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