HYSTERECTOMY: I HAVE A SURGERY DATE

2019-08-28 · YouTube · Foodie Beauty · 13 min

Chantal (Foodie Beauty) announces she has a surgery date for a planned total hysterectomy to remove two large serous/ovarian tumors. She was booked for surgery on October 3rd and is in pre-op; the team expects a vertical laparotomy rather than a laparoscopic/robotic or vaginal approach because of the cysts' size and complexity and her body habitus. She is on anticoagulant therapy following pulmonary emboli diagnosed in May and reports a follow-up chest CT showed the clots are almost gone. The ovarian masses are about 17 cm each and resemble a previously removed borderline serous tumor; the plan is removal and biopsy, and saving the ovaries is unlikely. She plans to document the hysterectomy journey, may have her mom film parts of the hospital visit, and hopes to lose a small amount of weight (mentions ~10 lb) before surgery. She also discusses relationship considerations and recovery expectations (hospital stay of a few days, ~6 weeks estimated recovery).