Well after my close escape with the endoscopy,I got dressed and went to see the consultant.He told me that i had a benign liver tumour probably caused by being on the pill.He told me that it wouldnt turn cancerous,it wasnt likely to get much bigger and it wouldnt rupture. He said it wouldnt really cause me any problems so it was upto me if i wanted to have it removed.
He told me go home and research it on the net and come back in a couple of weeks and tell him if i wanted it removed.He explained that it was a major operation but the decision was upto me.
I went home(with a big smile on my face cos yeah i didnt have cancer).I researched it and decided to have it removed.My reason for this at this point was mainly cosmetic because i looked half pregnant.It was also starting to cause some discomfort and i was suffering from constant indegestion.which i was told was due to the lump growing near my stomach.
I went back to see the consultant 2 weeks later(this was the beginning of May) l and told him i had decided to have it removed.He said i could have it done whenever(basically there was no rush) we decided that i would have it done in September so the kids would be back in school and I wanted to take them away on holiday in summer.
So for the next 4 months life carried on as normal,I went to work almost every day,had a few days off with aches and pains but overall felt really well.I lost a few more pounds which made the lump stick out more.I also started to feel very tired and was in bed by 10 most nights but was generally feeling ok.
I went for my pre op in the middle of August.Had all the usual tests etc etc,they also went over the risks of the op and said there was about a 5% mortality rate.This shocked me because i had been told previously that it was only about 1-2%.
At this point i changed my mind,decided i would wait for the kids to be older and as the consultant had told me the op wasnt necessary i decided to not have it done.I cancelled my time off work,told my sis in law who was going to move in to look after the girls that i wouldnt be needing her after all(the only thing i didnt cancel was the op itself).Every one tried to change my mind but i was sure i was doing the right thing,as a single parent i decided that the kids needed me more than i needed to have the operation.
A few days before i was supposed to have the op(i still hadnt cancelled it at this point) i changed my mind again(well i am a woman and thats what we do!) so i re-booked my time off work and sorted out the kids, i even wrote a guide for my sis in law entitled the smooth running of essgirls house.I wrote down what the kids eat,when they go to bed,what they are allowed to do even to what day the rubbish goes out.So with all this done I went off to have my Liver resection.
To be continued......
