I went back to the doctor for a post-op appointment today, and he said I look really good for just a week out of surgery. They took out the staples holding the incision together, and he said it looks to be healing well. The thing was a dermoid cyst, and weighed less than a pound; somehow, though, I lost 6 pounds, probably just from not eating and drinking. The doctor said he sees 5-6 of these cysts a year, so I'm not such an anomaly I guess.

The best news? The tumor was benign! I think I always knew it was, but it helps to know for sure.

I can start closing the book on this saga. I need to wait about five weeks to feel totally "normal" again, but I should be able to have kids in the future and lead an otherwise normal life, huzzah!

This whole thing has really shown me how lucky I am; lucky to have access to medical care, lucky to have caring family and friends, lucky to have an amazing husband, lucky to have a place to recover at, even lucky to have my two cats who didn't leave my side when I was in pain all day. I need to start giving back more for everything I have.

I know today was the inauguration, but we don't have cable at our place so I'm somewhat behind. I saw the swearing in online, but I'll have to look a little further to find out more.