Update yet again

Good Evening, Hope you had a good weekend. My PCP called me today with the Contrast CAT Scan report from yesterday. The CT confirmed that I have a " urachus remanent" (cyst) on my bladder. Mary has no clue what will be next. Since it is rare to find this in an adult. Most generally infants and toddlers are affected by it. It all depends on how things go on Friday when I have the cystoscopy @ Dean Clinic w/Dr. Hahnfeld. Mary believes that I will need to have this removed. Which of course isn't very encouraging. Everything that I have found online suggests/states that it will need to be removed. As for how it is removed hasn't said. The recovery time has varied from the reports I have read. I have read 3 adult cases online. And I'm praying that I DON'T have to have surgery. THis "cyst" is connected from my bladder to my umbilicus (where my umbilical cord was). In most cases this goes away after birth. In some cases it lays dormant (like it has with me) and never causes problems - until just recently in my case. Since my WLS. Why? Who knows. I have had quite a few bladder infections over the last 3 months. I have had problems with urinating. And my latest problem has went from one extreme to the other. I hope that I can get some answers Friday. Dr. Hahnfeld is a very very good urologist. James has seen her few times w/his kidney stones he has had. I also know few other people that work w/her who have said the same thing - that she is an excellent dr. Keeping my fingers crossed!!! As for my liver the CT didn't shed anymore light if there is a cyst there too. According to the CT report there is "xyz such and such" LOL....which is a cyst but doesn't give any details about it. I have a ultrasound Wed./tomorrow to find more out about that. Dr. Sunby's PA (WLS surgeon) didn't think that the cyst on my liver was any big deal. When she spoke with Dr. Sunby about it his comments were "I was just in there 3 months ago and her liver was perfectly normal". When I told my PCP this shewas upset w/his comment. Her thinking is that "so what if it wasn't there. It is there now and it needs to be checked out". Sdoes have a very good point. So I have that test tomorrow. I am hoping to know something after my Friday morning appt.

Good luck when you meet with the urologist. If surgery is recommended, go with it. Anything is better than having the bladder retention that you've been experiencing. Surgeons are doing wonderful things now i.e. hysterectomies done vaginally etc. Maybe there is an easy procedure to take this cyst out. When I asked you before if you have had problems with your bladder in the past and you just didn't recognize it, you said that "no" you hadn't been having problems. It just seemed like sometime it was "hard to go" or "hard peeing on demand". Gala - ding, ding, ding. Sounds like that was how this little cyst was treating you all these years. You were just used to it and didn't realize that it was abnormal. This was just a way of life for you. It sounds like this WLS is a blessing to you in more ways than just the weight loss. IF you hadn't had WLS you would have continued to struggle with the inconvenience of the cyst. Who knows if it would have turned cancerous or caused kidney damage. Hang in there Gala. Remember these struggles and challenges are supposed to occur so we can grow stronger. Remember that your Heavenly Father loves you and wants what is best for you. We don't always understand all the details or the reasons but HE does. Keep us posted. Melody