Meeting Dr. Del Carmen

On Tuesday January 22, I saw Dr Marcela Del Carmen, Gynecological Oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital. All she knew of me at this point was an ultrasound and now a face. So when she looked at me and said “you’re too young for cancer” I flatly said “But I’ve already had it.”

Based on the ultrasound she didn’t seem too concerned. So, we came away thinking there was a good chance it was benign (hoping it was the same thing my mom had). She scheduled a CT scan and a blood test for later that day and surgery was scheduled for 1/29. It was supposed to be a laparoscopic removal of my left ovary. However, I had to consent to the fact that Dr. Del Carmen could not truly know what was going on until she got in there. She warned me that if she found cancer she’d have to “open me up and take everything”.