Hello, I am new to this site and will be undergoing surgery this Friday and have my right ovary removed. I am 30 years old, married, a full time student, work, and have 2 children and am worried on the emotional after math of it all. Typically I'm not an overly emotional person but lately I feel like I've been very emotional about losing my ovary.
Three years ago I suffered a stroke. Due to my stroke I was told that birth control or extra estrogen could promote another stroke so I elected to have my fallopian tubes removed as to not have to worry about birth control. I didn't notice any significant change, just a couple of added lbs but that was it.
This however has had a significant impact on me and I'm trying to understand why. Am I being ridiculous or overly emotional? I have enlarged cysts on my right ovary and my ovary is flipped. The pain has gotten progressively worse to the point where it was debilitating. As I mentioned before my surgery is this Friday. My worry is if i'm feeling emotional about it now. How am I going to feel later. I've read many forums on this and the emotional impact scares me more than anything.
Do you have any suggestions or insights? Please help. Thank you in advanced.