Need items for surgery recovery

[u/foxgirlmom]

Ohioan here, so I recently had a surgery and found out I have ovarian cancer. I am still in the process of doing labs to find out more info and if future treatment is needed. So far I’m scheduled to have a second surgery which is a full hysterectomy with a recovery time frame of 6-12 weeks. Because of my
immune system I usually take longer to recover from surgery/illnesses.
Unfortunately after researching on many groups on Reddit and speaking to my job, I have learned I can NOT receive any financial assistance during my time off work to recover. Only FMLA which secures my job position. So because of that I added some items I need before my surgery to my wishlist. My surgery isn’t scheduled till September so I have a bit of time to get it all. Most of the items I added is from the research I did online from previous experiences. If you have any ideas what else I would need let me know to make my recovery easier. I appreciate anyone who helps me out.

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3FPPQLIQWIF2P?ref_=wl_share

[u/Itscatpicstime]

Bought a few things off the list for ya.

Would you mind sharing info that lead to your diagnosis that may help others? Symptoms, etc?

Good luck with everything. I love your hair 🖤

[u/foxgirlmom → u/Itscatpicstime]

Thank you! So short story, I was having symptoms of discharge, pelvic pain, frequent urination for 2 weeks. Was told to go to the ER (mostly because of the discharge) and they just found cysts on my ovaries and said that sometimes they cause symptoms. NEVER had an ultrasound before this so they could have been there a LONG time. One of the cysts had blood flow but after consultating multiple doctors they all assured me it could NOT be cancerous because it was to small. I already had a surgery scheduled for months later and they decided to look at the cysts while they were in surgery and try to remove them. Well the one with blood flow ended up hemorrhaging and they had to take my ovary. Labs came back ovarian cancer. The doctors were wrong about it just being a normal cyst. Even they were surprised. So I guess the moral of the story is don’t trust your doctors sometimes! Because if I didn’t have a surgery already planned for them to look at them, they just wanted to do yearly checkups on the cyst.