Anniversary

Gina would have loved it ... if what she was initially told after the first surgery, turned out to be true.

One year ago today, Gina went in for routine keyhole surgery to remove what was thought to be a benign ovarian cyst. When she came round after surgery, she found out that they'd had to open her up, which was a blow, but she was told that it was all done. 

If only that had been true. 

A little while later, the surgeon appeared, to drop the bombshell that he'd burst the cyst and then found what he thought was cancer, and just sewed her back up. That news came without anybody else present, leaving Gina to call us in tears, as her life was turned upside down, starting a nine-month rollercoaster that none of us were prepared for.

If only the cyst hadn't  been burst, or the scans had been interpreted more effectively. Perhaps, just perhaps things might have turned out differently.