Surgery no. 4 (Hysterectomy)
The average lifetime risk of ovarian cancer is around 1.3%. My lifetime risk hangs out at about 5% because of my ATM gene mutation. Uterine cancer risk for the general population is around 2.8% while my risk could be up to 12%. (My risk for breast cancer was up to four times higher than the general population.) Those risk factors combined with the prospect of ditching one of my cancer treatment meds (my monthly injection I now have to order across the country and take at home) have lead me and my oncologists to decide I'm getting a hysterectomy at the end of November. Bonus: I won't have to go through menopause again! This will be my fourth surgery related to cancer. In 2023 I had my mastectomy and in 2024 I had reconstruction followed shortly by another surgery to take out tissue that became infected at my abdominanal tissue "donation site." I'm feeling thankful to have insurance (I max out my deductible every January thanks to the aforementioned mont...