So first off, I don’t have an official diagnosis. I’ll be going to my obgyn to get an ultrasound done and go from there but it’s 3am here and I just got home from the ER.

I went in with some serious chest pain which I’m still having but all my imaging came back and tests came back there’s nothing wrong with my heart or organs that could cause this. But they did find something on the CT scan that I never thought I would hear.

The doctor told me they found a mass which is most likely a tumor on my right ovary. Most likely a “teratoma” but I don’t think they can properly diagnose that with a full abdominal CT scan. I’m terrified and frustrated and beside myself.

My husband and I decided to start TTC my second (our first together) and we were unsuccessful last month but it was the first month. Now I’m scared that this tumor or whatever could be causing problems with my cycle and could be dangerous. What if it causes me to not be able to get pregnant without help? What if it’s not benign? What if I need surgery?

All these what ifs are running around in my head and I don’t know what to do. It’s definitely not a cyst. Either a tumor or lesion (what’s the difference?)...

Has anyone been diagnosed with this? Did it affect your fertility at all? I’m only 23, I’ve had to deal with a cancer-causing strain of HPV on and off the last 5 years and I was finally cleared of it for two years in a row, and now this happens. I feel like my body is failing me.