What exactly is an Alien Baby?

Well if you have not heard the reason why I did not blog last week, rest assured it had NOTHING TO DO with a possible weight gain. It had everything to do with the fact that I was attached to a morphine drip during my 4 day "vacation" at St. Peter's University Hospital. On Sunday morning, around 4am, I woke up in excrutiating pain like if someone was stabbing me in my side. Frank woke up and was very scared as I was screaming and sweating and rolled into a ball. He took me to the ER where they did one test and within minutes were wheeling me into emergency surgery! Fun right? It turns out that I had ENORMOUS DERMOID CYSTS on my ovaries. They removed two cysts from my right ovary measuring 5cm and 10 cm, my right ovary and my right fallopian tube. They also removed a cyst from my left measuring 2.5 cm. These cysts are quite large and for that reason they could not come out laparoscopically throught the belly button, rather they needed to slice me open "like a smoked sturgeon!" For that reason, I am not allowed to return to work for several weeks! Really sucks as I will not be paid and I actually LOVE MY JOB! But I will get through this... My left ovary is still in tact and just to ease everyone's mind, both my brother and I were conceived by a mom with only one ovary. At this point I think being overweight would be more of a hinderance to pregnancy.

I titled this blog, what is an Alien Baby? Why? Read this exerpt about dermoid cysts
Dermoids are bizarre because they contain many different types of cells. They arise from a single cell that has the potential to become anything in the body. They are often filled with a greasy, thick fluid and may contain hair, cartilage and even well-formed teeth! Sweat glands, thyroid tissue and muscle fibers may also be found. Old textbooks showed dermoids as a tiny "humunculous," or human being within the ovary.
SO here is a picture of my ALIEN BABY:




Pretty FREAKING WEIRD HUH??? The worst part is that the surgeon took this photo while I was on the table. I am assuming to show her doctor buddies later! How freaking crazy is that? Hey guys, look at what I did this morning?? I mean really?

Each day I get better and better, still cannot do stairs and I am sort of a prisoner in my apartment. But I weaned myself off of the pain meds becuase I could not handle the loopiness, confusion and the fact that I could not stay awake for more than 5 minutes at a time. They sell this "medication" on the street, but i was never into drugs so I really did not appreciate that type of high! So I am dealing with the discomfort naturally, and like I said it is getting better each day. Keep me in your prayers.

Oh and lastly, the reason for thsi blog, my weight loss....I weighed myself today and LOST 12.2 LBS (5.53 kg) this week for a total loss of 86.8 pounds (39.37 kilograms) LOST in 63 weeks. Thanks for reading!