Hi all

Following odd pelvic symptoms I had some blood tests and was referred by my GP for a scan. It all happened very quickly and although reassuringly my CA125 test was in the normal range the TV scan showed a complex vascular cyst in my ovary. Again, very quickly I saw a gynaecologist and just a few weeks on I had a total hysterectomy with both tubes and ovaries removed. I am post menopausal so have no use for that 'equipment' and was in complete agreement that it was best to have it all gone. My very likeable and relatable gynaecologist is straight talking and said until we have it 'in a jar' we wont know what this is.

It's been 5 weeks since it was packed into a jar and sent to the lab. I had hoped to have had the results by now but when I called for an update I was told that there's a staff shortage of pathologists and the wait time is 12 weeks (down from 19). Work is being sent all over the country to wherever has capacity. Optimistically, I wondered if the longer the wait the greater chance its benign but the realist in me says it will only be when the contents of the jar are analysed in a lab will anyone know if it is indeed cancer. 

I've recovered from the surgery pretty well but I am really struggling with the not knowing. I'm inclined to go back to work in the coming days just to keep me occupied and stop scanning the horizon for the postie. 

I'm in Ayrshire, Scotland. Does anyone have any recent experience of a long wait and if so, how long? And is there anything in my first hypothesis that the longer there's no news the more likely it is to be good news?

Clutching at straws....