endometriosis and a Tumor

I went to the GYN today for a follow up to having my tubes tied. He did the check up and told me I healed well, there's no swelling, and everything looks fine.

Then he pulled out some pictures from my file and said he needed to talk to me about stuff. I apparently have endometriosis. He explained what it is and what it can mean. He said that mine appears to be minor and that it's obviously not causing me issues. I disagree to an extent. I thought it was called "the curse" for a reason and that all women have periods that painful. So it explains a bit and it's something to keep an eye on.

He also said I have a very small tumor that he only found because of the tubal ligation. Honestly I was so floored that I wasn't even sure what to ask him. I think I'll be calling Monday to ask more details. He did say it appeared to be just something to keep an eye on because it could grow and cause problems later, but at this point it is okay.

I don't know, I'm so used to hearing "tumor" and thinking instantly it's bad. I want to get more information from him on what exactly it is, what issues it could cause, and if they need to like biopsy it or something. I can't seem to think clearly when they tell me something is wrong with me though. It gets overwhelming.

I'm okay though apparently. It's just something he found while doing the tubal and he wanted me to be aware of it because we move a lot. He did stress that because of the small tumor, I need to really make sure to get my yearly check up so that they will know if it grew. Honestly? I'd like them to just open me up and cut it out no matter how small it is. I don't want anything like that remaining in my body just because tumor automatically makes me think cancer and it freaks me out even though I know not all tumors are cancerous. It's just... scary.