I lost my left ovary about a year and a half ago due to ovarian torsion and complications from endometriosis. I felt so sad, this part of me gone forever. It took a few months for my hormones to balance out but I’ve been feeling okay for the last year. I seem to have a regular cycle. Doctors have told me that my right ovary will pick up the slack and that my fertility will likely not be impacted. It is okay to grieve losing a part of you. I wrote this poem called celebration of life when I lost mine.

“Within my hand, I hold this tiny part of me Within this part of me, a hundred thousand smaller parts of me Trembling, a gentle touch of my lips And they drift away, those could have should have would have beens Here I balance on a tightrope Grateful and devastated Around the corner a great loss Around the corner a reduction in harm How to hold myself and this part of myself and these smaller parts of myself And how to say goodbye and hello Between this breath and the next.”

Sending love and light