peekay,

Sorry you've not had the best news today but the sooner the surgery is over the sooner you can move on to the next phase. But hey, you never know you could be in for a BFP. At least its not too long a wait for the op. I think the longer you wait the more stressful things become. Just keep yourself busy over the next couple of weeks and the time will fly by. Try not to dwell on it too much (easier said than done I know). Everything is going to work out just fine.

Great that the FS confirmed you've probably O'd. But obviously if the FS thinks the dermoid is top priority then that's the way to go for now. Are they going to do any other exploratory stuff while they're in there? My FS mentioned ovarian drilling to rupture the cysts we have with PCO. Apparently that can really help O. It would be neat if while they were in there dealing with the dermoid that they could do a little drilling too.

Re. the Medicare/private health insurance thing - Medicare covers a portion of the Dr's fees (so the surgeon and the anaesthetist) and the private health insurance covers any private hospital fees (eg. theatre fees, room etc). How much of the hospital fees get covered depends on your level of insurance (ie. excess etc). HTH a little.

Good luck with the rest of your TWW