Thanks, Rachel - there is no history in my family of ovarian cancer, though my mom had cervical cancer and had her hyst when she was about 38.

It's now thought that the cerv kind is caused by the papilloma virus, carried unwittingly by men...poor guys!

There are a lot of pros and cons to keeping the ovaries....even blood work shows I am not in MP yet, so that's a factor too. Will discuss with my GP.

My surgeon/gyn is leaving that for further discussion. Just getting hit with "pick your date" was enough to deal with for one afternoon!