so fortunately jess is doing fine and everything in her body is perfect and not harmed in any way. she was telling me that the doctor told her that her cyst on her ovary grew larger than a fist. he also told her that upon removal of the cyst he found a tooth that it grew. That blew me the fuck away. that cysts can produce hair and teeth and fragments of bone. i looked it up to confirm/find out how the hell it's possible. nature makes me laugh.


"Dermoid cyst of the ovary : A bizarre tumor, usually benign, in the ovary that typically contains a diversity of tissues including hair, teeth, bone, thyroid, etc.

A dermoid cyst develops from a totipotential germ cell (a primary oocyte) that is retained within the egg sac (ovary). Being totipotential, that cell can give rise to all orders of cells necessary to form mature tissues and often recognizable structures such as hair, bone and sebaceous (oily) material, neural tissue and teeth.

Dermoid cysts may occur at any age but the prime age of detection is in the childbearing years. The average age is 30. Up to 15% of women with ovarian teratomas have them in both ovaries. Dermoid cysts can range in size from a centimeter (less than a half inch) up to 45 cm (about 17 inches) in diameter." medterms.com