louise123_uk
22-03-12, 20:30
A woman at work has been diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer at 52, I've went from being really upset to panicing as well :-( She basically had being going to docs off and on for a year with blood in urine, bloating, IBS like symptoms and they always put it down to things like IBS, menopause etc etc Anyways she got a diagnosis a week or two back that she has ovarian cancer which has spread to her liver, and now shes in intensive care.
I'm devestated as she is one of the nicest people I know and I cant get over the statistics that only about 20% of people with ovarian cancer which has spread live for 5 years and even if they do your never really cured of it, its just in remission!
I have posted on here a few times with symptoms such as bleeding between periods, excessive discharge,frequen and very long periods, pain with sex, redness in lady regions etc. My docs have put this down to just the way I am! I also have blood on the tissue most times after a bowel movement and my bowel movements change from being hard to soft, my doc puts this down to fissures and diet. Recently I've also started to have mre of an urgent need to urinate and I cant go as long as I used to if I need to go. These symptoms are all sounding frighteningly like those of ovarian cancer, which I know is very hard to diagnose since ths symptoms are so non specific and do not even seem particularly serious on their own. Sat here crying for my friend and with my own anxieties :-( I know if I tell all this to my doc and try and link things she will just look at me like Im mad!
I'm devestated as she is one of the nicest people I know and I cant get over the statistics that only about 20% of people with ovarian cancer which has spread live for 5 years and even if they do your never really cured of it, its just in remission!
I have posted on here a few times with symptoms such as bleeding between periods, excessive discharge,frequen and very long periods, pain with sex, redness in lady regions etc. My docs have put this down to just the way I am! I also have blood on the tissue most times after a bowel movement and my bowel movements change from being hard to soft, my doc puts this down to fissures and diet. Recently I've also started to have mre of an urgent need to urinate and I cant go as long as I used to if I need to go. These symptoms are all sounding frighteningly like those of ovarian cancer, which I know is very hard to diagnose since ths symptoms are so non specific and do not even seem particularly serious on their own. Sat here crying for my friend and with my own anxieties :-( I know if I tell all this to my doc and try and link things she will just look at me like Im mad!