Monkey10
30-05-13, 19:27
Hello,
I'm new to this site but have been reading some of the other posts and have found them very helpful and been very impressed with the support everyone on here gives to each other.
I was wondering if anyone can give me some advice. I've suffered from health anxiety for about 13 years now and for the last few years have been relatively ok and managed to control my fears. However I lost my grandmother to cancer late last year and my sister was diagnosed with cervical cancer earlier this year (she's on the mend now, it was caught early and surgery was the only treatment required). These incidents started my mind going and I started to get pain in the flank area, my back and abdomen just at the bottom of my rib cage (i should point out that i've had episodes of this type of pain in the past that was put down to IBS and went away on its own) also at the same time had a medical at work that showed microscopic blood in my urine. I went to the doctors and was referred to a urologist. He carried out a CT scan and cystoscopy, both were fine and showed no urological symptoms. The CT scan did however pick up a slight abnormality on one of my ovaries. The urologist discussed this with a Gyn who said that he thought it was just that the scan had caught me during ovulation or that it was a cyst that had just burst. He booked me for a follow up ultrasound in six weeks (this I'm due to have next week). I was told that this was nothing to worry about and that the follow up scan was for my piece of mind to confirm their initial diagnosis (the urologist was great and was aware of my anxiety and the fact that my sister had just been diagnosed with cancer, so was really trying to re-assure me). Anyway since then the doubts have crept in and I have mysteriously developed pains in my lower abdomen and pelvic region (around the ovary area). Up until they told me about the ovary issue I had no symptoms so I'm wondering if the pain is in my head because I'm focused on that area. I'm now worrying that the Drs may have missed something on the scan and that I may have an ovarian cancer growing inside that has now been left for a further six weeks. I'm driving myself mad with worry and keep looking up ovarian cancer symptoms on the Internet (which I know I shouldn't do) and trying to match them to the pain I have. I try to tell myself that if they had seen anything on the CT scan that worried them they wouldn't have sent me away for six weeks, but the doubt keeps creating back in. The treatment I've had has all been private to, so they been quite forthcoming with tests.
Sorry for the long post, I guess I'm just looking for some reassurance that I should take note of what the Dr said and stop trying to diagnose myself!
Thanks for taking the time to read this xxx
I'm new to this site but have been reading some of the other posts and have found them very helpful and been very impressed with the support everyone on here gives to each other.
I was wondering if anyone can give me some advice. I've suffered from health anxiety for about 13 years now and for the last few years have been relatively ok and managed to control my fears. However I lost my grandmother to cancer late last year and my sister was diagnosed with cervical cancer earlier this year (she's on the mend now, it was caught early and surgery was the only treatment required). These incidents started my mind going and I started to get pain in the flank area, my back and abdomen just at the bottom of my rib cage (i should point out that i've had episodes of this type of pain in the past that was put down to IBS and went away on its own) also at the same time had a medical at work that showed microscopic blood in my urine. I went to the doctors and was referred to a urologist. He carried out a CT scan and cystoscopy, both were fine and showed no urological symptoms. The CT scan did however pick up a slight abnormality on one of my ovaries. The urologist discussed this with a Gyn who said that he thought it was just that the scan had caught me during ovulation or that it was a cyst that had just burst. He booked me for a follow up ultrasound in six weeks (this I'm due to have next week). I was told that this was nothing to worry about and that the follow up scan was for my piece of mind to confirm their initial diagnosis (the urologist was great and was aware of my anxiety and the fact that my sister had just been diagnosed with cancer, so was really trying to re-assure me). Anyway since then the doubts have crept in and I have mysteriously developed pains in my lower abdomen and pelvic region (around the ovary area). Up until they told me about the ovary issue I had no symptoms so I'm wondering if the pain is in my head because I'm focused on that area. I'm now worrying that the Drs may have missed something on the scan and that I may have an ovarian cancer growing inside that has now been left for a further six weeks. I'm driving myself mad with worry and keep looking up ovarian cancer symptoms on the Internet (which I know I shouldn't do) and trying to match them to the pain I have. I try to tell myself that if they had seen anything on the CT scan that worried them they wouldn't have sent me away for six weeks, but the doubt keeps creating back in. The treatment I've had has all been private to, so they been quite forthcoming with tests.
Sorry for the long post, I guess I'm just looking for some reassurance that I should take note of what the Dr said and stop trying to diagnose myself!
Thanks for taking the time to read this xxx