WiseMonkey
22-02-16, 20:31
Hi I'm new here, but not new to HA which I've had all my life, I'm 59.
Today I see my gynaecologist for a transvaginal scan and smear etc. I have this every year. I had one 10 months ago when I developed lower right sided, lower abdominal pressure pains. The scan was all clear and the symptoms abated and disappeared for 6 months.
Then 6 months on (Nov time) is started again, only this time with some intermittent cramping and occasional shooting pain. I convinced myself that it must be nothing serious as it was intermittent and there were weeks/months in between where I was clear.
Then soon I began worrying about it, goggled symptoms some of which I have and panicked, am so scared that it may be appendix cancer, which can spread and affect pelvic organs and others in abdomen! This is a rare cancer and affects only 1 in a million (there are only 4.5 million people where I live in New Zealand. I don't think there are any Drs who even treat this in NZ... here I go getting ahead of myself!!
I'm also beating myself up for not going straight to the Dr at the first reoccurrence!
My logical brain says surely I can't have this, then my huge anxiety kicks in and my good logic flies out the window.
I've also got an abdominal scan booked in for Fri to check out the other organs.
I find it near on impossible to focus on anything but my situation and the anxiety, although I did mow my quarter acre section yesterday afternoon. which helped.
I'm praying everything will go ok today, which is half the battle, then the rest on Fri. Feedback most welcome, Lesley.
Today I see my gynaecologist for a transvaginal scan and smear etc. I have this every year. I had one 10 months ago when I developed lower right sided, lower abdominal pressure pains. The scan was all clear and the symptoms abated and disappeared for 6 months.
Then 6 months on (Nov time) is started again, only this time with some intermittent cramping and occasional shooting pain. I convinced myself that it must be nothing serious as it was intermittent and there were weeks/months in between where I was clear.
Then soon I began worrying about it, goggled symptoms some of which I have and panicked, am so scared that it may be appendix cancer, which can spread and affect pelvic organs and others in abdomen! This is a rare cancer and affects only 1 in a million (there are only 4.5 million people where I live in New Zealand. I don't think there are any Drs who even treat this in NZ... here I go getting ahead of myself!!
I'm also beating myself up for not going straight to the Dr at the first reoccurrence!
My logical brain says surely I can't have this, then my huge anxiety kicks in and my good logic flies out the window.
I've also got an abdominal scan booked in for Fri to check out the other organs.
I find it near on impossible to focus on anything but my situation and the anxiety, although I did mow my quarter acre section yesterday afternoon. which helped.
I'm praying everything will go ok today, which is half the battle, then the rest on Fri. Feedback most welcome, Lesley.