LuSmith
09-08-17, 16:19
Hi everyone,
I'm really sorry if this isn't the right place to post this but I'm currently freaking out. I have a number of ongoing health issues as well that are unrelated to this but after having a recent ultrasound I've managed to convince myself in my head that I'm on the way to getting gallbladder cancer.
2 years ago I had an ultrasound (can't remember why exactly) which showed a small polyp (3mm) in my gallbladder. The sonographer said it's really common and not to worry unless it gets bigger so I put it out of my mind... recently I decided it would be a good idea to get it checked up on since it's been a couple years and the results concluded it's grown to 4.6mm in size now.
The doctor tried to reassure me this doesn't mean it's cancerous and that it would have to be over 10mm for it even to be considered so but is referring me to a specialist anyway for further discussion, even to consider having my gallbladder removed. I'm absolutely petrified as I've only been thru surgery once in my life and don't want to go thru it again as i had a horrible experience that time.
On the other hand I'm terrified this growth in size means it's turning cancerous. I know it's usually nothing to worry about at the size it's at still now but since it's growing (and in 2 years that's quite a lot!) I'm concerned it'll get worse and worse and turn into gallbladder cancer. Otherwise I'll have to get my gallbladder removed... is there any way to help reduce the size of polyps like this??
I have severeeeee health anxiety so I do tend to panic about things too often but I'm wondering if anyone has had polyps before and whether it turns out to be nothing serious???
I'm really sorry if this isn't the right place to post this but I'm currently freaking out. I have a number of ongoing health issues as well that are unrelated to this but after having a recent ultrasound I've managed to convince myself in my head that I'm on the way to getting gallbladder cancer.
2 years ago I had an ultrasound (can't remember why exactly) which showed a small polyp (3mm) in my gallbladder. The sonographer said it's really common and not to worry unless it gets bigger so I put it out of my mind... recently I decided it would be a good idea to get it checked up on since it's been a couple years and the results concluded it's grown to 4.6mm in size now.
The doctor tried to reassure me this doesn't mean it's cancerous and that it would have to be over 10mm for it even to be considered so but is referring me to a specialist anyway for further discussion, even to consider having my gallbladder removed. I'm absolutely petrified as I've only been thru surgery once in my life and don't want to go thru it again as i had a horrible experience that time.
On the other hand I'm terrified this growth in size means it's turning cancerous. I know it's usually nothing to worry about at the size it's at still now but since it's growing (and in 2 years that's quite a lot!) I'm concerned it'll get worse and worse and turn into gallbladder cancer. Otherwise I'll have to get my gallbladder removed... is there any way to help reduce the size of polyps like this??
I have severeeeee health anxiety so I do tend to panic about things too often but I'm wondering if anyone has had polyps before and whether it turns out to be nothing serious???