Lower abdominal pain trying not to freak

[HopelessWorrier2011]

Hi,

I have been doing great of late but unfortunately have been going through some stress recently. I am 35 years old and have for the past few weeks been suffering from stomach pain upper mostly but this last week it has travelled down to my lower it sometimes feels like my womb is on fire. It is now radiating through to my back. My partner has recently had helicobactor and I suffered the same 5 years ago so when the pain was high up in the stomach I thought I might be getting a reoccurrence of this. I'm freaking today as it seems to be more lower now and the sensation in my back is freaking me out. I came off the pill two years ago and since then I suffer with terrible boil like spots on my neck. I have read that acne can be a symptom of ovarian cancer. I'm terrified I have this. I was feeling incredibly fatigued but that doesn't seem as bad these last few days. I'm struggling to remain calm x

[AngeAgain]

Hey there.

Every woman who has pain in that area and googles symptoms will think it's cancer at some point. Tell yourself you're not going to worry until you've spoken to a doctor.

At your age there are so many other things it could be, from IBS (which is an anxiety symptom itself) to PCOS, to just plain old bloating.

OC is very rare under 40. The boils could be anything at all and nothing at all! The best thing to do is to ask your GP to check you over.

I had the same worries and it turned out I have PCOS, but this runs in my family so I was expecting it sooner or later. I also have bloating sometimes and it starts up high and works its way down. The symptoms are different everytime so I no longer worry about them. :)

[HopelessWorrier2011]

Thank you very much for your response. Every time I go to the worst case scenario, not through the want of trying to not to. It's like I am subconsciously trying to punish myself and not be happy x

[daisyflower]

I've had similar and still suffering. I also convinced myself I had ovarian cancer (good job I didn't know about the spots link as I get acne) and after 6 months of pain, I finally went for an ultrasound scan. Nothing there to worry about. Mine was so bad that i could barely stand some days! The more you worry about it, worse it will get.
I now have awful gut symptoms which I'm hoping are from worrying continuously for such a long time.
Have you tried Pepto? Does is seem to be related to your cycle?