Ahab
13-08-09, 18:37
Recently discovered I have quite a family history of ovarian, research prompted by my mother's sudden death from the disease in June of last year. I have since had my lovely baby and should be happy.
BUT! Since November I've had a deep pain in my left side and into my hip. I have no other symptoms. Despite this, I've convinced myself I am dying like my mother. I try so hard to be normal, but just can't shake the feeling that there's something insidious and deadly eating at me. My mother had pain in her side and no other symptoms for more than a year before she was diagnosed, by which time of course it was far too late.
My GP is wonderful and referred me for CT (clear), Transvaginal U/S (also clear) and blood test (normal). However as this was all at the turn of the year I have managed to dismiss these positive results as being because things were not as far on as they are now. I am convinced that were I to be tested again now, they'd find the tumour. I am now being seen by a gynecologist who has suggested a laparoscopy but is not suggesting for one moment that I have cancer. Rather he's baffled and thinks perhaps the op will help track down the problem which he suspects is lesions following a c-section.
I manage a very busy life, including sometimes still having the baby wake in the night, and can honestly say I do not suffer from fatigue. Nor have I lost weight or had any problem eating.
Can anyone reassure me that I'm not ill? I can't speak to anyone else about this, although I do try with my husband he is so good but really doesn't get it being such a sane person!
Thanks everyone, big love
BUT! Since November I've had a deep pain in my left side and into my hip. I have no other symptoms. Despite this, I've convinced myself I am dying like my mother. I try so hard to be normal, but just can't shake the feeling that there's something insidious and deadly eating at me. My mother had pain in her side and no other symptoms for more than a year before she was diagnosed, by which time of course it was far too late.
My GP is wonderful and referred me for CT (clear), Transvaginal U/S (also clear) and blood test (normal). However as this was all at the turn of the year I have managed to dismiss these positive results as being because things were not as far on as they are now. I am convinced that were I to be tested again now, they'd find the tumour. I am now being seen by a gynecologist who has suggested a laparoscopy but is not suggesting for one moment that I have cancer. Rather he's baffled and thinks perhaps the op will help track down the problem which he suspects is lesions following a c-section.
I manage a very busy life, including sometimes still having the baby wake in the night, and can honestly say I do not suffer from fatigue. Nor have I lost weight or had any problem eating.
Can anyone reassure me that I'm not ill? I can't speak to anyone else about this, although I do try with my husband he is so good but really doesn't get it being such a sane person!
Thanks everyone, big love