scared again, my lady parts
Hi, I havent posted in a long time and have been doing really well, but the last two weeks have been gradually working myself into a fit. Ever since I started birth control about 5 months ago I have had a pain in my lower right pelvis, sometimes lower back too. It was never there before except the one day I always ovulated like clockwork. It was VERY painful at first, gradually got better, and now only comes and goes. Sometimes I will go two or three weeks without feeling anything, then my period comes and bam its there again until a little after my period is over.
Now for the last few weeks I have had nausea on and off, diarrhea, burning pain after eating certain things, I have an appetite and don't fill up fast but I am scared I have ovarian cancer.
I have had two major episodes over the last ten years where I thought I had an ulcer after long term stomach pain and problems, the doctors always chalked it up to anxiety which at the time I didn't even realize I had but looking back realize I had a lot bottled up. Now Im right in the middle of facing my depression and anxiety but that means actually experiencing a lot of anxiety! And I have had a hugely stressful month that I thought i was dealing with really well, but don't have anyone to talk to about my anxiety with so do a lot the work of fighting it on my own.
I have horrible HA and one of my focuses is ovarian cancer. I had a manual pelvic exam when I got the birth control, and had had one three months prior, both times my ovaries were "normal shape and size", my doctor knew about my HA and was very patient and said his words, "theres no way you have cancer." But how could he know without an ultrasound? Could I really have so much nausea and pain from anxiety (and I have read the page about stomach problems on here, it's just hard to believe!!)? Why would this pain start only when I started birth control? I will have a doctors appointment soon and will bring this all up, but am scared of the answer. Could a tumor be growing, even though the pain comes and goes, and resting on my tummy? Cant these tumors hide from a manual pelvic exam? Cant they grow really fast?
Im going nuts. Someone please answer. I hate seeing a hundred people have looked at my post and not replied. Thank you in advance.
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