Originally Posted by
Limeslime
So I had the ca125 done initially because I’d been having some bleeding after sex, then I had a period that lasted over 2 weeks!
During the scan they said there was a very small amount if adenomyosis but other than that everything was fine, and they put my irregular bleeding down to hormones.
So yeah, the raised ca125 could have been caused by the adenomyosis but the gynae said that because it came down again it was much more likely to be caused by my menstrual cycle. She said it happens all the time and felt this blood test shouldn’t really be offered to woman who haven’t gone through menopause and that GPs need more training regarding the use of this blood test.
The other thing to remember is that when ca125 is raised as a result if cancer, it won’t fluctuate….it’ll just keep rising. So the fact yours came down and then up again is another supporting factor to it being menstrual related.
Also, lots of other things can cause raised ca125, even IBS, infections, bad diet, gastric issues, cysts, endometriosis etc. it’s very rarely cancer that is the cause for it! I found out that in my age group (late 30s) a raised ca125 only carried a 6% risk of cancer. So a 94% chance that it is caused by something benign! For your age, those statistics will be even better!
My advice…
Do a detox diet for a few days before your next blood test and make sure you have it done when you are neither menstruating nor ovulating and watch those m numbers plummet!