Mother diagnosed with Stage III Ovarian
Cancer at age 35 in 1985. Went into
remission. Cancer came back all over body.
Died just after 39th b-day in 1988.
Me: Female 31 years old. History of
ovarian cysts. On B/C for the better part
of 14 years. I have never had an abnormal
pap.
I have had a pain in my left side for over
well a year now. New PCP ignored until
about 7 months ago and ordered ultrasound.
It cam e back "clean"
Period was late in March and when new Nuva
ring was inserted at end of week off
period accelerated in heaviness. Called
doctor on call one week later still
bleeding heavily. On call Dr said "nothing
can be done is BC". Knowing I have never
had ANY problem like this before on BC I
went to ER. They refered me to OBGYN.
Period was had been going for 4.5 weeks,
albeit at a a slower pace, when I saw the
OBGYN.
OBGYN performed pap and sent me for
ultrasound. Pap came back abnormal.
Ultrasound came back showing a mass behind
my left ovary and an MRI was ordered and
will be performed this week. Cervical
biopsy was taken on area that looked
abnormal during Colposcopy and sent in for
testing.
Pain has not stopped.
Results are given to me May 1 when I go in
to OBGYN next.
How worried do I need to be right now?
What topics should I be researching in the
meantime?
Are there further tests I need to be
asking for? Anything more I should be
doing?
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Ingi
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Posted: 04-21-08 14:30pm
I understand that not knowing/waiting is
the hardest part! Googling, searching for
your own diagnosis, is worse. There is so
much misinformation and general rubbish on
the internet, it is hard to know what you
need to know based on the little bit of
information you have.
I'm glad you are seeing an OB/GYN, since
they are far better prepared to deal with
anything girly related than your average
family doctor.
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