Joined: 08 Jan 2006 Posts: 7 Location: los angeles
I Think I Might Have Ovarian Cancer Posted: 01-10-06 22:34pm
In the beginning of august I was working
out at the gym like normal ,on the
eliptical machine. Then after about 5 or
10 minutes I felt this sharp pain in my
lower stomach. I had just turned vegan
about a month prior to that so I started
taking vitamens to supplement my diet. I
figured that sharp pain was from taking
too many vitamins. However within a
couple of days the pain came back and I
could tell it was not going to go away. I
do not have insurance so I went to a free
clinic, I saw a nurse and she said maybe
it's really bad cramps and she sent me to
go get an ultrasound and the doctor at the
ultrasound said he didn't see anything, I
went back for the follow up at the cllinic
and the nurse figuered it was just a bad
case of cramps and sent me on my way.
That happened in september. In october a
friend took me to another clinic where
another young doctor thought again that
it's just really bad cramps however he
gave me an xray of my stomach just to make
sure. So the xray doctor came in and said
everything is fine. So I still felt the
pain and I went to another doctor in
novermber at anther clinic and told him
about my pain and I asked for a refferal
to a gastro doctor and he said have you
seen an oby and I said no only a nurse so
he said okay i'll set you up with an
appointment with an obyn doctor first
cause that's what you might need. That
appointment isn't till april. I went to
the er this wednesday because I am tired
of this thing in my stomach hurting one
day then hurt a week and a half later then
2 days later and I don't know what's wrong
with it. The doctor camae in and I told
him where the pain was (just to the left
of my left hip bone) he put his hand there
and could feel something there. So he
scheduled me for a cat scan hours later
the cat scan camae back and they found a
mass there about 3 by 5 cm. They don't
know what it is or where it is
exactly(above my uterous and below my
intestines is what that doctor said) he
callled surgery just to make sure I didn't
need one and they said no just send her to
the women's dept. So when I left there
the doctor told me that they might do an
mri down there and some other things.
When I got to the woment's they took my
vitals then gave me an ultrasound. This
time the doctor could see the mass in the
ultrsound and I saw it too, it looked like
the leter p inflated like a ballon pointed
towards my left side(oh by the way in the
catscan the mass looks like it's in the
middle of my body) I told the doctor that
and she said sometimes when people have
pain from something it sometimes comes
from anthor area I don't remember the name
she used for it. But I do remember her
using the term tumor for my condition. So
she said she would call me to schedule an
ultra sound (stomach) because that will be
more thourogh and I will come back to them
in 3 weeks but I won't have my results yet
so I will come again to go over the
ultrasound results. Another thing I
forgot to mention is I am a virgin so at
all visits each doctor atempted to give me
a pap smear but was un able to because of
me being virginal.
I left and they told me if I have any pain
to come back to the er a day or 2 went by
and I couldn't stop crying and worrying so
I went back sat at 2 in the morning.
Again the doctor tried to give me a pap
smear he ev en tried to put the ultrsound
in my vagina ,but it didn't work. He
could't see the mass in the ultrasound,
when I told him where my pain was he
couldn't find it. I said I would take his
hand and put it on the part of my stomach
were the pain was but he prefeerred to do
it his way and he just took is finger tips
and poked the area he really didn't feel
it he just poked it. So then he sent me
back up to the er and I told the young
doctor there 1st please more than anything
I want a refeereall to the stomach(gastr)
doctor because no one knows wha't wrong
with me and I figure they will know best
what's wrong with that area he said I
can't do that but I will give you an
appointemnent for an ultrasound on monday
and if they can find something then they
can give you a referral to a stomach
doctor.
Today I felt the pain again, even right
now, not as sharp but I could feel it
i am always aware that that thing is there
even if it's not very painful. I c an't
live like this worrying and crying all the
time. There is someone out there that can
help me, I know there is I just haven'[t
found them yet, but I want to find them
soon because I can't bear the pain of not
knowing what's wrong with me and the
thought that I will feel that pain again
knowing that that mass,tumor, and cystic
fibriod thing is near my uterous and
intestines.Please help me!