Curious About Something
Disneynutt
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I just stumbled across this board as I was looking for support groups and love to read all the encouraging notes. I am curious though as to how many of you who have ovarian cancer went to their gynocologists for regular annual exams? I just had mine in April (nothing was foudn) and now I have a 10cm tumor on one ovary and a 6cm on on the other. I told my doctor I thought it was good that I had had my exam just recently and he said it probably would make no difference since I'm overweight and that makes it more difficult to find a mass. Gee, thanks Doc. :-)
Seeing a gyn/onc tomorrow but I am most certain it is cancer.
Thanks
Seeing a gyn/onc tomorrow but I am most certain it is cancer.
Thanks
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exam
Hi,
I went for my exam in Jan. and my cancer was found in May. I had symptoms that I didn't recognize. Bloating, irregular periods, gas. Also a pooch in my tummy I thought was fat.
My cancer was on top of my uterus, so it didn't show up with a regular exam.
Awareness of the symptoms is so important!!!!!!! I wish I had known!
You might have had symptoms you weren't aware of.
This is a good place to come for support.
I hope everything goes well for you!
Kathryn0 -
pain
I had my regular gyn check up in August of 2007 (yearly and always on time) and I told him I was experiencing some pain. He right away examined me, scheduled ultra sound, had seconded ultra sound 3 months later, and the rest is history - January 2008 surgery and stage 3C.
In His Grip,
Libby0 -
Doesn't seem to matter
I started having regular exams when I was in my 20's. I was found to have uterine fibroids when I was 42, and had them surgically removed-and, of course, continued my regular exams. About 5 years later, I was found to have uterine fibroids again-no surprise, because I was told they might grow back, and was biding my time expecting to have a hysterectomy, when I was found to have uterine cancer, and then ovarian when I had the hysterectomy.
Best of luck to you-I hope you'll come back and let us know what you find out (and personally, I hope you get a sensitive gyn/onc!).0 -
wondering
I too had regular exams and I also went back a number of times with complaints about bloating, discomfort, pain during intercourse. and periods that became very irregular. I would sometimes have three in a month. The gyno would brush it off as menopause and give me some kind of hormone cream or pill to try. Last summer, my stomach became so bloated, I looked more pregnant than my daughter who really was expecting! My family doc ordered a CT scan and it identified the cancer. I had two tumors on my stomach, one on my liver, a very large one on the entemetrial tissue and one on the right ovary. I am very petite so I don't believe being heavy is the answer. I think gynocologists are not cautious enough about our complaints. My gyno/oncologist says that most regular gynos see maybe one or two cases in their careers and really are poor at idntifying the problem.0
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