What did your gut tell you???

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COOK1313
COOK1313 Member Posts: 28
edited March 2014 in Ovarian Cancer #1
Just curious if any of you ladies had a "gut feeling" after your tvus before you got the results. I normally have tests done and feel positive that the tests will show everything is fine. I can't shake this feeling that I'm not going to get the news I'm hoping for this time. Had a CT scan on my neck Monday for a (rock hard) lymph node as well as a transgaginal ultrasound. Any input? I'm normally the optimist but have always had "gut feelings".

I have a post from last night (No news is good news... I hope) that gives you some insight on my situation.

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  • Susan523
    Susan523 Member Posts: 231 Member
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    I'm sorry...
    but I'm not familiar with 'tvus' ?? I don't know what that stands for; but I do know that the waiting for any results is the hardest part.

    I also get 'gut' feelings; I know what you mean. But sometimes my gut is wrong! Yours can be wrong, too. I think that sometimes all of the numbers and statistics and things interfere or influence the way we think. (not to mention the stress & anxiety of having a cancer diagnosis).

    I am wishing you only the best; and I will see if I can find out what tvus is, and if I know anything, I'll certainly share it with you~

    ~Susan
  • COOK1313
    COOK1313 Member Posts: 28
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    Susan523 said:

    I'm sorry...
    but I'm not familiar with 'tvus' ?? I don't know what that stands for; but I do know that the waiting for any results is the hardest part.

    I also get 'gut' feelings; I know what you mean. But sometimes my gut is wrong! Yours can be wrong, too. I think that sometimes all of the numbers and statistics and things interfere or influence the way we think. (not to mention the stress & anxiety of having a cancer diagnosis).

    I am wishing you only the best; and I will see if I can find out what tvus is, and if I know anything, I'll certainly share it with you~

    ~Susan

    Susan,
    thanks for your
    Susan,
    thanks for your reply! I am still leaning with "nothing is wrong" so I don't allow myself to dwell on the "what if" thought process. I should have put in trans-vaginal ultrasound instead of tvus. Lol. My husband's aunt is a nurse practioner and she is the only other person (besides my husband) who knows about the testing. She shortened it to "tvus" to save some typing. I did get a call from the specialist today but when I finally had a chance to call him back, he was gone for the day due to surgeries. I'm supposed to call him in the morning.
  • Susan523
    Susan523 Member Posts: 231 Member
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    COOK1313 said:

    Susan,
    thanks for your
    Susan,
    thanks for your reply! I am still leaning with "nothing is wrong" so I don't allow myself to dwell on the "what if" thought process. I should have put in trans-vaginal ultrasound instead of tvus. Lol. My husband's aunt is a nurse practioner and she is the only other person (besides my husband) who knows about the testing. She shortened it to "tvus" to save some typing. I did get a call from the specialist today but when I finally had a chance to call him back, he was gone for the day due to surgeries. I'm supposed to call him in the morning.

    Ultrasound
    I'm sorry, but I still can't help you~

    When I had an ultrasound, it was done by my gynecologist; on the day he found my "fluid".
    I remember he asked me if I was "a heavy drinker". I think he first thought I had sclerosis of the liver... (I wish!)

    Anyway, I'm sorry that you have to wait until tomorrow to talk to that doctor. Don't they know how hard it is for us to wait??

    Hang in there~
  • COOK1313
    COOK1313 Member Posts: 28
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    Susan523 said:

    Ultrasound
    I'm sorry, but I still can't help you~

    When I had an ultrasound, it was done by my gynecologist; on the day he found my "fluid".
    I remember he asked me if I was "a heavy drinker". I think he first thought I had sclerosis of the liver... (I wish!)

    Anyway, I'm sorry that you have to wait until tomorrow to talk to that doctor. Don't they know how hard it is for us to wait??

    Hang in there~

    The technician who did my
    The technician who did my ultrasounds was very nice but became very quiet during the internal ultrasound. I watched her expressions and I'm hoping she had gas. Lol. I didn't want to put her on the spot by asking "how'd everything look". I figured she'd either volunteer that or she wouldn't. All I got was "I wish you the best". I know they're not supposed to tell you anything and I didn't want her to feel put on the spot. I'm just grateful I have a dr who doesn't see his patients as numbers. If there is something wrong it will be found because he noticed I looked very tired. Many lives would be saved with more dr's like him (my husband's grandmother would be one of those lives).
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    COOK1313 said:

    The technician who did my
    The technician who did my ultrasounds was very nice but became very quiet during the internal ultrasound. I watched her expressions and I'm hoping she had gas. Lol. I didn't want to put her on the spot by asking "how'd everything look". I figured she'd either volunteer that or she wouldn't. All I got was "I wish you the best". I know they're not supposed to tell you anything and I didn't want her to feel put on the spot. I'm just grateful I have a dr who doesn't see his patients as numbers. If there is something wrong it will be found because he noticed I looked very tired. Many lives would be saved with more dr's like him (my husband's grandmother would be one of those lives).

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  • Tina Brown
    Tina Brown Member Posts: 1,036 Member
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    Gut feeling
    I know just what you mean. I have been very positive all the way through my chemo and each time my CA 125 came down. Now I am waiting for my baseline results after chemo has finished. I can't help feeling this may not be good news. Maybe it is my sub-conscious protecting me from the POSSIBILITY or CHANCE of bad news, but I am quite anxious. Just had my CT scan and will get result along with bloods in June 14th.

    However, we can't control or do anything about what our bodies are doing. So we shouldn't worry un-necessarily until we know the truth.

    All the best Tina xx
  • COOK1313
    COOK1313 Member Posts: 28
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    Tina Brown said:

    Gut feeling
    I know just what you mean. I have been very positive all the way through my chemo and each time my CA 125 came down. Now I am waiting for my baseline results after chemo has finished. I can't help feeling this may not be good news. Maybe it is my sub-conscious protecting me from the POSSIBILITY or CHANCE of bad news, but I am quite anxious. Just had my CT scan and will get result along with bloods in June 14th.

    However, we can't control or do anything about what our bodies are doing. So we shouldn't worry un-necessarily until we know the truth.

    All the best Tina xx

    Happy thoughts
    Tina,
    I'll be sending you lots of good vibes! I am supposed to call my specialist back this morning. I am on my way to a mammogram right now. I want to go in with a clear head. On the off chance that my CT scan came back abnormal, I'd rather not know until after the mammogram. I have a degree in psychology so I know the brain is powerful if we choose to think positive. My aunt had breast cancer twice and she said that she approached things more positively the second time and felt like she "suffered" less. I'll let you know how everything goes! It's "crunch" time. ; )
  • Tina Brown
    Tina Brown Member Posts: 1,036 Member
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    COOK1313 said:

    Happy thoughts
    Tina,
    I'll be sending you lots of good vibes! I am supposed to call my specialist back this morning. I am on my way to a mammogram right now. I want to go in with a clear head. On the off chance that my CT scan came back abnormal, I'd rather not know until after the mammogram. I have a degree in psychology so I know the brain is powerful if we choose to think positive. My aunt had breast cancer twice and she said that she approached things more positively the second time and felt like she "suffered" less. I'll let you know how everything goes! It's "crunch" time. ; )

    Dear COOK 1313
    Thank-you for your post. I really hope your procedure goes well and you have a good result from your CT scan. Its true what you said about being positive. I am a very optimistic person anyway so I have managed to be quite up-beat since my diagnosis. However I do have very bad days from time to time. I do sometimes feel I have nothing to be positive about or look forward to but I suppose that is to compensate for my optimism.

    Lots of love Tina xxxxxx
  • azgrandma
    azgrandma Member Posts: 609 Member
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    Tina Brown said:

    Dear COOK 1313
    Thank-you for your post. I really hope your procedure goes well and you have a good result from your CT scan. Its true what you said about being positive. I am a very optimistic person anyway so I have managed to be quite up-beat since my diagnosis. However I do have very bad days from time to time. I do sometimes feel I have nothing to be positive about or look forward to but I suppose that is to compensate for my optimism.

    Lots of love Tina xxxxxx

    I will pray
    I will pray your test will be good
    sometimes it is hard not to worry, I am a worrier, but just pray and ask God to help you, he will
    Your friend
    Lynda
  • Hissy_Fitz
    Hissy_Fitz Member Posts: 1,834
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    It wasn't my gut so much as
    It wasn't my gut so much as the tech's actions that gave me pause. She took FOREVER to complete the tests, especially the vaginal portion of the ultrasound. Then, the next day while I was in another room getting an atomic test done on my gallbladder, she popped in to "visit" with me. She was very kind....and very solicitous of how I was feeling, etc. I had a ton of ascites and a tumor on my left ovary the size of a softball, plus a smaller one on my colon. I'm sure she knew exactly what I was facing.

    Carlene
  • COOK1313
    COOK1313 Member Posts: 28
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    Hissy_Fitz said:

    It wasn't my gut so much as
    It wasn't my gut so much as the tech's actions that gave me pause. She took FOREVER to complete the tests, especially the vaginal portion of the ultrasound. Then, the next day while I was in another room getting an atomic test done on my gallbladder, she popped in to "visit" with me. She was very kind....and very solicitous of how I was feeling, etc. I had a ton of ascites and a tumor on my left ovary the size of a softball, plus a smaller one on my colon. I'm sure she knew exactly what I was facing.

    Carlene

    That's how I felt
    I felt like the tech doing my scan was taking forever. She spent a really long time on my right ovary and that's the side that has been causing pain. I was asked to have an ultrasound after my mammogram today because he saw something on the mammo that he didn't like. During the breast ultrasound he said the lump isn't a fibrous cyst but didn't seem to look like a cancerous tumor so he wants to look at it again in 6 months. Now the frustrating part. I returned a phone call to the ENT specialist that ordered the CT scan and left a messge to contact me on my cell. I'm in outside sales so I work some long evening hours. I got home tonight and he left a message on the answering machine. He said that the knot he felt was just a calcium deposit but the scan did show lymph nodes that measured 1.5cm and should be less than 1cm on normal ranges. He mentioned that I have a cyst on my thyroid gland that he'll check again in 12 months and then I hear "what concerns me is..." MY MACHINE CUT HIM OFF!!! SERIOUSLY?!?! He's a dr and didn't catch the beep signaling that he was cut off??? My GP did call me earlier today to see if I had heard back from the specialist because they hadn't seen those results. As of that phone call (1:30) they hadn't received the pelvic ultrasound results. They leave at 3:30 (small practice) so I'm guessing the results came in after they left. I'm in a sales meeting ALL day tomorrow giving presentations so I'm expecting a game of phone tag with the doctors' offices. Now I'm in limbo of whether there is something wrong or not because of that darn message. I don't know anything for certain yet so I'm going to listen to you gals and think POSITIVE!!!

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