Obese but with pretty normal legs / arms etc but very fat, enormous belly ***Ovarian cancer diagnosis - title edited by MNHQ at OP's request***

[TwitterQueen1]

Hi
I'd be glad of any advice or personal experiences here. I am around 4 stone overweight, so definitely obese. Most of it is on my stomach though, which now looks like I'm 11 months pregnant with triplets. I'm in my 50s so this is not a possibility. It's very painful and I am short of breath when I walk etc.

I've put on a lot of weight in a short period - 10lbs in 2 months.

Six months ago I was bodyboarding in the sea, walking every day and doing an exercise class every week. Now it's a struggle to do anything.

I'm having bloods done on Friday but any ideas / comments? Am I just unlucky to pile it all on in one place?

[KindDogsTail]

TwitterQueen
I am so sorry not to have read the full thread, a million apologies.
I am very sorry you are ill .
Thank goodness you have been taken in to hospital and are getting diagnosed, and can get treatment. All best wishes to you.

[TwitterQueen1]

Brief updates as connection keeps dropping just when I've finished typing!

Tx for good wishes all. And yay to losing a stone overnight! Have just been told I can have 24 hr leave if drain has stopped because scan won't happen til Monday.

I won't tell dds just yet. More later

[Pestilentialone]

24hr leave sounds lovely. Don't over do it. Enjoy DDs

[NeverTwerkNaked]

Fingers crossed you get your 24 leave!

[TheFurryMenace]

A little bit of good news Twitter, you'll sleep better at home. Good luck for Monday.

[TwitterQueen1]

Sadly no weekend leave after all. But they will take the drain out later this pm. I must be up to at least 7.5 litres by now.

My dsis & 2 dds visited, which was lovely. Chocolate much appreciated though tbh it's too hot to eat it right now.

Codeine and paracetamol is powerful mix! Woman next to me keeps playing same song over &over again - out loud - all about the hea!ing power being in Jesus' loving hands. She's v vocal about her pain so I will bear with!

[trinity0097]

How horrid, but glad you are in the right place and being sorted out. Having drains is horrid, I recently had one for weeks for my gallbladder. Hope they can take it out without you filling up again!

[NoraDora]

Wow 7.5litres is crazy! You must feel a lot lighter.

Glad you're in the right place, fingers crossed for Monday

[WaitrosePigeon]

You must feel better already!

[welshmist]

Wishing you good luck twitter queen, so pleased the medical side of things were sorted so quickly for you.

[Iamastonished]

Thanks for the update. Hope you are up and about soon.

[FaithAgain]

Oh gosh twitter, when I read the thread I was going to suggest you get checked out because it can be signs of a mass in the pelvis. Thank goodness you did! Glad you feel lighter minus the fluid. Hoping and praying the scan is good news of something easily removed and not nasty. for you.

[TooExtraImmatureCheddar]

Fingers crossed for you - will be thinking of you on Monday.

[NeverTwerkNaked]

Sounds like you need someone to bring in some noise cancelling headphones!
Shame about the leave but hopefully they can get some answers for you quickly

[annandale]

Hard to be in hospital over the weekend. Hope they let you move around the building, there's often some sort of garden or whatever you can sit in. I see a lot of patients using black out masks to aid sleep, hope you can manage some rest.

[toldmywraath]

Sending positive vibes your way twitter . The fluid in your lungs would have had a massive affect on your fitness/ breathlessness, so I hope things feel better in that regard.

Stealth boaster PollyPerky has gone quiet all of a sudden.

[hairymuffet]

How are you this morning?

[augustusglupe]

De lurking... I'm thinking of you Twitter
Do hope there's some positive news tomorrow

[shirleycartersaidso]

Goodness op, hope you're ok

[lougle]

I'm so glad you went in. It didn't sound right that you had only put weight on around your stomach, and so much in a very short space of time. I hope they look after you very well. No wonder you were short of breath.

[TwitterQueen1]

Morning all - lurkers welcome

They won't take drain out til after scan. Still some fluid swishing around I think, and left lung still v congested. Again, they need to see scan 1st.

I didn't bear with Jesus very long I'm afraid. After about 20 repetitions - no exaggeration - I asked her to put in headphones. She didn't have any but did at least turn it off. She's now on v v v long complaint to mobile phone operator.

[NeverTwerkNaked]

She sounds delightful

[lougle]

Go easy on Jesus, He probably would have appreciated a bit of variety himself .

[HmmOkay]

Hang on in there, TwitterQueen.

Thank God you went to the doctors when you did. Here's hoping this is the start of a great recovery for you.

[Powergower]

Aw thinking of you twitter. Glad that the fluid is out and you are lighter but sorry there seems to be a mass. Keep us posted and get yourself some earphones to block out the neighbour.