I was referred for a scan due to heavy periods. They found a suspected cyst on one ovary, and rescanned this week (a couple of months after the first scan) to see if it had gone. It hadn't. I'd already made a GP appointment to follow up the scan next week, but they just called back saying they wanted to see me ASAP, but aren't pushing for me to come in any sooner.
I'm utterly terrified. I'm 40 years old and I have three very small children. I'm now fearing the worst. I've stopped myself from googling, but I do know that ovarian cancer is not a great one to have. I know there's other things it could be, but getting a phone call from the doctor has really put me in a spin. I have some of the symptoms of cancer, but not all, and some of those symptoms could be attributed to something else, like endometriosis, which the sonographer suggested as a possibility.
I just don't know what to think. There's no cancer in my immediate family, but I have experienced others having it (not ovarian though) and the outcomes haven't been good. I'd kept it from my husband until the doctor's phone call, when I broke down a bit. He's being sympathetic, but is trying to convince me I don't have the symptoms, when I know I sort of have some of them. But surely everybody gets things like bloating, abdominal pain and tiredness sometimes?
I don't even know why I'm writing here. None of you can tell me that it'll all be ok. I just felt like writing it down.