Handhold re tests huge stomach

[Strathyre]

Just hoping for a handhold here as I generally get very anxious about health related things and this is really testing me!

Since having kids my stomach has not been as flat as it once was. For ages I thought it was just a normal part of having kids, plus I'm a bit overweight. A month or so ago I decided to get serious about weight loss and I've lost about 7 lb. But that has just made my stomach seem even bigger!

So last week I went to the GP. She thinks it's either an ovarian cyst or normal weight loss, but said she also needs to send me for a blood test and a scan to check for ovarian cancer. I had the blood test the next day and results should be in next week. Scan may be months according to the GP.

Now the health anxiety has kicked in and I'm feeling really conscious of my huge belly plus I'm feeling breathless, feeling like I can't go to the toilet properly, like it's uncomfortable to sit down because of the size of it. But I know from previous experience that I'm super suggestible and i wasng conscious of any of these things before i went to the gp.

You should be able to get the CA125 (blood test) result within a couple of days.

If the GP has told you the scan could be months then she hasn’t referred you on the two week pathway, which she would if there was any suspicion of cancer, so that in itself should be reassuring?

Tbf my belly was massive for ages when I was losing weight. It was the absolute last place it shifted from so, when the rest of me looked really slim, I looked like I’d swallowed a beach ball!
Try not to panic.
IF the blood test results show raised markers then they will Expedite the scan so you won’t have to wait so long but chances are all will be well. Blood test results come back really quickly, if it had been alarming you would have heard the day after your blood test. I know it’s easier said than done but try not to worry.