I had never given any thought to ovarian cancer, and why should I? When it comes to gynecological cancers from breast cancer all the time, but you never hear much at all about ovarian cancer. Long before I heard the words at some point, but until I diagnosed with stage 2 ovarian cancer I was quite ignorant of the signs and symptoms and had no idea what for us.
As it turned out, I had probably warning signs ofsome time, perhaps years, but I attributed all the old signs as normal to get a little 'bigger and that the time to enter into life, where do other things to bother you or basically fall apart, as a kind of self reaching the end of the warranty. They know how to do it, your warranty has expired and you're in the shop every two weeks.
So I was with typical symptoms such as indigestion (which has never had before), bloating, changes in the menstrual cycle (heavy)and some pain in the pelvic area right after my time. E 'was really a strange symptom I thought it was not right with this time of the month, but after a few days. But then it would be gone and I just figure, you know, the elderly, etc.
But then I started with this annoying pain in the leg. It 'was sort of radiating pain, so I thought I should do something with a nerve. Sciatica? I do not believe it, why not the usual MO for this type of neuropathic pain. Perhaps astretching? Fibroids? Yes, that was, I decided, fibroids. I researched all the symptoms and all in all! A huge fibroid must be pressing on my sciatic nerve and the reason unbearable leg pain worse. I made an appointment with my gynecologist and she agreed, yes, it should be.
He sent me an ultrasound, where we saw a large mass, so I was immediately sent to a gynecologic oncologist. This is the best person for any kind of problems that are beyond obstetricsNorm because these doctors are very specialized, but it is very scary to sit in the oncologist office wondering if they have cancer. Once I had my exam, my doctor scheduled surgery, and soon! My surgery was done and 6 days later, the diagnosis of stage 2 of ovarian cancer. I had to start chemotherapy. I do not want to hear! All I could think about was losing her hair. In the grand scheme of things this is a small thing, but believe me, ifThey are faced with this problem it seems just as terrible and horrible.
But it was good news hidden bad at all, and that was that I only have stage 2 ovarian cancer, and not a later date, the diagnosis is too often (due to the fact that no one noticed that one worried about symptoms cause).
I am pleased to say, I did it with all of them and now I'm cancer free. But I think if I had the leg pain I would not go to the doctor, at any timesoon, probably not for some time, as my symptoms were so nonspecific and seemingly benign, and my disease may go unnoticed and has been ever greater. So please communicate with your body and if you loose something that seems to really care about out of the ordinary, have it checked by a doctor.
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