After a worrying 5 weeks good news .

After chronic Diarrhea for over a month and a big weightloss hair falling out I went to Docs ,he took bloods and poo test I never gave it another thought until a few days later he rang to say he'd done an urgent referral as CA125 test and Fit test were abnormal when I asked what it meant he said it could be ovarian cancer I started crying immediately and panic set in ,within 2 weeks I had a hysteroscopy and colonoscopy that was the end of September ,they said they'd removed a polyp and done biopsies from both ops so I've been waiting for results (as everyone knows its the worst thing) although they did say from both ops that they didn't see anything nasty but until the results from tests are in you can't be certain so I was dreading it ,then came a call from Docs to say the colonoscopy had shown Diverticulitis hemoroids and a polyp but nothing else relief ,then I got a letter on Saturday to say that from the hysteroscopy the biopsy hadn't been big enough to test but that was because the wall was so thin and the polyp was in fact a fibroid so no malignancy found even bigger relief ,I thought long and hard before putting this up here with so many people with worrying symptoms and results but then I thought it might help someone who is thinking the worst like me ,especially after losing almost 4 stone with diarrhea that wouldn't go away and constant weeing etc and Googling it so I hope it helps someone to go get checked and put your mind at rest ,I'm now in the process of changing my diet and many other things to be as healthy as I possibly can .

  • Wow, that's brilliant news, you must be so relieved.

    I think it does help people in the situation where they've failed a screening and they're waiting for a colonoscopy or similar (like me right now!) to know that you can have some scary symptoms and it can turn out to be something relatively minor (not saying diverticulitis and hemorrhoids are trivial but you know what I mean).

    I have had diverticulitis earlier this year, so I am hoping my current issues are a continuation of this rather than anything more sinister.

    Take care and I hope your diet etc helps keep everything under control.

  • Thank you for replying yes it just goes to show that worrying symptoms don't have to mean its what we all dread but its hard not to think it ,I read so much stuff I was sure it was cancer that had spread because I have a really bad neck as well which I have to have an MRI scan for on Sunday ,Its funny what the mind can do I was thinking how will I tell my sons and my little grandaughter incidently the only person that knows what I went through is my hubby I never told anyone else as I didn't want to worry them until I had to ,and now I've decided not to mention it at all ,I really hope your colonoscopy goes well I was dreading it but to be fair I never felt anything I couldn't believe it was so quick maybe it was the sedation I would highly recommend it ,anyway best wishes coming your way ,let us know how you get on x