Hi

I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer stage 1c1  grade 1 in February, but I've been told I can't have any scans for follow up.  I told my consultant that Overcum charity staff said I should have scans every few weeks because the ovarian cyst ruptured during surgery, but I've been told that I agreed to Patient Initiated Follow Up, but I didn't agree to anything.  I wanted to talk about follow up care and the consultant said we have a leaflet for that, and the leaflet said I agreed not to have any follow up.

I'm really worried, what is the normal followup procedure for my type of cancer?  Did your doctor tell you the same thing? 

The consultant also said that regular CT scans cause cancer, and that if I had them as often as the charity said I should have them, I would develop cancer long before the end of the year.  But when he first talked about CT scans he said they were safe.

My husband was diagnosed with cancer in 2016, but he didn't have it and he had over 20 CT scans that year, does this mean my husband will develop cancer because he has had too many scans.

I'm really stressed and confused.