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Clear smear test but all symptoms :( so worried

Tass
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Hi  all and I hope everyone is having a lovely Sunday.

I find myself back on this forum and I feel selfish as I haven't been diagnosed but I'm out of my mind with worry. 
It's been such a horrible 4 months and I feel like my life is on hold or how I would cope if I got the news that I have cancer.

So as I have had a lot that's happened I'm going to narrow it down.

feb I found myself straining to go to the loo(tmi) I would always go in the morning though. Some thick unusual brown discharge that was new to me about 3 times

march comes and I have a smear(horrible experience it felt like the nurse was forcing the spectrum in) major discomfort and pain after for 24 hours(felt like a uti)

3 weeks later pain started and since then it was the worst pelvic pain I went to a and e about 4 times I had a physical examination by one doctor that said my cervix looked fine but there was a bit of dry blood

Between all of this I had a lot of bloating and trapped wind(never happened before) also change of bowel movements Iv noticed a lot more before my period 

month after I had a Transvaginal scan( comeback clear)

Unbearable Pains was still there then went back to a&e only to be told by a doctor that I had a bladder infection and gave me antibiotics ( was never picked up before)

since then the pelvic pain has gone but I feel very gassy and I have sounds coming from my bowels to my pelvic and now I have noticed a enlarged lymph node on my groin and also back pain  :(  

I'm convinced it's cc at the later stages I'm 32 years old, no children and I'm heartbroken to think that could be taken away from me 

I'm seeing a gynea on the 15th of June I just don't know what to do with myself 

Any advice would be much appreciated x

 

 

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    Hi Tass,

    I'm sorry to hear you are feeling like this. I'm not sure if it helps but I have had these issues myself. 

    About 18 months ago I experienced a change in bowel habits, starting with mucus which was in no way usual for me and after that I was going to the toilet very frequently, sometimes 4 or 5 times in the morning, plus lots of gurgling gut noises. I was convinced it must be bowel cancer after consulting with Dr Google. I had a colonoscopy and it was absolutely clear. I was told that it could possibly have been a stomach bug that has 'reset' my bowels in a weird way, but thankfully it did pass.

    Since October 2021 I have been spotting. I'm 42 and have been on the pill for a long time. I've had a cervical check, a transvaginal and abdominal scan and once again, not a thing to be found. I don't have any answers but sometimes our bodies do weird and inexplicable things, and stress just exacerbates things. 

    You are being sensible and getting everthing checked which is all you can do.

    Big hugs, I know how horrible it is to have this kind of worry. Happy to chat if it helps x

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    Hi lovely thanks for responding to my long post I thought I was the only one with gut noises I'm glad yours has sorted itself out though! 
    I know it's so hard not to stress about these especially where they have just come out of nowhere, Iv spoken to my family and friends about it but they just keep telling me I'm fine as Iv had blood tests and and a scan but when your stressed I guess your mind just takes over doesn't it xx 

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    Absolutely, no amount of anyone telling you not to worry will stop you worrying! We have access to so much information we just end up scaring ourselves silly.

    The positives are that the tests you have had are all clear but if you are ever worried then always get checked out. It just sounds like you are going through a really rubbish time with the worry of it all, and when we worry, our guts go mad and do all sorts of things x

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    So sorry  I thought I replied but it never posted! Exactly that we have so much access it's so easy to look in to things and scare yourself even more. Hopefully I get some reassurance from the gynea soon fingers crossed. 
    Thanks again for replying i really appreciate that :) have a good week xx 

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