Hello
I'm sorry to probably waffle on a little but I'm concerned over a health scare and was just looking for a way to vent. Sorry if its a long post but I want to go back to the start...
Back in 2019 I suffered 10 days with terrible left sided ovulation pain although this was outside of my ovulation window,after 10 days it just went so I assumed a small cyst and thought no more of it and it didn't happen again until June this year.
End of June again I wasn't ovulating but i started to experience the same pain in the left side,not bad enough to take painkillers though,sometimes would be there all day,other days I would just feel it in small sharp bursts that lasted half a second and some days i could go 2 or 3 days without feeling anything,this carried on until the beginning of August and then it just stopped again,I know I should have seen the doctor but again I assumed another cyst especially as the pain wasn't bad enough for pain killers and didn't interfere with daily life,was just always there.
12th October it came back around my ovulation date so I thought that's normal but after ovulation it stayed and again following the same pattern of some days I would feel nothing and other days it's there all days and other times it comes in small sharp bursts and I do notice it more around ovulation and periods. I did however manage to get a doctors appointment yesterday,she felt my stomach and said she can't feel anything untoward but now I'm worrying as I've had 4 children I do have a little "overhang" and I'm sure she didn't press under the overhang so I'm worried she could have missed something or would she have still noticed anything just be pressing on the top? I answered all her questions,she could tell I don't have any bloating,my stomach is very soft, I don't get full quickly,still have an appetite,no bleeding unless on period,sex isn't painful and toilet wise everything okay (I do have bouts of diarrhoea but I've been diagnosed many years ago with an IBD so this is normal for me) I do have some back pain but again I suffer with sciatica so this is normal for me and nothing new.
After examining me and listening to my answers she said she can not hear any red flags and wasn't concerned but she wants to do an ultrasound to check my ovaries although she did say she doesn't expect to find anything but as the pain feels like it's ovary related she wants to be sure so I felt reassured and more positive as I convinced myself it would be bad,she also requested blood work just to make sure nothing else was going on and this was fine until I got home and read the blood form..she has requested the blood test ca125 which i know checks for protein relating to ovarian cancer,she never mentioned this and now I'm worried again thinking that she does indeed think I could have cancer despite her saying the opposite as I don't understand why she would order it if she honestly thought i was okay. My husband still believes everything is fine as she said 3 times she doesn't think its anything serious and these tests are just a precaution and for peace of mind which im glad about but I'm also so confused and very worried.
My periods are normal (I bleed for 3 days,stop for 1/2 days and then start light bleeding for another day) this is normal for me and I've always for many years suffered terrible ovulation pain in the left side but rarely suffer period pain/cramps. I know I don't have any other symptoms of OC but I'm still worried.
Im 42 and have 4 children,don't take the pill, don't smoke etc and only ever had 1 sexual partner.
Any words of comfort/advice would be great. Bloods are tomorrow and il receive a scan appointment in the post soon.
Many thanks xx
Ps, sorry for long post,thanks for staying till the end
