Hi
so about a year ago, I started having intermittent problems passing urine. I could still wee, it was just a trickle rather than a flow, and it seemed to come and go with my cycle, so I just ignored it.
My periods have always been extremely heavy and seemed to get worse during this time. Flooding pads within an hour, and started lasting longer, 8-12 days.
Late last year, I started my period a week early, and then again in Jan. I put this down to stress (my mum died suddenly in jan) and my age. (42).
Last week I had pains in my stomach, back and hips that got better with a bowel movement so I put it down to wind. Then sat just gone, I woke up and I could NOT wee. At all. I ended up in A&E on a catheter and referred for an ultrasound the next day. I was then admitted to hospital for more tests. (Where I currently am)
ultrasound showed a 14cm ovarian cyst and blood test showed tumour markers of 326.
the first doctor yesterday said it was an ovarian endometrioma but I needed an MRI to make sure. He said he doubted it was cancer and said he'd expect my tumour markers to be in the thousands rather than the hundreds if it was cancer.
this morning, another surgeon came round and said he hadn't had the MRI results yet, but he was concerned it might be cancerous because of its size, my tumour markers and the fact it had other cysts inside it.
he said he wanted a CT scan to rule cancer out elsewhere in my body and then would know more in a couple of weeks and had referred to oncology aswell.
I then spoke to the junior doctor and she said she'd be surprised if it was cancer as it'd be rare and on probability, it's probably benign but they need to rule out cancer before deciding on treatment, as if can spread if it is cancerous and they don't remove it correctly.
The surgeon this morning though when I spoke to him, and asked him what he thinks said 'it can go either way.'
My thoughts are that if it was a 14cm cancerous tumour I'd have had other health issues and my tumour markers would be through the roof! I put this to him and he agreed but said they have to rule it out.
im terrified and I don't know what to think!! I have very bad health anxiety and I'm absolutly beside myself! Has anyone had similar please or got any advice?
