8cm Complex Ovarian Cyst with CA125 of 51 - Absolutely terrified!!

I posted on here a few days ago after I found out unexpectedly that I had a large complex ovarian cyst. The consultant thinks it could a dermoid cyst but can't determine this for sure and is sending me for an MRI scan. In the meantime, my CA125 has come back raised at 51!!! I'm postmenopausal which just adds even more risk into the mix and I just feel like the odds are stacking up against me. I've had no symptoms and only got checked out because of a tiny amount of postmenopausal bleeding. I'm all over the place.

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  • Hello everyone! I have a bit of an update. So the last I had heard was that the drs came back saying that my mass was complex after my MRI and that my case required discussion with specialists in an MDM meeting. I got a call today and they are sending me for germ cell bloods which are tumour markers and the meeting is happening on Friday. Has anyone gone through this? Is this normal/routine? As you can imagine, I'm having a major wobble. Any insight would be amazing. 

  • Offline in reply to Rox36

    Sorry you're going through this. I had raised markers and I had "immature teratoma(?)" All over my paperwork, but it wasn't cancer. I only didn't have a hysterectomy because my surgeon said she'd go back in if it was confirmed by biopsy. I was 38 and not ready to go through menopause so I took the risk. It was just complicated by having dermoids on both ovaries so it looked very suspicious. But so gratefully fortunate that it wasn't cancer! It's possible medicine has moved on a bit, but I think biopsy is the only way to confirm. I've got everything crossed for you and I hope that they're being gentle with you?

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  • Offline in reply to Rox36

    Sorry you're going through this. I had raised markers and I had "immature teratoma(?)" All over my paperwork, but it wasn't cancer. I only didn't have a hysterectomy because my surgeon said she'd go back in if it was confirmed by biopsy. I was 38 and not ready to go through menopause so I took the risk. It was just complicated by having dermoids on both ovaries so it looked very suspicious. But so gratefully fortunate that it wasn't cancer! It's possible medicine has moved on a bit, but I think biopsy is the only way to confirm. I've got everything crossed for you and I hope that they're being gentle with you?

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