Miss

Hi I am a 31year old mum of 3. Since last October my period cycles had changed and they were becoming a lot more frequently, it got to the point in December that it was just a constant flow. I went to the doctors and had a swab for any infections and a smear that I was due. Two weeks later I got a letter saying I had severe abnormal cin 3 cells and needed to go to the hospital for further checks. My hospital appointment came through really quickly but my head was all over the place with worry. The gynaecologist on the day talkEd through my signs and symptoms (severe back ache and constant flow) he said to me that my symptoms are not related to my abnormal cells and to go back to the doctors. I went through to the treatment room and he told me there and then that my cells were not cancerous once he looked at them, he did the LLETZ procedure and removed them all. Three weeks on I received my letter from the lab that they are all clear . I then went back to the doctors for my signs and symptoms, i told him that I have the implant pill so he said it could be this that’s causing it my symptoms but he’ll send me for a pelvic scan just in case. I went for the scan this week and they found a 4mm polyp in my womb, I received a msg from my doctor yesterday to book an appointment  to discuss my scan results and this morning I’m off to the hospital to have my implant removed.. so it’s been a rollercoaster couple of months. The worst thing I did was google my signs and symptoms but when your worried I guess it’s the first thing you do. According to google I have cervical cancer, ovarian cancer and also my polyp may be cancerous  My body feels like an achy 80yr old and can’t wait to get to the bottom of it and get back to normal.

  • Hi,

    We ladies are very goos at passing off symtoms as something inconsequential - we don't like to make a fuss ! I was very lucky in some ways, when I missed some periods, and then got bloated tummy and some tummy upsets I went to the doctors as soon as I could - but they did blood tests due to just one family member having ovarian cancer -they then found a week later on ultrasound scan and ct scan that I had a tumour on ovary 21cm wide. There was no big lump showing - it is such a nastything, but almost 3 months on and the blood count of ca125 has gone down by 70%after 2 chemos.

    I'm just saying this because your head will be all over the place for a few weeks whilst things are being diagnosed and they get to the bottom of the problem. Googling is a nightmare - I did it too when I thought I had IBS - I was just trying to convince myself it was nothing out of my control - but google scared the daylights out of me - as my partner said there are alot of scaremongerers out there and people don't always post on these places when they are happy or healthy, they post on there when they are in pain or panicking or want to spread their horror stories about side effects. Please don't google symptoms and treatment side effects - it damages your mental health !

    Sorry to ramble, but it does help to offload - I wish you the best of luck and here's hoping that your cells/polyp etc is not a nasty one - think positive and try not to think worst case scenarios - it will drive you potty !

    Thoughts are with you

     

  • Women need to be in control and have plans especially when children are involved, so when something crops up and may change plans or the future we go into survival mode. I’ve read a lot of stories on here where they have the CIN3 abnormal cells which I had and they are not even leaving the house because they are in such states because online it states (normal cells, cin1, cin2, CIN3 then cancer) it doesn’t state that it takes CIN3 ten years to invade and turn to cancer but a very small percentage may be sooner. Doctors don’t call you in to talk it through and you just receive a letter in the post, so naturally google takes over and feeds the brain loads of rubbish. Wow how scary to find out you have a tumour and so big, you sound very positive. I hope a lot of people read about what your partner said because it is so true the internet is a scary place. I wish you all the luck and hope the chemo beats the *** out of the tumour .