Hello Lorraine, 

I am so sorry to hear you have had to go private as you would have had to wait so long to get a colposcopy appointment. I can understand why this has left you feeling this way and has exacerbated your anxiety. It is good though that you have managed to get an appointment for next Tuesday and I just wanted to say we are thinking of you in the coming days and I hope you get some clarity on this soon and some explanation as to what is causing all these symptoms. 

Keeping everything crossed for you Lorraine that everything turns out fine. Do give us an update if you have a second when you find out more! 

Best wishes, 

Lucie, Cancer Chat Moderator

Has your go felt the lump? 

I'm surprised it's taken them so long for them to get you an ultrasound. 

Although the hospital let me down my gp was very good. My ultrasound was 5 days after I had my bloods done and my first appointment with the gp. 

I'm just so thankful that my consultant appointment is on Thursday albeit private. Hopefully my colposcopy appointment and mri scan of my pelvis is not long after.

The 1st July will soon be here and hopefully you will get some answers xx

I have had problems with my periods for roughly 12 months but though it was age related.  I actually went to my gp 8 weeks ago as I have ulcerative colitis and and was having a flare up and I was constantly getting water infections. My tummy was so distended that my gp asked about my periods. I explained that I was bleeding much heavier and much longer but also I was passing a lot of large blood clots and in a lot of pain with my tummy and lower back. The doctor took my bloods and arranged for a urgent ultrasound scan which I had on the 28th May and it showed that there was a mass on my right ovary measuring 4.75cm in diameter.  Unfortunately I took ill and I was admitted to hospital on the 29th May as I started bleeding from my bowel. I was treated for my colitis flare up and whilst in hospital I had a CT scan on 7th June. The CT scan revealed that the mass had grown a further 2cm diameter and that there was abnormalities on the left side of my uterus.  The gynea team explained that I was being referred for an urgent colposcopy and mri scan of my pelvis and thus would be within the 4 weeks guidelines.

I am so thankful that my employer gives me Bupa insurance as I would have been able to have gone private myself. I really couldn't imaging having to wait and I really do feel for people who do not have the option to go private.  In this day and age when there is a risk to any cancer, this should become priority. 

I must add that my bowel consultant is also arranging a colonoscopy. Do you have a bowel condition? Xx

Yes, I completely agree. It's just such a long wait in most circumstances. That all sounds awful, how are feeling at the moment? The thing is for me, I haven't been diagnosied with a bowel condition, as nothing's really been done as of yet to check. I've started getting bowel type flair ups last november. I was starting to think, I had a stomach ulser or something, as the flair ups pretty much started when I'd had my wisdom tooth out, and I'd taken a lot of iboprofen for the pain. I went to the dr early last year about it all, as I'd had a couple more flair ups by this point. They'd tend to last a day, chronic indigestion, intense middle tummy pain and then it switched to the right hand side. I'd be sick with it, and couldn't eat and had bad constipation that was so hard to pass, and it made my tummy worse, but at the end of the flair up it would be yellow diarreah. I got tested for diabeties and celiac disease, and all came back normal. My last flair up there was inflammation there, as placelets were higher but now they're back to normal. I also have had blood in poo, a weeny bit on several occasions since last year so I really thought it was all bowel related or gastro relatied. Now I'mve got those CA125 raised results back, I'm in shock as I didn't link it to that. Are you still waiting for a colonoscopy date? I am still waiting, then I think my symtoms all started late last year, it's been half a year since then and I'm none the wiser. You're lucky you have health insurance, that's really good. I'm preying I won't have to get to that point.