Ovarian cancer fear

Hi all,I'm sorry this will be long as im petrified and rambling. I went to the doctors a month ago fearing I had ovarian cancer. I have had spotting around the time of ovulation.She said because of my age (29) she thought not but because I had never had a smear we needed to do one. Anyway i suffer with severe anxiety and that didn't happen. So i had an EUA,cervical smear,colposcopy,hysteroscopy and endometrial biopsy under general anesthetic. Surgeon said extremely low chance of anything being sinister (I still haven't had the results) as everything looked fine. I also had a pelvic ultrasound and she said she couldnt see anything but they STILL haven't checked my ovaries and I am absolutely terrified because to me I have all the symptoms. Ive googled and I don't believe anything ive had done while under general anesthetic would have ruled out ovarian cancer. 

  • Trust me I completely understand. In the space of 4 months I went in about a lump on my thigh was convinced it was cancer. Then was convinced I had a brain tumour,then I went and I got a nurse to check my arm pits because I was sure one was swollen and then I had read that it could have spread to my lymph nodes. Then I was convinced I had bowel cancer,stomach cancer,skin cancer,throat cancer,mouth cancer. I spent my entire time googling,at work googling,not doing what I am paid to do just pure googling. I took myself to A&E and begged them to take a look down below because I was convinced I had vulva cancer. Mortifying. The ONLY thing that stopped me in my tracks was my mental health nurse. I sat there and when im anxious I speak REALLY quickly and so I went in sat down and said right * takes a deep breath* I have all this symptoms and im bleeding between periods which OF COURSE means I have cancer because nothing else causes this,and then I have a sore throat and I mean its OBVIOUSLY throat cancer and I mean what am I supposed to do becaue I dont know what to do what am I to do? Shall I google that too?! and it all came out in one giant sentence and my nurse looked at me and started laughing which then set me off and I was like don't laugh im bloody dying here! which then made me laugh further because she was like im so sorry I shouldn't laugh but the way you have just said that! I then started some lovely ocd (because I was obssessed with my health anxiety) and anxiety pills and theyve really helped. Honestly I think your going to be just fine,there are so many more common things that could be causing your issues xx 

  • Our stories are almost identical, honestly. I went for an eye test because I'd been getting migraines and I was SURE I had brain cancer.  Health anxiety is no laughing matter is it. I now suffer with anxiety induced IBS because of my nerves. I'm honestly so happy to have found your post xx

  • See I couldn't get any eyetest at the time so I went to the docs who FINALLY after seeing 5 diff doctors found one who understood and listened to me. It ruined my life and caused many issues between me and my Mr. I drove my friends INSANE my work collegues didn't know what to do with me. Yeah I was then diagnoised with IBS too even though I was like yeah course it is and was convinced for a long while that it wasnt IBS it was of course cancer. I can promise you there is light at the end of the tunnel even though I am positive it doesn't feel like there is! xx 

  • Anyone reading these will think we're nuts xx

  • I pride myself on that fact, you can join me :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh: XX