I am brand new to this but wanted to share as I have found myself scrolling and scrolling through other post so why not make my own!! I found I wanted more of the build up story rather then tests and results so here goes......
My journeys starts with a cin-3 smear in April 2019. When I got the letter I felt all sorts of emotions! Within 2 weeks I was in for cell removal and biopsy, everything went perfectly and cells were tested, no cancer found. After this I found my periods were different. Different in length in heavyness in texture just everything!! Obviously googled it as we do and it's normal after lletz procedure so decided to just monitor it. I then found I started losing watery blood a good ten days before my period every month. Only really there when I wiped. When my period finally came there wasn't really a lot see and barely filled a towel. About 5 months ago I started to get pevlic and lower back pain and even leg pains all of which were on the right. As the pain started radiating up towards my ribs I decided it was time to phone the doctors. I hadn't managed to get a follow up smear as I was always bleeding when the appointment was due and knew it would come back inconclusive. So told my doctor everything who said I needed a smear, bloods and ultrasound, non of which were rushed through. As I waited for my appointment I ended up in emergency treatment for a pulled muscle down my back which left me unable to move properly. It was the main muscle and left me in a lot of pain. Whilst talking to the doctor who wasn't allowed to examine me due to COVID he asked was anything else going on? Bit random I thought! So I said well yea I have this pelvic and lower back issue but the doctors are on to it. He went away then came back and said I want to refer you to gyny today for an emergency appointment. I was like ok but I'm really here for anti flams for the old back (which I never got ) he explained he was concerned and just wanted me seen. So off I hobbled to the other side of the hospital where the gyny doctor done an internal which I wasn't prepared downstairs for! She then tells me she can see another growth on my cervix and my uterus is bleeding quite alot . A lot of info I wasn't planning on receiving. She then refers me to colposcopy. I proceed to phone my doctors the next day to try and get these anti flams and he asked what had happened and asked me to attend for a ca125 blood test ASAP. I had my colposcopy app the very next day where she removed the new hitchhiker and mentioned the amount of blood i had internally but she couldn't see where it was coming from or what was causing it. Whilst there she done a smear for my records and a hpv test. Then I went on the Friday for blood test and by the Monday the doctor was ringing me up with the news that it was in fact raised to 76. He said it's not great with my other symptoms but could absolutely be other things such as endometriosis. But need the scan to see what's happening. I had to wait another 3 weeks for my scan which weirdly I wasn't overly bothered by. My scan day was yesterday and all day I felt full of anxiety and fear about what I was about to be told!! Scanner was a lovely women, had abdo and vaginal scan and she said she can see a 2cm on my right ovary but nothing else looks "scary" So I'm all biz thinking woohoo it's just a cyst, that I know off as I haven't had the official results from my doctor yet, would she even tell me if she did see anything worrying?! Who knows! Just tells me to contact doctors for results. So then my minds starts to work overtime thinking why would i have constant blood in my uterus so I took a trip to doctor google again and it turns out that a cyst can in fact be cancerous! I stupidly thought a cyst was a cyst and a tumour was a tumour. So I'm currently here with pressure pain in my pelvis and lower back, tummy cramps and lovely swollen tummy which makes me look like I'm pregnant!! I have no idea what the next few months look like for me but I'm hoping to get maybe a penis instead I did ask for one at colposcopy but she didn't seem like she could help me! Being a female really isn't great is it. After my kids I didn't think i would see anyone up my never nevers again yet here I am! Anyone else been here? If you are reading this and got this far thank you! If anything of my symptoms bare similarities and you are unsure what to do please just get checked. The moral of this post was to bring awareness of get checked when change happens. If anyone wants to share feel free, let's chat! I don't want to burden friends and family with it as atm it could still be nothing serious. My heart and the pain I'm in believes it is though.
look forward to hearing from you ️
