Hi All,

My partner has been experiencing heavier and heavier periods over the past couple of years, a month ago she deiced to get it properly checked out. She was referred for an ultrasound, and about a week before the ultra sound she had a period with new symptoms. She was in a lot of discomfort with her bladder and felt like she constantly needed to urinate, along with a lot of pelvic pain. Luckily hery ultrasound was very soon afterwards (yesterday).

At the ultrasound the radiologist took a couple of pictures of the right ovary and didn't seem to concerned, but when they got to the left one spent a long time taking lots of pictures. She said that there seemed to be a fair amount of shadowing and unless this is a gas build up could potentially indicate cancer. She wasn't allowed to say anything other than that. My partner was then asked to leave while a specialist examined the pictures.

Naturally this has scared the living hell out of my partner and she is in a lot of discomfort and pain, and now even more anxious about what is causing it. The radiographer has said that she should go back in 2 and a half weeks so they can scan again and see if anything has changed for the better or worse. This seems counter intuitive to me...

If the shadowing was caused by a gas build up, surely you should only have to wait a couple of days to confirm if it is that? is it normal that my partner is being asked to wait 2 and a half weeks for a second scan? Should I be pushing for a quicker resolution? or perhaps look at coing private to get her checked out quicker? I know time is of the essence in the worst case, so should I be pushing for her to be seen again quicker? also leaving someone in this amount of discomfort for 2 and a half weeks seems a bit harsh.

Any advice would be welcome, thanks.