Feeling lost and confused

Hi everyone I hope everyone is ok 

my names Kell and I'm feeling a bit lost and confused as I'm sure most of us are on this forum , 

In January I started to experience pain in my abdomen and extreme bloating visible distended abdomen sickness and toilet changes , I was admitted to hospital for ten days while they investigated gastro and couldn't find an issue except my gallbladder wall is thick and liver appeared slightly fatty and was told I'd need a gyne apt as they ruled out a major gastro issue .... fast forward to may and my pain is worse and persistent on the lower right side and has stabbing pains through the day , the distended abdomen has stayed up over 4 weeks without easing , I look heavily pregnant my kids believe I'm pregnant which is impossible ( I had a hysterectomy in 2017 due to cervical cancer but my ovaries were left to stop early menopause ) I wee a lot more than normal i can manage 1 maybe 2 small meals a day but after eating or drinking i feel sick , im very uncomfortable and pass wind like never before !!!!

My gp ordered blood tests the CA125 was normal , she see I'm in pain and frustrated , she agreed my right side was tender and she was concerned my belly wont go down so gave me a letter to present at A&E which i did , 

while there the took more bloods , then an ultrasound ( halfway through they started whispering ) i was given morphine and taken for a CT scan , I was then discharged with pain relief and told they'll email my dr telling them to book a TV scan ASAP , they wouldn't tell me anything apart from they can't give me answers right now , 

a day later the dr calls to say a scan is being booked and the discharge letter says they suspect an ovarian issue and mentioned ovarian pathology, I don't understand any of it and feel lost , I'm know no one can diagnose me but I wondered if anyone had a similar experience? 
 

thank you for listening me babble on. 
 

Kell x

  • Hello Kell and welcome to our forum! 

    I can imagine you are feeling a bit stressed at the moment with this new imminent scan being booked and feeling like you are lost and don't understand what is going on. Discharge letters can make us worry as it's hard to understand all that medical jargon sometimes so try not to focus on that too much and to put it all at the back of your mind. It's best not to anticipate what it might be and to wait to get your full results. 

    I hope that you will hear from others here who have had a similar experience and that they will be along shortly to share it with you. The best thing to do to avoid thinking too much about this is to keep busy and distracted if you can and avoid looking things up online. I can imagine it is hard for you to do this at the moment but it will help you feel a little less anxious. 

    Keeping everything tightly crossed for you that everything turns out fine. 

    Best wishes, 

    Lucie, Cancer Chat Moderator

     

  • Thank you for replying , means a lot I'm trying not to stress too much I'm hoping it's something less scary and trying to be positive x