Scared I have advanced ovarian cancer, alone & going insane

Hi,

I am writing here hoping to get some comfort. I live alone in London, moved here last fall my family is not here. I have started having heavy periods and getting them closer together since March, this month I didn't get it I'm in my 33 cycle day and nothing. I talked to a GP when all started, went for bloods they said all fine. I was getting very sick when on my period, extremely bloated, tired, very dizzy. Then I started having major gas, gurgling stomach and diarrhea. Night sweats, acid reflux, nausea, chills, fever. This was about a month ago.I was very sick at the end of last months period so I went into A&E, they did bloods and chest ray said all fine. Then I started losing wight. Went back to my GP he examined said he can't feel anything in my pelvic are but sent me for a pelvic scan which was first available JUly 19. Tomorrow I am talking to the GP again hoping to get a refferal to an ob/gyn and a sooner date for a scan. I think I have fluid in my belly and also something is wrong with my lungs because I can't breath right. I am so scared please don't think of me as crazy like the doctors thought, I know something is wrong and I kept saying to myself that everything is fine like the doctors said, but it's not.

Thank you so much for reading this.

  • Hello giraffe39, 

    A big welcome to Cancer Chat. I hope that you have by now managed to talk to your GP about this again and that you have been given a referral and an earlier date for the scan. Do mention to your doctor that you feel you have fluid in your belly and that something isn't right with your lungs. 

    I hope that talking to the doctor yesterday was productive and that you feel a bit better about it all now and you get some clear answers very soon. 

    Keeping everything crossed for you that it all turns out to be fine and that you get a resolution very quickly to these issues. 

    Best wishes, 

    Lucie, Cancer Chat Moderator