Symptoms And Anxiety, Please Advise....:( Posted: 11-01-06 23:06pm
Hi, about 10 days ago, after my period
ended I felt a mild crampy, burning, tight
sort of feeling in my right ovary area.
Its there constantly now and I feel it
more when i'm sitting rather than
standing.
I don't feel bloated really.
I tend towards anxiety and find the more
symptoms I read about , the more I feel.
Like, now I feel like i'm wanting to
urinate more often (symptom of ovca). I
was at my gp just yesterday and she did a
thorough pelvic exam and felt the ovaries
and area to feel and look normal, all else
was normal.
But then I read that a pelvic exam is not
good to find ovca unless its in late
stages.
Should I worry. I'm making myself sick
and need to stop reading medical/symptoml
sites.
Please give advice....Thank you , thank
you!!
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princess55
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 04 Jul 2007 Posts: 16 Location: Canada
Posted: 07-04-07 22:25pm
It is normal to get anxious when you have
new symptoms like this and then do some
reading up about it. It's true that a
pelvic exam is not an effective way to
detect ovarian cancer. However, ovarian
cancer is not a common illness, it is much
more common to have benign ovarian cysts.
If you are still concerned about your
situation, you can always ask your doctor
for an ultra sound or CT scan. Those tests
won't tell you if you have cancer, but
they can tell you if you have a growth on
the ovaries, and whether those growths are
cystic (filled with fluid) or solid (a
tumor, which can be benign or malignant).
Hope this helps to ease your mind.
