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ovarian cancer or IBS

Hi, well i am new to here i am a 36 year old female and have 4 boys.I have been havong abdominal pains for months now and just in the last 2 months i started to feel and look like i was 5 months pregnant,and of course there was no chance of that.Still had the pains and they have lasted before period after period an d ovulation i am constantly in pain then about 3 weks ago i started experincing other symptoms,and it came fast. gas,difference in bowel routine,backace,urinating often through out day and up throughout the night,and list goes on.Now i never thought anything of it with just bloating,abdominal pain for months but all the other symptoms just came out of the blue.I finally went to my docters yesterday and made me feel like i was crazy.I got as far as telling her about bloating ,pain and she said u have IBS she did not give me a chance to talk told me it is in my head that there is no way that i could possibly have ovarian cancer.I felt horrible,i cryed after i left,i feel so confused.She gave me my referral for ultersound but would not do the blood test. It takes awhile when i finally get to sleep at night for the swelling to go down a bit,i am been living off advil which really does not help.I am not as bloated when i get up but as the day goes on i start to get painsand look 4 months pregnant,and by night i look like i am 5 months pregnant.I know that maybe i don't have that but i am not willing to take that chance because of some docter.Can any one tell me if they have experienced or is it all in my head,now i have to wait a month until i can get an ultersound,which *****!Thank you for listening.
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I am glad you got in for the ultra sound test. i would insist on the blood test asap. i hate drs, they go to school for all those years, and then tell you its all in your head. Well we know our bodies and she can go .......... find another dr after the test right away.
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986153 tn?1272319065
Hiya Andy, sounds like you need to change doctors.  I had to go to three before one started taking me seriously (it's all in your head - what a bunch of baloney) - and even now, I'm still having problems with communication.    

I don't know how much a CA-125 blood test costs - (it's approx. $35 smackers here in Ontario) but this is something you definitely need.

Keeping my fingers crossed that everything turns out ok for you.
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Thanks everyone.I will.
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454026 tn?1236881142
PTL !! I will be praying for you.

Hugs , Terry
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Thank God!!! I will be praying for you!  Please keep us posted!
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483733 tn?1326798446
Great news!  Let us know!
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329994 tn?1301663248
Andy203,
That is wonderful. Let us know what happens!!
Colleen
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Well a little bit happier i kept phoning ultersound and now another cancellation in edmonton i got this Monday!!!!!!!Thank God.
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792410 tn?1270315500
I hope you fire her.  It is just plain old bad medicine to not examine a patient.  Irritable bowel is a non-diagnosis.  Irritable bowel doesn't develop suddenly.
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Thank you for kind words,i think the waiting game is horrible and then waiting for results will be worse.I so agree thats all they ever come up with.My docter did not even examin me,as soon as i said it she said oh thats IBS.
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329994 tn?1301663248
I am sorry you have to wait, but definitely get the ultrasound done. Here in the US, the doctors are very quick to say you have IBS. I think, besides depression, that it is their catch all diagnosis. You stay strong and demand answers!!
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I know,i am living by Edmonton alberta and it is crazy trying to get an app.My app.for Dec was a cancelation. I tryed emergency and they just said wait for your app.I just don't get it.Thank you.
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Hi thank you,i don't want to wait but out in alberta ultrasounds are so booked i was looking into middle January but got a cancelation date.I did not think much but all of sudden within 3 weeks all these other symptoms came so fast.I keep thinking in my head is it ovarian cancer or is the docter right and i am being crazy and it is IBS.But i feel so pregnant and definiltly like something is in there and i know for a fact i am not preganant.Thank you for listening.
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483733 tn?1326798446
Oh I get so angry that a doctor, and a woman to boot, would dismiss concerns about ovarian cancer like that.  Can you try a different ultrasound place?  Where are you located?  How about trying the ER to get some testing done faster?
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Do not wait!! A month can make a difference. If possible I would go whereever necessary to get ultrasound and bloodwork asap!!!  No one knows our bodies better than we do and we know when something is not right!!!!!  
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