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Ovarian cancer and young?
How possible is it to get ovarian cancer in a 22 year old female? I heard its really rare when your younger Bloated stomach( gyno didnt even believe no pregnancy until pee test), naseaua and vomiting every day, brown discharge between periods, very heavy menstrual bleeding, random black tarry periods, periods last for 10 days every two weeks, frequent urination (that could be possibly from chronic unfelt utis according to doc,), severe debilating lower back pain and front abdominal pain. Severe family history with cancer, I posted in a couple other areas...im just kinda doing some research on my own...thanks...
Please be very firm with your dr, asking him when looking into his eye: Please tell me I don't Have Ovarian Cancer with evidence. Please be strong when deal with drs, you are the only one know your body, you are the only one can be advocate for yourself.
Ask they why they stop search, since you symptoms are still there. Keep call them until they listen. Or find one who will listen..
Love and Peace
jun
Ask they why they stop search, since you symptoms are still there. Keep call them until they listen. Or find one who will listen..
Love and Peace
jun
No my doctors really havent taken anything seriously...I have other symptoms too but they have lasted alot longer...but these symptoms i just mentioned have been happening since dec/jan like i said...im doing research on my own. Im not saying i have cancer Im just looking at all different possibilties and keeping an open mind. They have found a couple things but stopped searching. They havent done a CA125 or anything....just normal blood work and thats the extent...just a low WBC and anemia....
Hi, I am an RN and my wife was recently Dx with granulosa Cell cancer( GCT) Jan 2010. Based on your symptoms and family history your Dr's should be taking this serious I am not saying this is cancer in any way but it warrants a complete and thorough work up. I would recommend you move agressively on this as I did with my wife. This can be overwhelming and very scary especially for someone so young. I hope you have a good support available.
You should expect your physician to do a series of tests like transvaginal sonograms, Cat scans and MRI's(preferable) along with blood tests like CA125, Inhibin A&B, MIS and CEA. These tests are just used as a guides for the Dr's to help assist in making a diagnoses(Dx). Unfotunatley, with any suspicious ovarian mass, if this is what it turns out to be surgery will be the only way to make definitive Dx via pathology.
It is NOT recommended to a needle biopsy of any suspicious ovarian mass as it could potentially rupture the capsule and seed the pelvis with cancer cells, if that what it turns out to be. Please make sure they drew your blood for the following blood tests,Inhibin A&B, CA125 and CEA so at the very least you have baseline blood work.
Based on your sonogram if there is ANY suspician I would immediately find a good GYN/Oncologist surgeon. I would reccomend going to a large tiertiary hopsital where they see large volumes of patients. This is not to make you worry even more but to make sure that the Dr who treats you has vast experience with diagnosing and treating various types of GYN / Onc issues. If the Dr wants to remove the cyst/mass via laprascopic procedure PLEASE make sure they have much experience with removing these INTACT! All too often I read posts from patients who say their Dr thought it was a cyst and removed it haphazardly causing a rupture and seeding of the pelvis with cancer cells, only to be found on pathology post removal.
Next: From experience I would be asking for an MRI of the abdomen/pelvis which should be read by a Radiologist that specializes in GYN/ONC they can be pretty precise. My wife went to a radiology practice that does all types of MRI's and the Radiologist read her MRI as a fibroid. I then took her to Sloan Kettering in NYC to see a GYN/ONC surgeon Dr Carol Brown who had the MRI repeated by a GYN/ONC Radiologist who called her DX to the tee which was confirmed after surgery.
The best advice you see all over these posts is you have to be your own advocate, be aggresive and stay on top of your phycicians. Also, get copies of ALL your medical records, you are entitled to them. Please re-post to this site with any other questions you may have as this site has some very knowledgeable people on it. I would be intersted in your seeing your sonogram results. I wish you all the best!
Kevin
You should expect your physician to do a series of tests like transvaginal sonograms, Cat scans and MRI's(preferable) along with blood tests like CA125, Inhibin A&B, MIS and CEA. These tests are just used as a guides for the Dr's to help assist in making a diagnoses(Dx). Unfotunatley, with any suspicious ovarian mass, if this is what it turns out to be surgery will be the only way to make definitive Dx via pathology.
It is NOT recommended to a needle biopsy of any suspicious ovarian mass as it could potentially rupture the capsule and seed the pelvis with cancer cells, if that what it turns out to be. Please make sure they drew your blood for the following blood tests,Inhibin A&B, CA125 and CEA so at the very least you have baseline blood work.
Based on your sonogram if there is ANY suspician I would immediately find a good GYN/Oncologist surgeon. I would reccomend going to a large tiertiary hopsital where they see large volumes of patients. This is not to make you worry even more but to make sure that the Dr who treats you has vast experience with diagnosing and treating various types of GYN / Onc issues. If the Dr wants to remove the cyst/mass via laprascopic procedure PLEASE make sure they have much experience with removing these INTACT! All too often I read posts from patients who say their Dr thought it was a cyst and removed it haphazardly causing a rupture and seeding of the pelvis with cancer cells, only to be found on pathology post removal.
Next: From experience I would be asking for an MRI of the abdomen/pelvis which should be read by a Radiologist that specializes in GYN/ONC they can be pretty precise. My wife went to a radiology practice that does all types of MRI's and the Radiologist read her MRI as a fibroid. I then took her to Sloan Kettering in NYC to see a GYN/ONC surgeon Dr Carol Brown who had the MRI repeated by a GYN/ONC Radiologist who called her DX to the tee which was confirmed after surgery.
The best advice you see all over these posts is you have to be your own advocate, be aggresive and stay on top of your phycicians. Also, get copies of ALL your medical records, you are entitled to them. Please re-post to this site with any other questions you may have as this site has some very knowledgeable people on it. I would be intersted in your seeing your sonogram results. I wish you all the best!
Kevin
I'm no expert but I would say it is rare/unusual but not impossible iyswim? Especially considering you have history in the family. Is your doctor taking you seriously and investigating your symptoms? Sound like you need a smear test done as well?
Hope you get some answers soon.
Hope you get some answers soon.
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