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Ovarian Cancer
How does ovarian cancer "present" itself?
They call ovarian cancer the disease that whispers, because there are no "screaming" symptoms. For most women the symptoms are just part of everyday life. I had IBS so all of the symptoms had been part of my life for 24 years. I was not diagnosed until Sept of 2006, but in March of that year, I ran a low grade fever and slept all the time for the whole month. I thought I had a bug that just wouldn't go away. They do not list intermittent fever as one of the symptoms, because not every woman has it, but I sure did and so did Gilda Radner who died of this awful disease. Maybe your, wife, mother, daughter, aunt? should read It's Always Something by Gilda Radner. She talks about her journey to find out what was wrong with her. I read the book a year after I was diagnosed and I thought than that if I had only read that book earlier I would have known.
These are the accepted symptoms by the AMA, ACS etc.
Bloating, a feeling of fullness, gas
Frequent or urgent urination
Nausea, indigestion, constipation, diarrhea
Menstrual disorders, pain during intercourse
Fatigue, backaches.
You see how vague this list is and most women just shake there heads when looking at it, because as I said these things seem to be part of life at the ovarian cancer "age", although it is by no means limited to us old ladies.
I wish I knew why you were asking this, as I don't want you to read anything into anything. The best thing to do is to have your "whatever" go get a physical and to ask the Dr to either do a Transvaginal Ultrasound or refer her to someone that can. A TVUS is the best diagnostic tool that is available and don't let some Dr tell her it isn't necessary.
Good luck to you Arthur, and please let us know what happens.
Jan
These are the accepted symptoms by the AMA, ACS etc.
Bloating, a feeling of fullness, gas
Frequent or urgent urination
Nausea, indigestion, constipation, diarrhea
Menstrual disorders, pain during intercourse
Fatigue, backaches.
You see how vague this list is and most women just shake there heads when looking at it, because as I said these things seem to be part of life at the ovarian cancer "age", although it is by no means limited to us old ladies.
I wish I knew why you were asking this, as I don't want you to read anything into anything. The best thing to do is to have your "whatever" go get a physical and to ask the Dr to either do a Transvaginal Ultrasound or refer her to someone that can. A TVUS is the best diagnostic tool that is available and don't let some Dr tell her it isn't necessary.
Good luck to you Arthur, and please let us know what happens.
Jan
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