I really need advice

Oh my god I no it's awful I suffer from panic attacks also and bad anxiety and it's driving me crazy. What did they say after u had the blood test? Have u had results back?

No hun, they said 3 to 5 days but I have a lot of fibroids also so from what I've been reading it can be an inconclusive test . My fear is hospitals and anything medical so this has sent me into complete meltdown. I'm 43, 2 kids, my symptoms were heavy periods and very irregular also pain on my left side. I've been telling docs for about a year but because I suffer with anxiety I don't think they took me seriously. Anyway long take cut short, saw a different doc and she recommended an ultrasound ad she suspected fibroids, on day of scan they told me I had fibroids but needed a further look so had transvaginal scan the following week. Doctor phoned me Wednesday and told me andand had blood test Thursday. So my weekend had been horrendous and I'm petrified of the phone going but on the cother hand I need to know. You need to go for the test, that's one obstacle out of the way, its like hurdles , I've Jus got to get over the fear of going into a hospital never mind an operation.

Blimey I no what u mean I'm 35 with 3 kids I have my blood test Thursday this week and have been referred to gynocloagist aswell. How do they drain fluid? Is it internal I heard it is with a camera? It's all so stressful I no how u feel completely Coz I hate hospitals to. I suppose it's for the best tho isn't it for our own good but I just can't stand it!

I can't stand it either and it's a process of waiting. Feel like I've been in complete panic since Wednesday x I think they'll have to completely sedate me before and after as i cannot even walk in a hospital without having a panic attack ???????? but as illogical as it sounds I know I have to go with what they say and I feel so out of control.

Thankyou so much for your reply xxxx I really am in meltdown at the minute but I know i have to go with the process. I'm overwhelmed by the thought of cancer and note overwhelmed at the thought of any procedure in rectifying the situation. So pleased you've commented as you've put my mind at rest a little xxx

I had a very large chocolate cyst at over 9.5cm on ultrasound but she said it was bigger when she removed it, I had laparoscopic surgery, she also removed a cyst from the other ovary and I think unadhered my bowel from my uterus in 1 area, I also had a Hysteroscopy at the same time, I had my op on Thursday and came out on Friday. I am already moving around, worked today (sitting down office work at home) and aside from bending and lifting am fairly capable. It hurts to laugh hard or sneeze and the area is bruised and sore but it's not as bad as I thought things would be. The gas they use to inflate the area can be painful but again it's a couple of days and it goes.

I was very scared and worried about going for surgery, Drs make me nervous and so does anaesthesia and surgical procedures full stop but I can honestly say it wasn't too bad. They give you a sedative before the anaesthesia to calm you down and then the next thing you know you are waking up feeling rather dopey. The first night comes and goes in a blur and then there is a couple of days of just trying to chill out.

If you do need to go for the surgery then ask a partner or friend to come and sit with you until it's time to go down, this keeps your mind busy, my partner had to go and get our son from school so I had a few hours on my own which was the hardest/boring bit. They will keep you in until you can pass urine which I couldn't so had to stay overnight plus my op didn't happen till about 17.30.

It's not a nice thing to have to go through but it honestly isn't terrible. You will be fine and if your really frightened then speak to the dr about getting sedation earlier or making sure your first in the list for the operation, that way once you have woken up in the morning it's time to go to the hospital and you haven't got much time to think about things. Also then you don't have to starve all day!!

Honestly don't even think about the ca125 blood test, it really isn't an accurate test for cancer and more than likely you don't have ovarian cancer as it's very rare in pre menopausal women.

A laparoscopy is 3-4 small incisions on your stomach and they work inside using instruments. It is really not as bad as it sounds and is much quicker recovery than doing 1 long incision like a c section. It's keyhole surgery for your belly! I'm 4 days post op and do not need to take pain meds anymore, it's still sore and bruised but I'm up and about and doing well, I thought I'd need much longer to be lying on the sofa but each day gets a bit better.

I went in last Thursday, was out Friday but I had my op very late and you have to pass urine before you go which I couldn't until about 3am. Yes it's a general anesthetic, your completely asleep throughout the whole procedure.