I never thought of cancer of the ovary, and why should I? In the case of gynecological cancers you hear about breast cancer all the time, cancer of the uterus and cancer of the cervix when you go to your annual pap smear, but you never hear much about all cancers of the ovary. I think it becomes a little more noticed these days but several years ago, I did not give it a thought. I'm sure I've probably heard before, at some point, but before I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer stage 2 I was so ignorant of the signs and symptoms and had no idea of what you are looking for. Not to mention that I was a very healthy person – rarely even had a cold or flu – and the last thing I expected to hear from my doctor was the dreaded word "cancer". In fact, I probably would have been early warning signs for some time, even years, but I attribute everything as just plain old people are a little older (but not so old, I was only 43 years) and enter the stage of life when things start to bother you or get rid of principle, just as a car reached the end of the warranty. You know how it happens, your warranty runs out and you're in the store every two weeks. So I had a lot of typical symptoms and had no idea, symptoms of indigestion (never had it before), bloating, changes in menstrual periods (heavier), pelvic pain and some little after my period. Pelvic discomfort / pain was really a strange symptom, I thought it was not good with time of the month, but after a few days. But then, will disappear, and I would just figure, you know, getting older, et cetera. But then I started having this annoying leg. It was a sort of radiating pain, so I thought there must be something to do with a nerve. I have some medical knowledge so I thought it might be a kind of sciatica back issue? No, I do not think, because he did not follow the usual MO for this type of neuropathic pain. Instead of being relieved by rest was mitigated by rising and progress. Perhaps a torn muscle? How about fibroids? Yes, that was it, I decided, fibroids. I went online and researched all the symptoms and everything added up! A large fibroid must press on my sciatic nerve and cause of this unbearable pain aggravating leg. I made an appointment with my gynecologist and she agreed, yes, it should be. Winnie the Pooh, great, something serious to worry about. My gynecologist sent me for an ultrasound, where a large mass was seen, so I was immediately sent to a gynecologist oncologist. It is very reassuring, but I was reassured to hear that this is the best person for each type of GYN problems (not only cancer, but nothing unusual) that are outside the norm because these doctors are very specialized. However, it is very scary to sit in the oncologist office wondering if you can catch cancer. One looks around in the waiting room and see all patients in chemotherapy obvious, and it is quite overwhelming. Once I graduated, my doctor has scheduled surgery, and soon! My surgery was six days later and the diagnosis was stage 2 of ovarian cancer. I then had to start chemotherapy. I did not hear that! All I could think about was losing my hair. In a broader perspective, this is such a small thing, but believe me, when you're at it, it just seems horrible and terrible. But it was good news hidden inside all this evil, and it was that I had only 2 stages of ovarian cancer and not a later stage, the most frequently diagnosed (because nobody understands it ' is that symptoms have to worry about). It's just a very very small percentage number of diagnoses made in step 1 or 2. Most of all diagnoses of ovarian cancer are made in stage 3 or 4. These later stages are very different in terms of prognosis (but not desperate, there's always hope). I am happy to say that I have done all the time and is now cancer free. But I think if I had not had pain in my leg, I would not go to the doctor anytime soon, probably not for a while (I really hate going to the doctor and always put It Off) so my symptoms are equally nonspecific and seemingly very favorable, and my illness could have been overlooked, and time spent in Stage III or IV. So please listen to your body to communicate with you and if you have something to do which seems really out of the ordinary for you, although it is common for others, has no early warning whether it is checked by a doctor. This would make a huge difference in your final diagnosis.

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