Anyone have these symptoms

lhusband · New User Joined: 04 Jul 2007 Posts: 1

My wife is 50 years old and has had a range from spotting to very heavy mensus vitually every day for over 1 1/2 years. She had std. and trans vag ultra sound, pap, blood tests done by GP about 1 month ago. He indicated most likely a fibroid. US showed mass in fundus 7.7 X 4.3 CM. Endometrial wall has thickened to 16mm, 2 small simple cysts on ovaries and small amount of free fluid in cul de sac. Other symtoms include painful and frequent urination, pain and bleeding after sex, pelvic pain, gas and bloating after meals, constipation, fatigue, look of being 3 months pregnant (bulge at lower ab), sometimes legs and ankle swell, sometimes pain just below right rib cage. She has had 2 children by C-section (breach birth) and 1 miscarriage. She had to have a D&C after the miscarriage, about 20 years ago due to excessive bleeding. Her pap was normal except for bacterial vaginosis. Estradiol 658, Follicle 2.4, Luetinizing 7.6. She is very resistant to seeing an GYN and it was difficult for me to get her to the GP.
Has anyone had similar experiences and been diagnost with EC or other cancers. Is it likely just a fibroid, or is this just optimistic?

brainman · Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:30 am Post subject: Re: Anyone have these symptoms

Hi lhusband,

Your wife has quite a laundry list of symptoms! I do not know if they are related or not. I agree with you that your wife should see in GYN to sort through all these symptoms. Encourage her to go seek medical advice. As the GP said, it might be fibrosis, but why take the chance that it is something more?

I will keep you and your wife in my thoughts and prayers.
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poppy · New User Joined: 21 Jul 2007 Posts: 2

Hi

I dont know what your wife has

BUT let me tell you bleeding for 1 1/2 years is not normal but for some reason normally fear women but up with an hell off a lot
I had every symptom you mention

I had cancer and my cancer had spead to the muscle of my uterus because I ignored the signs

Please please push your wife to seek help

Im so happy I did I have my life back and no more horrid bleeding I can do anything I had a total hyst and feel great

Kind wishes

calchiquita · New User Joined: 01 Nov 2007 Posts: 2 Location: CA

Bloating and urinary problems can be symptoms of ovarian cancer. You should really get it checked out.

saleha · New User Joined: 25 Apr 2008 Posts: 4

Any woman who has not bled for a year and suddenly has even one episode of bleeding or spotting MUST have an endometrial biopsy to determine if there is endometrial (uterine) cancer. I was very fortunate to have known that and had a D&C that showed cancer cells in time to have a total hysterectomy at Stage One with a Grade One tumor.

Being afraid to see the gynecologist puts you at risk of being at late stage when diagnosed. I also learned that a hysterectom is basically a diagnostic tool to determine what stage of cancer you are at. If you are a candidate for laparascopic surgery, you can have the hysterectomy with minimal recuperation time. I was home the next day after 5 1/2 hours of surgery. I was up and around almost immediately.

Be smart! Get checked.

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MsHuggys · New User Joined: 14 Aug 2008 Posts: 1

Only this week I have been diagnosed with EC. Based on my history, I have likey had it for 5 years. All the systems your wife has, I have, as the list grew one by one. I ignored them.

I have seen my CT Scan now, have a CD to take with me to the female reproductive cancer surgeon next week. Due to this, I have been able to look over the CD for a couple days now, and it has scared me to death that I let it go this long. I am full of tumors, but not all of them have evolved into cancer.

Ankle swelling, bloating, gas, looking pregnant, irregular bleeds, sometime extremely heavy, pain during sex, extreme pain and blood after orgasm, bleeding after sex, abdominal pain, clear discharge, milky discharge. I thought it was related to mental-pause, instead it was related to the tumors that were slowly growing inside my body.

What drove me the doctor finally? I fell.

Over a month ago I slipped and fell in a parking lot taking a huge hit. That fall pushed one of the masses, about 3" long through my cervix, filling my vaginal cavity. It was a symptom I could not deny and forced me to seek medical care.

This has resulted in me being in 'labor', my cervix opened with this mass protruding through it, for the past month, waiting for my medical team to do all the preparation to deal with it, at minimum an ordered histerical-wreck-to-me.

Because I ignored the symptoms, thought I was in mental-pause, I was on a path to advanced cancer. The fall has saved my life. Had I waited, as advanced as my cancer is, it would have begun to invade my organs.

I can not begin to tell you how urgent it is to seek help when there is a combination of the above symptoms. I am in constant pain now, and on bedrest so that mass doesn't rip away, with me bleeding to death before my sugery. The turn of events has left me in a dire situation for weeks. Please do NOT make that mistake.

Any woman who has had children by natural child birth knows how severe the pain can be while in the second stage of labor. Imagine being in the stage for weeks, instead of minutes or hours.

By the time I am admitted to remove my entire reproductive system, it will be nearly two months since the fall. If that doesn't scare you into seeing a doctor, nothing will.

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