Saw consultant today on urgent two week referral about vascular structure with solid components on my ovary during an ultrasound 3 weeks ago and raised CA125 of 95. I have had constipation, indigestion, frequent urination and some bloating and feeling really tired for 12 months or so but had put that down to perimenopause work stresses and generally getting older. I have had heavy vagina bleeding for 6 weeks and have had a hysteroscopy and endometrial biopsy (results not back yet) last week.
I found the consultant very patronising and quite dismissive. When I talked about my symptoms he was very dismissive and said I probably had IBS and should speak to my GP about it, he didn’t actually ask me about my symptoms I had to bring them up. When he spoke about the ovarian structure I asked what vascular structure meant and he said it was a medical term and I didn’t need to worry about it. I could see he had written “mixed echogenicity “ and I asked what this meant and he said “it’s scientific terms that you don’t need to worry about, I’m not here to teach you about science”. I felt so patronised and angry. By the way I’m a science teacher, not that he knew that.
he has, however, referred me for a CT scan, and said if that comes back ok and the endometrial biopsy comes back ok then I will have another CA125 test and ultrasound in three months time to see if anything has changed.
i left feeling so angry at how patronising and dismissive he was that now I don’t have full confidence in him at all.
Any thoughts appreciated.
