Hi there hoping someone can help as I can't sleep, I worry constantly and I am anxious constantly.
Sorry it's a long one... if you have time!
I am a 26 year old female with no known health conditions, in the last couple years I have kept relatively well excluding a couple of UTI's and I was told during an ultrasound that I had a small amount of fat around my liver, other than that I am overweight, 5ft 2 and over 15 stone. I do keep generally well though.
In terms of my family history; I have a relatively small family, however unfortunately - my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer at 41, her gran on her dad's side died of bowel cancer in her 60's and her great gran (different sides of the family, not the mother of the gran who died of bowel cancer) died of "lump in the breast" at 29, so even though the link between the bowel cancer gran and breast cancer is broken as they weren't related, my mum was still related to them. My Mum has no sisters, only brothers and none of her aunts or cousins died from breast cancer, as far as I am aware, her great gran had three children, one of which was a boy and two girls, none of which I know died of cancer, they were old when they died, so as men are less likely to get cancer's as common as women are, it's hard to tell if this gene runs in my family, on my mum's mum's side no one known died of cancer. On my dad's side his dad died of bladder cancer in his late 50's and his aunt died of pancreatic cancer in her 80's. I don't know if I would be affected by the BRCA gene due to lack of females affected in my family except my mum, her gran and great gran (great breast cancer gran is not related to the bowel cancer gran) I am so confused, and I am scared regarding this.
In the last month or so, I have experienced constipation, a feeling of not necessarily urgent urination, but I feel after I pee my bladder feels dull and not 100% empty, I never felt like this 6 weeks ago. I have quite a big stomach already and when I stretch the skin it looks like fat, but I don't know how I would know if I was bloated or not? There is nothing wrong with my appetite, and I have just had a period after being off depo vera injection for months. These symptoms just aren't like me, I don't know the difference between urine urgency and frequency and if feeling like your bladder isn't fully empty is normal, I also wake up twice in the morning to pee usually, which I didn't do before.
I had a urine test, negative. I had a CA125 test which was 13 - but again I know in early stages this isn't elevated. I had a pelvic exam and the doctor said she wasn't worried, but I'm just scared she's missed something and she's only put me down for a routine transvaginal ultrasound, so it's not even urgent but these symptoms are just strange and I've read up on what the peeing could be, none of which are relating to anything I have. I don't have diabetes and I don't have a UTI, I have constipation, but I pass stools every day, and sometimes I have diarreah. No pelvic pain, still have a period, full appitite, not tired... but the urunation in the last month and change in bowel movements over the last few weeks has really worried me.
I have spoken to doctors, and they just tell me to stick to my appt, and that the only other things they can do is a full blood count for anemia and a thyroid blood test... I just feel like there's nothing else it could be!!
I don't know what to do, please help
Thank you,
Cherry
