Hello All
I feel like I’m living a nightmare at the moment. I was diagnosed with stomach cancer in August 18 aged 46, went through chemo, stomach removal and more chemo. All was well until a couple of months ago when I notice I couldn’t eat as much, but with stomach cancer that’s all part of the new normal.
A few weeks ago I noticed I felt a bit tender and that I could feel a bit of a lump, I went to my GP she had a feel around and said everything felt normal, fast forward 2 weeks and I was vomiting all the time, constipated and couldn’t get water in me, over the weekend I’ve been in A&E 3 times for fluids and a CT scan was arranged for today. My abdomen is swollen and hard on one side, I put this down to constipation but after getting the results a few hours ago, I’m devastated. I was first told I had an abcess on my ovary and bloods were done, the ovary is about the size of an orange and is squashing my kidney, it’s not functioning and is in danger of having permanent damage, I’m having a drain inserted tomorrow, but after the bloods came back they’ve told me it’s a tumour and I feel unable to cope, life was just returning to normal. Stomach cancer tends not to spread to the ovaries and I’m praying that’s the case because it will be game over, if it’s a new cancer at least there’s a chance.
my question is what’s the procedure? I think it’s going to MDT tomorrow but with the virus I’m scared things will move very slowly, I’m worried about chemo because I could t handle my sessions after my operation I only managed 2 out of 4 as I was so weak, I’m even weaker now. I’m so worried, I have 2 children and I hate to put them through this again and it’s killing me I can’t be with my family. Being told on your own that you have cancer is just cruel, I don’t know how I’ll get through it without my husband at my side.
im sorry I just needed to get my feelings out, my head is spinning.
thanks for listening.
Lou x
