Hey guys,
I have a big lump inside my vagina, I'm having a lot of back and womb pain. My left leg is also swollen. The lump itself is rock hard at the bottom and covered by what feels like a water balloon. I've had a Bartolin's cyst before but this feels nothing like it! I've just gone through the menopause and I haven't had any bleeding, just awful bloating, running to the loo and th awful pain! I've realised I've had this lump for years, I never paid it much notice as I thought it was part off my anatomy it was so hard! I had been having pain after sex and feeling sick but I ve so many other ailments it didn't register (I had a 3cm benign lump removed from my thyroid in Nov). I've booked with my gp for next week but I'm really worried...hoping it will be a cyst or maybe prolapse. Apologies for asking but what did everyone's lump feel like? This feels weird, there's at least 2cm thickness of rock hardness running the whole length of my vaginal wall, then the whole thing is enclosed in a massive watery balloon.
Golly Jayda its like busses…none for ages and then several come at once! But you are being seen and heard now and it seems to have prompted lots of action at last, which is the main thing.
It does feel quite stressful when you’re going between different specialists and doctors, but they all will play their role getting to the bottom of your issues. It does need to be the experts who investigate further, so hopefully that process will now be in motion for referrals. I didn’t know BCC could present as a lump, so every day’s a school day!
You must just be exhausted with it all…and how’s your daughter?
Sarah xx
I hope your daughter gets her scan very quickly Jayda- what a worry for you both. As if there isn’t enough going on in your lives.
Sarah xx
Your poor daughter-she’s got a lot to deal with…but she is very young, so maybe as you say it just wouldn’t have been a good time right now.
Definitely don’t race ahead with worry about the potential of BCC. Too early to add something else to your list of worries! I’ve no experience of tonsil stones, but it seems surprising that there’s so much urgency over this when the doctor was prepared to make you wait months for a gynae referral. I don’t understand the thinking on that.
I’m sure you don’t relish the thought of seeing that same doctor who dismissed your thyroid issue before…it’s easy to lose confidence in doctors when you feel they’re not listening to you. At our surgery you are only allowed to discuss one issue at an appointment so I don’t think we could discuss 2 feet! Absolutely crazy if you’ve got lots going on and means they never join the dots between different symptoms!
I’m not a Christmas fan-haven’t had a tree up since I was first diagnosed with cancer-just never bothered since then. The only sign of Christmas in our house will be a tin of Quality Street! The tree and decorations will remain in their usual home, which is the loft!!
Good luck for tomorrow-hope the doctor listens to you.
Sarah xx
Hi Jayda
Definitely hope the foot lump is nothing serious but best to get it removed and checked. Amazing you’ve got an ent appointment before gynae considering how long you’ve been suffering but it will be another thing to get off the list of worries.
I much prefer a quiet Christmas-quieter the better in fact! Other than Christmas Day, we don’t expect any visitors, so that suits me just fine. Door shut, feet up, bliss!
Sarah xx
Take all the help you can get Jayda! The rollator will be very useful, but don’t push yourself to do too much when you feel so weak.
We don’t do the whole presents and shopping thing here. I was going through chemoradiation 5 years ago through November and December, so it was the last thing on my mind to face the shops with my particular side effects. I finished treatment on Christmas Eve and slept on Christmas Day. Since then, we’ve told our families we’re not doing presents, or cards for that matter, and it’s much easier!
I need to be on my mobility scooter to go anywhere outside, and it doesn’t like the cold or wet, so that’s a fine excuse anyway! Hopefully I’ll be able to help with the food shopping trip, and we usually like to buy something online as a treat to ourselves. This year I need a new coffee maker and a waffle maker is on the “list” but we’ll see. Depends on getting a decent deal! The main thing is not putting any pressure on ourselves to “do” Christmas.
Sarah xx
