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.
Yes, definitely needs sorting! People assume that cancer spreads very fast, but that’s not always the case. I had symptoms probably for a year or more before I even went to the doctor. Could have been so much easier for me if I’d gone when they first started but I wasn’t even registered with a gp as I’d never needed one! I didn’t realise I had a pretty large tumour on my cervix, visible to the naked eye. My pain was not anything constant over that year, nor was my bleeding, but I still had locally advanced cancer so it’s really impossible for us to know what’s going on.
I know from my recent issues how painful an infected cyst can be, definitely, but the pain was confined to the area of the cyst itself specifically and didn’t spread beyond the 10cm area it covered. It was very tight and very tender.
I really hope you get some progress tomorrow and you sound like you’re up for standing your ground!
Sarah xx
Nope-I moved here in 2012 and only registered with a gp in 2018 to see about my symptoms. I’d hardly ever been to a doctor in my life before that and now I seem to be always at hospitals! Stupid, but no point in looking backwards when I can’t change anything.
Should have had an appointment yesterday for a check up but that was cancelled. I thought everything was going fine, but unfortunately still having issues. I will call next week and make another appointment-they have me on an open appointment for 4weeks which means if I phone the clinic direct I will be seen within a couple of days.
Really hope your appointment today will mean that you are properly investigated and something is done. Good luck, and let me know how you get on.
Sarah xx
Oh Jayda what a lot to get your head round! Really hope you get your referral through quickly and that it’s not serious.
Worry is hard to control, I know, but just try to remember that you can only deal with what you know for now, which at this point isn’t a whole lot. Hopefully the doctor can chase up so you don’t have much longer to wait. Very glad you’ve got something for the pain and to help you sleep-that’s good. At least there is progress!
Sarah xx
2-4 weeks is still a long time considering how how long you’ve been symptomatic, but this is the way things are nowadays. It’s all about waiting which is why you have to keep pushing. The pills are an interim measure, not a solution. Ultimately, a gp cannot diagnose you properly because that needs to be done by a specialist. To be honest I’m surprised you’re not seeing a urologist.
Maybe that will be the next step after gynae as this might be something that’s not gynae related. But it’s all wasting time. I’ve learned so much in the 5 years since I was first diagnosed with cancer and one of the things is that you are important and you need to push and advocate for yourself. Don’t accept things without question. If you don’t hear within 2 weeks, push it. Otherwise nothing will happen with any sense of urgency.
I need to keep pushing myself as I’m not completely sorted out. But I’ll phone and make an appointment to be seen next week. I thought my abscess was fine and done with, but it’s not-I’m sore and it’s really tender so I need something done. Keep pushing for yourself.
Sarah xx
No Jayda i don’t have a catheter because my bladder was removed, so there would be nowhere to put one! I have a urostomy formed from my small bowel, where part of the bowel is brought through a hole created in the abdomen and the urinary system is diverted to collect urine in a bag outside the body. So that sits on one side of my belly button.
My rectum was also removed, so I have a colostomy on the other side of my belly button to collect poo in another bag. My stomas are permanent, so that can never change but sounds like your catheters, if you have this op, would be a temporary thing. I can understand your reluctance to use the HRT cream when you don’t know what’s going on in there. Why was it prescribed in this form?
Sarah xx
