Hi Emily,

Welcome to Cancer Chat, although I’m sorry for the reason that you find yourself here. I am afraid that I cannot answer your questions. I myself have had 2 bouts of breast cancer. I am not a medic, but I would suspect that you have to surgically remove any tumour that can be removed to ensure that you are clear. As far as I know, Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy are useful for reducing the size of lesions and help to prevent re-growth when the tumour has been surgically removed.

Have you had an ultrasound? Perhaps this has shown the ovaries up clearly, in which case an MRI may not be needed.

I would advise you to contact the nurses on this site for an educated reply to your questions. You can contact them via the ‘Ask the Nurses’ section of this site. You can also speak to them Freephone on 0808 800 40 40. They are very helpful and have the medical knowledge to answer your queries. The only problem with this, is that they do not have access to your medical records, which are needed to give you the soundest advice.

The best people to ask about your concerns are your own care team, who know you and can access your details. Don’t be afraid to ask further questions, if they do not make details clear enough for you. They sometimes forget that we are not up on medical jargon or procedures. You certainly want to know exactly what they are going to do, and why, before you have any surgery.

It is a good idea to draw up a list of questions for every consultation. I also take my hubby with me to appointments. I give him a duplicate of my questions and he writes down the answers while I am talking to my surgeon. This proves very helpful, because it ensures that I don’t forget to ask pertinent questions and I have all the answers to my questions. Without this, I found that I could only recall a very small percentage of our conversation by the time I had reached the hospital gates. You will find that many of us go armed with a  list, so don’t worry about being the odd one out.

Here’s hoping that your mass is benign

Please keep in touch and let us know how you get on. There is always someone here for you whenever you want to talk.

Kind regards,

Jolamine xx

Thank you Jolamine,

The Ultrasound did not confirm whether it is the ovaries or not, they could not tell if the ovaries are there or not, I had to ask the surgeon who did my hysterectomy 8 years ago, he said they were not removed and advised to have MRI before anything, I had a mesh after the hysterectomy but it was removed after 2 years.

My family doctor who referred me for ultrasound asked for an MRI while the cancer centre I visited today suggested surgery only, they confirmed my blood tests are clean and did not request an MRI, I thought that was a hasty approach.

My husband also accompanies me to my appointments, his opinion is not to rush to surgery before the MRI and to change my diet, my diet habits and levels of stress have been not well. I feel I prefer some time to adjust my diet as I dealt before with serious inflammations and got great lasting results. I believe in holistic approaches and would prefer to do that while waiting for the MRI scheduled in December before I go to surgery.

The approach of the cancer centre today made me feel not much into trusting them blindly.

Also thank you for the advice I will ask the nurses 

I hope you are worry free now and and enjoying a healthy life.

All the best

Emily

Hi Emily,

Have you spoken to your GP about this? If you do not have any faith in your consultant and his team, would you not be better seeking a second opinion? I suspect that you might get this through before you get your MRI. You really have to trust whoever is looking after you, because it could be a case of your life in their hands.

I am right behind you in preferring a holistic approach, but remember that if you are dealing with cancer, the sooner it is diagnosed and treatment starts, the better the outcome usually is. You don’t want to leave it for a few months to find that it has spread.

I am glad to hear that your hubby always accompanies you to your consultations. It makes such a difference to have his support.

I am glad to hear that you will ask the nurses your questions and I hope that they can answer them for you.

Kind regards,

Jolamine xx

Hi Jolamine, 

I really appreciate your support but I had trouble trusting my life to some of the most professional health consultants in and from few countries I had to go against my health care providers few times in my life and never regretted it. 

For one year my TSH was 0 under the care of a consultant and it turned out he gave me a generic medicine and the wrong dose.

Four times I was admitted to hospital for IV antibiotics within few months for my bouts with E-coli until my immune system collapsed, and a naturopath helped me conquer the incurable Ecoli with even the highest concentrations in urine tests.

Please excuse my reply if it sounds defensive, I know what I have did not grow overnight and those same cancer specialists (whom I do not trust much with my life) gave me permission to go away 2 months on a trip and come back to them, nothing is so urgent.

Thank you for your kind support, Wish you all the best

Emily

Hi Emily,

Your reply doesn't sound at all defensive to me. I have had to change my surgeon and care team at the beginning of my cancer journey and know just how difficult it was to do this.

I admire your stance, but just wanted to remind you that cancer can often throw us a curved ball and spread when we least expect it to.

Are you taking any allopathic medinine? If so, Have you checked with your consultant that it is ok to take whatever you are taking?.I was taking homoeopathic medication when I started out, but had to stop them because they reacted with some of my allopathic medicine and would have rendered them useless.

I hope that all goes well for you. Keep in touch.

Kind regards,

Jolamine xx

Hi Jolamine,

I take some health supplements for years now (not subscription drugs)

If I get diagnosed with cancer I have already researched well my other natural options. 

I believe it is important to have Faith, Knowledge and a positive attitude.

Best regards

Emily

Hi Emily,

'I believe it is important to have Faith, Knowledge and a positive attitude'

Your last sentence nails cancer treatment perfectly. You have to take ownership of your own body and decide on the best way forward for you.

I wish you well with this. Please keep in touch.

Kind regards,

Jolamine xx