WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for August, 2000: Re: Immediate testing warranted?

Re: Immediate testing warranted?

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 23 Aug 2000 14:47:06 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 23 Aug 2000, mj wrote: >
>I have had fairly persistant pain in my hip for two years which I have
>assumed to be a result of taking dance class on hard floors. I have
>tried numerous things for this including accupuncture and chiropractic
>manipulation and NSAIDs. The pain abates but returns if I take full
>dance classes.
>
>Now I have abdominal distention, water retention (fluctuating sometimes
>up to 8 pounds in a week), pain in my front and side thigh (kind of a
>vertical line), my lower abdomin feels hard to the touch, and no amount
>of accupuncture gets rid of the pain, which is by no means terribly
>severe yet does wake me up usually at least once a night. I have
>assumed this is an intestinal problem because of increasing indigestion.
>I have since read this might not be the case. My accupuncturist thought
>I should get scanned right away. My doctor seems to think it can wait
>several weeks. It seems worse during and right after my period. This
>last month I spotted on days 9 and 11 after a massage which now makes me
>think it may be related to female organs. Not only that but my lower
>lip suddenly swelled and cracked and got red dots on it. (This probably
>isn't related but is strange). As far as potential female trouble: my
>mother had a very rare form of uterine cancer; my aunt currently is
>battling leukemia; I took infertility drugs; and, I am of Eastern
>European Jewish descent. Quite frankly, I am now a bit scared. Should
>I push for an appointment right away?

MJ, Frankly, I would be concerned. Although it may be something simple, you have successfully described pretty much all the patient perceived findings associated with ovarian cancer. I think that you need any appointment in the next short while... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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