WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for March, 2001: Re: to K Shanahan, follow up q

Re: to K Shanahan, follow up q

From: M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 30 Mar 2001 23:40:17 -0600 (CST)

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At Fri, 30 Mar 2001, Bekka wrote: >
>Dear Dr Shanahan
>
>You kindly wrote the reply below to my query. Could you say why you
>think it can't be cancer?

the likelihood of cancer at your age is extremely low -- not zero (it never is zero!) but very, very low. Also, your symptoms are not terribly ssupicious for cancer. Tehy fit more with a hormone imbalance or maybe endometriosis -- or a polyp or an infection

To have reasons would help put my mind to rest >and stop my sleepless night!
>
>One thing to change since my message, day 21 prog level had a clerical
>error and I'm having the tests done again. Result could have been low

70 was on hte high side -- if it were 7 that would be low and would fit with lack of ovulation and hormone imbalance causing your bleeding pattern

>(3).
>
>Many thanks for your time
>Becka

hope this helps. >
>At Fri, 9 Mar 2001, Bekka wrote: >
>>Hi
>>
>>I am 30. I have had spotting for 5-7 days after my period, clear over
>>ovulation and spotting again 2-6 days after ov until period. My period
>>has gone from av of 4 days medium flow to 1 day v light flow over the
>>past year. My blood tests were normal, my prog levels were 70 on 21
>>dpo.>This has been happening for a year in April. I'm on a long UK waiting
>>list for a laparoscopy.
>
>very worried, as in "could this be someithng horrible liek coancer?" --
>no. Concerned, like "I want ot get to teh bottom of this" -- yes
>
>I have no pains associated with the >brown spotting. >
>>Over the past 4 years I have had one or two other episodes of monthly
>>spotting, not lasting for more than 6 months each time.

-- M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG South Lake Tahoe, CA

author, Your Over-35 Week-by-Week Pregnancy Guide

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