Your concern that you have ovarian cancer: it is not very likely that the symptoms you are experiencing are related to this. Most symptoms of ovarian cancer do not show up until the later stages, and most of what you describe have more to do with your weaning than a possible chronic disease. Be wary of what you read---we could all easily diagnose ourselves with hundreds of chronic or even fatal diseases.
It makes more sense that the symptoms you are experiencing have to do with weaning, as you've been experiencing them for a few months, and have been weaning for a few months.
Your symptoms can easily be explained as weaning:
- Feeling full/loss of appetite: compared to breastfeeding for 11 months when you were expending 500+ more calories per day, you are not expending as many calories now that you are weaning, meaning you will not be as hungry and will feel full after a relatively-smaller meal.
- Hormonal changes: everything we do can equate to hormone changes, especially when referring to the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, breastfeeding and weaning. Are you seeking help for your depression, as this is very common and help is available.
With that said, I do think that anytime you have pain, a call to your doctor is a smart idea. Pain in your abdomen can be many things, and once you've ruled out constipation, diarrhea, gas, bloating, then your doctor can provide a recommendation for being seen or other advice, based on your specific situation.
Pain in your ovaries could be from your menstrual cycle--many women experience pain when ovulating during the middle of the cycle, but only for a day or two.
Since your exam is not until October, you may want to at least call your doctor's nurse and describe the pain you are experiencing; they will want to know if there are any trends (time of day, how long is lasts, what activities you were engaging in, etc.
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Your concern that you have ovarian cancer: it is not very likely that the symptoms you are experiencing are related to this. Most symptoms of ovarian cancer do not show up until the later stages, and most of what you describe have more to do with your weaning than a possible chronic disease. Be wary of what you read---we could all easily diagnose ourselves with hundreds of chronic or even fatal diseases.
It makes more sense that the symptoms you are experiencing have to do with weaning, as you've been experiencing them for a few months, and have been weaning for a few months.
Your symptoms can easily be explained as weaning:
- Feeling full/loss of appetite: compared to breastfeeding for 11 months when you were expending 500+ more calories per day, you are not expending as many calories now that you are weaning, meaning you will not be as hungry and will feel full after a relatively-smaller meal.
- Hormonal changes: everything we do can equate to hormone changes, especially when referring to the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, breastfeeding and weaning. Are you seeking help for your depression, as this is very common and help is available.
With that said, I do think that anytime you have pain, a call to your doctor is a smart idea. Pain in your abdomen can be many things, and once you've ruled out constipation, diarrhea, gas, bloating, then your doctor can provide a recommendation for being seen or other advice, based on your specific situation.
Pain in your ovaries could be from your menstrual cycle--many women experience pain when ovulating during the middle of the cycle, but only for a day or two.
Since your exam is not until October, you may want to at least call your doctor's nurse and describe the pain you are experiencing; they will want to know if there are any trends (time of day, how long is lasts, what activities you were engaging in, etc.
August 18, 2009 - 12:40pmThis Comment
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