[Cathya]

Debbie;

Thank you so much. I had a small droplet of blood and immediately went to my doctor. I am fortunate about a number of things. Firstly my regular doctor sees me within days of any calls and immediately set up scans, etc., secondly that I had a thickened uterus likely due to taking arimidex for so many years which lead to the overall scans and thirdly that I received care at the cancer centre quickly. This is why I wanted to post here. Even after the internal ultrasound which indicated a problem it still didn't register that it could be ovarian cancer. It is very different from breast cancer both in symptoms and in treatment. It is a very sneaky disease. I think that once you are post menapausal you should begin having the CA125 each year (or more often) and watch its trends. I was also shocked to realize that the oncologist who is handling my ovarian treatments told me that he doesn't handle breast cancer and if I was found to be BRCA+ I would have to be referred to a breast specialist again (my wonderful oncologist retired). I wonder if the reverse is true. Are oncologists so specialized? If I hadn't asked I wouldn't have realized. You might ask your daughter about that as it is very scary I think.

Take care and all best wishes,

Cathy