I went to hospital with severe stomach pains and cramps. Was taken to A&E at Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy. I was assessed and sent on my way with a syringe of morphine of 5 mls. I was told it was my gallbladder and was not to eat dairy products. I explained to the doctor and nurse that I was due to fly for a 2-week holiday, was I fit to fly? Their reply was, of course, just watch what you are eating.
The 4th day into my holiday, I felt awful, with bad nausea and diarrhea for 4 days. I came home and was back poorly again, so I contacted my GP practice for an emergency appointment. The doctor said it was 100% IBS and not the gallbladder, as it was on the opposite side of my stomach. The doctor said they would refer me to a tummy specialist. I asked why I couldn't get a scan, and I didn't get a reply.
I then was ill a week later, was very poorly, and had to be admitted back to A&E at Victoria Hospital. I seen 3 doctors and 3 nurses, bringing up pure yellow sick, one doctor said we will take you for a chest x-ray. By this time I was beyond angry. I said no x-ray, I demand a CT scan, which a higher doctor came and asked why. I told the doctor I knew there was something bad, but didn't know what, so they agreed to give me a CT scan.
Later that evening, I was put into a ward, where a doctor came to give me the heart breaking new that it was ovarian cancer with mass tumours on both ovaries. I was kept in 2 days, and later went for endoscopy, where it showed stomach tumours too, so I had to get biopsies taken. Then I was referred to Edinburgh Royal to get a laparoscpy done, which I was told the cancer was spreading through the stomach, that I was Stage 4, which the primary was the stomach that had spread to the ovaries.
My life had been turned up side down, especially my life expectancy - 9 to 12 months with chemotherapy. I just feel I have been let down and misdiagnosed. When a scan should have been done when I was first admitted to hospital, and I shouldn't have been allowed to fly. I am just so angry, no apology or nothing, I just wish anyone with pains should automatically be scanned instead of having to plead with doctors to get a scan done. Everyone knows their own body .
"Terminal cancer stage 4"
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