How would you know if you have cancer ?
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Do early symptoms vary depending on the type of cancer one has ?
What are the tell-tale physical signs of being diagnosed ?
What are the tell-tale physical signs of being diagnosed ?
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A colleague of mine died nearly two months after being diagnosed with Brain Cancer - he was absolutely fine up until the diagnosis too.
Sorry to hear about your colleague.
I don't know if it detects all cancers but is used to show a high white cell count.
This is the correct answer. If you've already started to convince yourself you have cancer, then nothing you read on Google will put that idea out of your head. Just go and see a doctor where, the chances are, he'll diagnose trapped wind or something....
Yes, you'll only convince yourself that you've got everything from Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia to Wilm's Tumour (sorry, no cancers beginning with X,Y or Z), not to mention all the loonies out there who reckon you can cure cancer with herbal tea or crystals.
Well yes, it is if you feared that you might actually have Cancer. However, my answer was specific to the questions being asked (not the thread title though). I didn't assume that the OP thinks they may have Cancer (I hope not anyway. If so, then yes, get yourself off to the Doctors!).
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Do not under any circumstances try to self-diagnose something as serious as cancer- it's so easy to get carried away and convince yourself of something and start dwelling on a load of bad stuff
I have self-diagnosed gout before when I in fact had a broken toe
You need to speak to a doctor.
Yep but equally don't be afraid to see the doctor. I thought I had a bad bout of constipation last week but went along to the GP anyway and ended up being hospitalised with a massive ovarian cyst. Even if it is something bad, you'll get treated and life will go on.
This is exactly why you shouldn't rely on symptoms. I had a massive ovarian cyst that turned out to be cancerous and I had no constipation or anything, other than a swollen tum.
A blood test is what you need OP.
Was it the blood test that showed that the cyst was cancerous? I've to wait a few weeks to get it out and i'm slightly nervous as obviously nothing has been tested yet, except my blood.
Yes the blood test was for a CA125 test and mine was way high
Edit: don't worry, I was a whole month before mine was got out
What has prompted your questions, OP?
Symptoms vary tremendously, and are dependant both on the type of cancer and the individual.
Ah ok thanks, i'm sure I was tested for all that sort of stuff too then. A month seems like a long time to wait, the episodes of pain can be excruciating.
I mean I thought I was suffering from heart failure a few weeks ago -- the symptoms like a weak left arm and leg ticked all the boxes but in actual fact it was just palpitations. Did what my doctor told me to and I'm right as rain.
If you ever watch embarrassing bodies, it always amazes me when the doctors look at people's lumps and say "yeah don't worry that's fine." I half expect them to google NHS direct and use the body symptom checker before telling them to administer self care
OT but what always amazes me about that program is that anybody goes on it.
Imagine going back to work after it was shown: 'Alright Bob? Hows it going? I saw your mouldy penis on Embarrasing Bodies last night by the way. Fancy a cuppa?'.
Lol. I think people go on it hoping for a free private operation. You can tell sometimes thats what they are hoping for. The doctors are like "I know you're worried about your overly massive boobs but i'm afraid we may have to operate" and the people are like "OH NO, well ok then"
Hahaha :D
Lol. True. Even things like acne all over someone's chest are not the things you necessarily want the person you secretly fancy at work to see in glorious technicolour.