[Audio Rebel]

Do early symptoms vary depending on the type of cancer one has ?
What are the tell-tale physical signs of being diagnosed ?

[Gilbertoo]

Do a google search for a few different types of Cancer and you'll quickly see that some have very few or easily recognisable symptoms and some will.

A colleague of mine died nearly two months after being diagnosed with Brain Cancer - he was absolutely fine up until the diagnosis too.

[Audio Rebel]

Thank you Gilbertoo,I'll get Googling.

Sorry to hear about your colleague.

[itwasn'tme]

Forget googling and seek the advice of a doctor.

[woodbush]

I worked in the nuclear industry and we had a full blood screening test yearly.

I don't know if it detects all cancers but is used to show a high white cell count.

[johnny_t]

Originally Posted by itwasn'tme

Forget googling and seek the advice of a doctor.

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....

[Trsvis_Bickle]

Originally Posted by itwasn'tme

Forget googling and seek the advice of a doctor.

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.

[Gilbertoo]

Originally Posted by johnny_t

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....

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!).

[Red Okktober]

Originally Posted by itwasn'tme

Forget googling and seek the advice of a doctor.

Exaclty

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

[Sophie ~Oohie~]

I hope you're alright OP x

[Sophie ~Oohie~]

Originally Posted by Red Okktober

Exaclty

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

This. You might well find out it's nothing at all, I was about to make an appointment at the doctor's thinking I had kidney disease last week (not from Googling it, because someone at work mentioned it), but it turned out to just be backache from the way I'd been sitting on the sofa using my laptop for hours. I now make sure I sit up straight and sure enough it's gone away

[Hit Em Up Style]

Don't ever go looking for cancer advice on the net as every case is different.

You need to speak to a doctor.

[pugamo]

Originally Posted by Red Okktober

Exaclty

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

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.

[MillyC]

Originally Posted by pugamo

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.

[pugamo]

Originally Posted by MillyC

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.

[MillyC]

Originally Posted by pugamo

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

[jasvinyl]

Originally Posted by Audio Rebel

Do early symptoms vary depending on the type of cancer one has ?
What are the tell-tale physical signs of being diagnosed ?

What has prompted your questions, OP?

Symptoms vary tremendously, and are dependant both on the type of cancer and the individual.

[pugamo]

Originally Posted by MillyC

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

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.

[Belligerence]

Originally Posted by Hit Em Up Style

Don't ever go looking for cancer advice on the net as every case is different.

You need to speak to a doctor.

Indeed. It's not just cancer but any prognosis. Just take the internet advice and googling with a pinch of salt.

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.

[CLL Dodge]

When the doctor sits you down and says "You have cancer".

[Stiffy78]

The internet is great in a lot of ways. Allowing us to 'self diagnose' serious illness ourselves isn't one of them. I had a suspicious lump last year and had to wait a couple of weeks for test results after it was removed and by then the internet had gone quite a way towards convincing me I had cancer.

[pugamo]

Originally Posted by Stiffy78

The internet is great in a lot of ways. Allowing us to 'self diagnose' serious illness ourselves isn't one of them. I had a suspicious lump last year and had to wait a couple of weeks for test results after it was removed and by then the internet had gone quite a way towards convincing me I had cancer.

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

[Stiffy78]

Originally Posted by pugamo

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?'.

[pugamo]

Originally Posted by Stiffy78

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"

[MillyC]

Originally Posted by Stiffy78

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?'.

Hahaha