Scared

karenw

I've been having alot of pelvic pain in recent months. I went to see my GP and she referred me to a gynecologist at my local hospital. I went for an ultrasound scan on my ovaries and womb and went back for the results and was told i have some small cyts and a big chocolate cyst. They also said i might have endometriosis.

The doctor also told me i had a benign tumour.

I'm worried to death about this tumour. I can't eat, sleep. Does this mean I have cancer?

jenniewb

I think you'd be best phoning up the consultant, the department or even your own GP to get more info as it sounds quite technical but I was under the impression that cysts were not the same as Cancer and a benign tumour is the opposite to a tumour you would need to worry about.

Torry_Quine

Beningn means non-cancerous.

karenw

I am going to see my GP on monday as she is not in surgery today. I'm very very worried about the benign tumour they have found in my womb

Mojisola

karenw wrote: »

I am going to see my GP on monday as she is not in surgery today. I'm very very worried about the benign tumour they have found in my womb

As Torry says - benign means non-cancerous.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/health/physical_health/conditions/lumps1.shtml

Try not to worry too much over the weekend.

karenw

Mojisola wrote: »

As Torry says - benign means non-cancerous.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/health/physical_health/conditions/lumps1.shtml

Try not to worry too much over the weekend.

Thanks.

What worries me is how do they know it's non cancerous without doing a biopsy? The doctor has only done an ultrasound scan. I'm confused.

**professor~yaffle**

They don't always need to do a biopsy. You can often tell the type of tumour or growth from a scan. I have a benign tumour (though in a different place to you), and they did a scan to find out what it was.

If it's a common one they may have come across it many times before. I don't think they would tell you it's benign (ie non cancerous) if they had any doubt.

karenw

**professor~yaffle** wrote: »

They don't always need to do a biopsy. You can often tell the type of tumour or growth from a scan. I have a benign tumour (though in a different place to you), and they did a scan to find out what it was.

If it's a common one they may have come across it many times before. I don't think they would tell you it's benign (ie non cancerous) if they had any doubt.

Thanks for the reassurance. I just panicked cos i heard the word tumour.

Lucy_Lastic

Why don't doctors just say "a non cancerous tumour"? Not everyone will have heard "benign" before. They must know how frightened everyone is of cancer.

Cooper18

Lucy_Lastic wrote: »

Why don't doctors just say "a non cancerous tumour"? Not everyone will have heard "benign" before. They must know how frightened everyone is of cancer.

Because lots of doctors assume folk understand what they're talking about! They use these words every day and its commonplace for them, but sadly not for patients. Some are better than others at putting things across. That said, some patients have selective hearing also, and chose to hear what they want to hear. There is a chance all the OP heard was "blah blah blah tumour blah blah blah blah".

OP, try not to worry. Radiologists (the doctors who interpret what the scans mean) are clever enough to be able to tell by looking at some things whether they are cancerous tumours or not. Not everything needs a biopsy, or can be biopsied. But there is no point worrying about something you haven't been diagnosed with, and they've said it's benign which as the others have said means its not cancerous.

karenw

Lucy_Lastic wrote: »

Why don't doctors just say "a non cancerous tumour"? Not everyone will have heard "benign" before. They must know how frightened everyone is of cancer.

Yeah they should, but still the word tumour frightens me