Three years ago, my mother was having difficulty walking and working as a nurse. Her doctors performed MRIs, Catscans and also ultra sounds and told her she was crazy because there was nothing there(her medical records showed that the obgyn said she was a hypercondriac). With much persistance, she demanded to have exploratory surgery. When they opened her up, they found a tumor the size of a thumb in her fallopian tube. They treated her for ovarian cancer since fallopian tube cancer is rare, they do the same types of treatments. Needless to say, her follow up exams have been great. Her last set of bloodwork in April came back fine.
This past June, she broke out with a strange rash and was bleeding from the rectum for 2 weeks. She ignored this until last week when she could barely walk and vicadon was not working every four hours to stop the pain. She went for a catscan where they found a node on her aorta the size of a grape. They want to do a biopsy on this, but she is putting it off so she can go on vacation these next two weeks with her grandsons...I am just at a loss because I cannot bear to see my mom go through this...my dad just cries because he fears losing my mom. I am praying that this is nothing and she can lead a normal life, but all that I read says otherwise.