CA125 blood test

Thanks for the replies...have to have one on Tues..too much detail to go into...not feeling well at all...had pelvic scan,have to see urologist..
just hoping that the CA125 is negative..

I had an upper body MRI scan two years ago, a routine one that I have every couple of years for a medical condition and it came back that I had a lump on my left ovary. I was then given the blood test which came back positive with a high reading. Within 3 weeks I was in hospital having both removed. So no more babies

I had a year of blood tests combined with internal scans after an ovarian cyst was discovered during other tests. My CA125 levels were in the ‘Normal’ range, and the cyst stayed the same size, so they just left it alone after the year was up

I took part in the ovarian cancer research programme and they took blood tests at intervals throughout the ten year trial.
They did not give us the blood results but kept samples for future reference. I was chosen to have annual scans to monitor me, thankfully I did not develop ovarian cancer but I did get another cancer that did not show up in those investigations.

One can get false positives with blood tests. They are only markers which indicate that further procedures are necessary to confirm (or not) the indications which do not necessarily point to the 'culprit'.
Read about it on the NHS website or Google for info.

I had the blood test during an initial gynaecologist appointment and my result came back high (which caused me a great deal of anxiety). However, an MRI showed I had endometriosis and adenomyosis which can also cause a raised test result.

I took part in the research programme-a few years ago, going to the Wellcome Institute in Manchester every year for 6 years for blood tests
I think the money eventually ran out.
For those who have not heard of it , it is a test for ovarian cancer, I have not heard of anyone who has had the test, sorry.