Ovarian Cancer. Do I have it?

I know, it is quite a serious question to be asking online.

I just want to know some things.

How can doctors know if you have it? What tests do they run to find out if you have it? Is surgery the only way to know if you have it? How old are most people targeted with Ovarian cancer? Also one last one which is one of the symptoms is smelly discharge. I don't know what that means. Like smells absolutely horrible? Smells kind of bad? I don't know what normal discharge smells like.

Anyway I am just asking these questions because I am quite young and I have been sick for 2 years and they don't know what it is. I checked out Ovarian Cancer and it turns out I have almost all of the symptoms.

Thanks guys :)

Oh and p.s. I got a cat scan and in all of them it says my lymphnodes (spelling?) are swollen and I have fluid by my left ovary and a few cysts on the left one. They haven't really read into that though.

If your financially stable enough right now, don't wait, run to the gynecologist! He'll determine if you have endometriosis, pelvic inflammatory disease, irregular periods, or a combination of those, or if you have ovarian cancer. I hope your okay!

I had ovarian cancer and it's very painful actually. They do different test, but you don't have to go through surgery to find out if you have it. I got it when I was 20, but usually women will get it when they are older. I didn't have smelly discharge though, but all women are different. Another thing it could be is Endometriosis. I have that to and it gets missed by doctors a lot. You should look it up and ask your doctor about it. Good luck and I hope it is nothing serious.

Ovarian Cancer
Ovarian cancer usually happens in women over age 50, but it can also affect younger women. Its cause is unknown. Ovarian cancer is hard to detect early.

The sooner ovarian cancer is found and treated, the better your chance for recovery. But ovarian cancer is hard to detect early. Many times, women with ovarian cancer have no symptoms or just mild symptoms until the disease is in an advanced stage and hard to treat. Symptoms may include:

Heavy feeling in pelvis
Pain in lower abdomen
Bleeding from the vagina
Weight gain or loss
Abnormal periods
Unexplained back pain that gets worse
Gas, nausea, vomiting, or loss of appetite
Treatment is usually surgery followed by treatment with medicines called chemotherapy.