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Hi, I'm new here. I am 54 and have experienced pain during and bleeding after intercourse. I don't know if I'm through menopause yet as I have a Merina coil. I also have high risk HPV but no abnormal cells at my last SMEAR test. I was worried about...
Hello I’m new to this community I’m hoping to meet and share experiences with other people within my local communities I am 2 years and 5 months living since my diagnosis with all the sea saws of anxieties that this diagnosis brings this journey we...
Hi I had my first treatment of Bevacizumab last Friday. I have to receive this every three weeks. What’s everyone’s experience with this I’m so worried waiting to get my blood test and results in two weeks.
I was diagnosed with endometrioid ovarian adenocarcinoma and had a 15cm tumour removed in February. I was diagnosed in November - I hadn’t had a proper period then, or a period at all in December. It returned to normal in January but had a very light...
Hi all, New to this site. On a positive note my mum had ovarian stage 4 clear cell cancer at 50 and is now 10 years all clear. I have been having loads of symptoms lately eg. Major weight loss, extreme exhaustion, no appetite, bloating, pelvic pain, bad...
Random question, but has anyone had a picc line inserted ahead of surgery? I randomly got an appointment for a picc line insertion - I’ve questioned what it’s for and the nurses can only assume it’s for a potential staging surgery. The consultant’s...
From your experience, if the gynae-oncologist has requested an urgent MRI, how long do you have to wait for the results? He’s not expecting it to show anything but I just wondered if the results are likely to be sent to him and me get an appointment...
Hi, According to my surgeon there was excision of a large ovarian tumour “with a small patch of wall of the distal ileum (firmly adherent to tumour capsule)” My surgeon, who isn’t a gynaecologist or gynaeoncologist, says stage 1 is when the tumour is...
Hi I'm new to the forum I've not had a diagnosis yet I just wanted to ask if anybody was Dx with Ovarian cancer after a cyst was found on the ovary I've had all the symptoms bloating lower abdo pain lower back pain loss of appetite feeling full I'm 57...
I don't know where to start because I'm scared to death. I already made a post about my situation but I need to talk more about it with people who understand my situation. My mother, my beloved mother... my reason for living. In 2020 she underwent surgery...
