I first had my hysteroscopy 8th December.
My hysterectomy is 5th Feb.
Almost two months later.
I’m a private patient.
I’m curious, how long did others wait from point of hysteroscopy til surgery? Are you private or nhs?
My previous Gynae assured me it didn’t look like cancer. Then I got the call on the 28th December then urgent appt to break the news.
I’m only asking because during those two months, cells can spread.
Hi EndoCanc
It can vary a lot between hospitals it seems. It also seems to be affected by the hysteroscopy and whether it can be done in clinic or whether a GA is needed. If I had needed a GA I imagine mine would have taken a few weeks longer.
I went from having to go to A&E with heavy bleeding to having surgery exactly 4 weeks later. I started chemo at 6 weeks post surgery. And radiotherapy followed within a week of last chemo cycle finishing. I now have 12 weekly check ups.
Jane
I had my hysteroscopy on 16 December 2022
Diagnosis 11 January
Exploratory surgery to ensure that it hadn’t spread 2 February
Hysterectomy scheduled but sent home due to another patient having complications 28 February
Hysterectomy 14 March
was a NHS patient
my cancer was Grade 1 so not a fast grower
Hi Muse- how are you doing now? Hope all is going well.
Jane
Hysteroscopy under GA Sept 6, 23; results Sept 18, hysterectomy Oct 16. Mine was grade 3, but didn't get given a stage until after surgery.
Was told December 1st I'd need hysterectomy but my surgeon was on holiday over Christmas and said I could wait till she came back so Jan 15 th I had mine about 6 weeks
Hi EndoCanc
I had hysteroscopy 24th November 2021, attending consultation about results 14 December 2021, Operation for hysterectomy 25 January 2022, works out about 8 weeks, my cancer was High Grade 3 Serous, Stage 1a, histology confirmed the same after grade and stage.
Hysteroscopy 2nd March 2022
Diagnosed 4th May 2022
Hysterectomy 2nd Feb 2024
So 1 year 9 months from diagnosis to finally getting surgery tomorrow!
Mine was NHS for a predicted grade 1 stage 1a - 11 weeks from hysteroscopy to hysterectomy
Hysteroscopy 3/11/21
Results (phone call) 19/11/21
Staging MRI 23/11/21
Results (face to face) 26/11/21
Pre-op assessment 15/12/21
Hysterectomy 22/1/22
Histology results 4/2/22
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