Suspected Uterine cancer

Hello Cheekat

Welcome to the Online Community and the Womb group.

I am sorry to hear that you have been having such a rough time and that you have a lump in your tummy.

I am glad that your GP is arranging an MRI and I hope that it will give a clearer picture to what is going on. 

What seems to happen for most ladies is that there is a biopsy to confirm whether the lump is caused by cancer or something else.

If it does turn out to be cancer, then most ladies would then be offered a hysterectomy.

After the hysterectomy- then there would be further pathology results. It is these results that would suggest whether any further treatment is needed. So the initial scans and biopsies give a provisional stage and grade and then post op it is confirmed. 

The Support Line is available between 8am -8pm daily and please do consider giving them a call to talk through how you are feeling. You have had a lot to cope with and now the possible diagnosis- it may help to talk to someone about it. 

If you are reading this after 8- and do need to talk to someone then please consider the Samaritans

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There is also a 24 hour Domestic Violence number that may help.

Domestic Abuse Help · National Centre for Domestic Violence (ncdv.org.uk)

And if you are at any time not feeling safe, then do call 999. 

Finally I will pop a link to the other ways that you can contact Macmillan directly.

Emotional, financial and physical help for people with cancer | Macmillan Cancer Support

I am sorry that you are having to deal with this all at once, but we are here when you need us.

Jane

I'm so sorry. I understand. I'm in a similar boat. 2023 was my hardest year. My dentist was charged by the FDA left me with thousands to pay for surgeries to correct horrific damage his work caused. My partner cheated on me. I lost three people to death. Two of which was covid. I keep saying 2024 would be the turn around year.  Also in 2023, i Lost a job, health insurance, etc. And so far it was better until a month ago. I went to OB for basic appointment and an ultrasound picked up massive tumor in uterus. My biopsy is on the 24th. I'm so nervous. I don't have any symptoms. Like none. I have normal cycles. I have no discharge, etc. I have had one period in Feb that was horrific. I mean I couldn't move it was so bad. But it lasted about 3 days and was over. I do pee a lot but have been told I have overreactive bladder and ive peed a lot for years now--at least a decade . So I'm so lost. I'm not ready to die and I don't think you should give up either. We can't let bad partners and events bring us down. Too much joy in life and I'm saying that as someone whose objectively had a pretty terrible life. I have no family. Was abused as a kid. Left home and lived homeless as a kid and since I had no money survival was dependent on bad men. It's been quite sad. I did go to college and become a therapist but got sick 10 years ago with an issue that impacted my ability to work so back to poverty and dependent on bad relationships. I have a car that's soon to break down, no home and no real love in my life. I have decent friends and I like nature and art. To me that's enough to hang on. I'm praying Monday goes well. I've already completely changed my diet. I started metformin, high dose melatonin, a statin, and berberine. All of which can slow cancer. If I do have cancer, I'm ready to fight. Sure the hell don't want to but I will. I hope you fight too. What were your symptoms?

Lump growing suddenly..  no blood spots nothing . It's 17cm diameter now.

It's grown in 3/4 weeks !

Also getting an excruciating pain in my hip, where I have 20 year old pins & plates.

Thinking I have metastasis already.

I cannot bear the thought of a biopsy without GA. Had it before and for me it was awfully painful. Never again. That's when the gynaecologist found a small fibroid on ultrasound 5 years ago.  I hoped that biopsy was taken externally through the tummy wall.  

I hope.your biopsy goes well .  Let me know .

Hi Cheekkat, I imagine you’d be able to ask to have it under GA 

Hi Cheekkat

Re the biopsy- you can ask to have this done under general anaesthetic and explain the reasons. 

I am concerned that the lump has suddenly started growing and that you are getting the excruciating pain in your hip. I think you need to get checked out today. I expect your GP is shut for the weekend so I would be thinking of calling NHS111 for advice. 

We are not medically trained on here, but you could give the Support Line a call and speak with one of the nurses. 

But you have severe pain and the lump is growing- it could be pressing on nerves, something is going on and I thing getting checked, even if just for some reassurance and medication for the pain is a good idea. if you did go in, they may even be able to scan you and move things forward a bit.

I am sorry you are having to deal with this and hope you can get some answers soon.

Jane

The pain in my hip relates to an old injury an acetabular fracture and I have 9 pins and three titanium plates in it.

It only hurts when bend and or sit down hard.

No pain on walking. But learn forward and weight bear and ouch. It's when the head of femur rotates backwards and pressed against where the plates are.

Maybe the fixture has loosened or maybe the quality of the bone has changed,  perhaps I have metastasis there?

Certainly need xray also ii have communicated this to doctor 

The lump size is 17cm diameter.  This info from my radiography report which was done two weeks ago following the ultrssound.  It's just the more accurate measurement than that which the doctor gave me of 8cm

I just wonder if you went in today and saw someone- Minor Injuries/Walk in centre- they may be able to get a scan/xray etc done and it might move things forward a bit.

It would be hard otherwise to distinguish between possible causes for the pain. But if you are getting severe pain when bending or when sitting down hard- I would have felt that is a justifiable reason to get checked over. And if the lump has grown since the last scan- it could be worth being scanned again to see if there has been any further change? 

Have you been given any idea when you would next be seen otherwise?