I'm really frightened. I'd love to hear people's stories. All I see is posts about type 1 cancer, but not much information around type 2 cancer that isn't just 'It's really bad, the most aggressive, most likely to be diagnosed at a later stage, worse prognosis' etc which is a lot to emotionally deal with as this morning I thought she just had a polyp. She's had PMB for two months, she got tests as soon as she started getting symptoms and they initially thought it was a polyp but couldn't see one in a hysteroscopy. She had a biopsy and that was what led to the serous endometrial carcinoma diagnosis today. We don't anything about the stage but I've managed to convince myself it's Stage 4 from all the googling that it's usually diagnosed at a later stage as symptoms present at a later stage. I was hoping she'd have caught it early, but this has made feel less sure especially as she's had loose stools over the last few month. Her CT scan is next week so means it'll be weeks before results.
I'd love to hear people's experiences especially reassuring and positive stories.
Hi RLove95
Welcome to the Womb group.
I am sorry to hear that your Mum has had a diagnosis of endometrial cancer and I understand how worrying this must feel at the moment.
Firstly- I had a type 2 cancer- I had surgery, chemo and radiotherapy in 2022. I have not had any recurrence and remain well from the original diagnosis. I do have some side effects that have lingered from the treatment but I am now 2 1/2 years post treatment. if my cancer did come back then there are still options for treatment.
Most endometrial cancers are a type1 and are connected to excess oestrogen and this can have different causes. Type 1 cancers can be a grade 1 or a grade 2. Grade 1 tend to be slower growing. Grade 2 is sort of in the middle. Type 2 cancers are grade 3 and can, in some ladies, behave more aggressively- this means that they can spread more easily- it doesn't mean that they necessarily have- but the potential is there. The trick is to catch them at an early stage and treat them effectively.
For most ladies, where medically possible the first line of treatment tends to be a hysterectomy with the aim of removing the cancer. For early stage and grade cancers this may be enough. Some ladies go on to need further treatment.
The difference with a higher grade or type 2 cancer is that the extra treatment tends to be done at an earlier stage.
The stage of cancer will be important and the CT scan will show where abouts the cancer is. A stage 1 cancer is contained within the womb. A stage 2 would involve the cervix. Stage 3 would be where there is spread within the pelvis and stage 4 is where it has gone further afield. The CT scan and biopsy results will give a provisional stage and grade.
After surgery (if Mum has surgery) then the post op results will confirm the final staging and grading and this is the information they need to confirm whether any further treatment is needed.
if you click on my name my profile will come up, it will show my journey.
When someone has a diagnosis it is normal to want more information so I will pop a link here that may help. A lot of the information on Google is out of date and not very reliable.
Womb cancer booklet | Macmillan Cancer Support
There are several ladies on here that I have come across who have been treated for serous cancer and are doing ok. There are also other ladies who have other type 2 cancers.
I understand how scary it is and if you need to talk things through I can recommend giving the Support Line a call.
if there is anything you want to ask about or need, then you know where we are.
Jane
Thank you Pam 
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I’m a researcher by profession too so have been struggling to resist searching everything up as it’s almost like I’m looking for something that will reassure me but only finding scary information.
The uncertainty is very hard to deal with.
