So relieved and happy

Hi,

That's excellent news!! Same diagnosis (nearly) as my own.

Happy Christmas and a better year to you!!!  xxxxxx

Great news Lynn!  You must be so pleased.  Have a lovely Christmas too!

Hugs, Lesley xx

Hi Lynn,

Fab news, I hope you have some special treats planned to celebrate.

lots of love 

xxx

Wonderful news! I  had the same diagnosis following my hysterectomy  in August but am now on the patient initiated follow up. I am feeling fine and back to doing more or less everything  I was doing before, even the hoovering!  Take care.

WHOOP WHOOP!!!!!

That's fab news!

THE best Christmas present ever!

Thanks for sharing your good news with us Lynn.

2019 can 'do-one' here's to a bright and happy 2020

Lotasaluv Tracey xxx

This is great news for you. Really pleased for you. My initial Stage is 1a  but type 3 serous cancer. This is more aggressive than type 1 and I fear that even after my op, and even if they find  it has not spreads beyond the uterus as a polyp, I will still be recommended for addition treatment. My original Consultant at my home hospital said if it was all clear I could probably expect close observation afterwards. The first cancer nurse said I might be recommended for just a short round of radiation treatment and my second cancer nurse that I could expect radiation and ca chemo therapy even if I got the all clear as it is serous cancer.

So I asked my sister in law, who is a bio chemist and used to do cancer research, to research  the current thinking for my case, and she said that it seems doctors differ on how to treat patients, with serous cancer and a clear bill of health  from the op. Some recommend close observation, some go for  for belt and braces. Of course it will all be academic if further signs are found from the operation. I am due back on Monday which is only 10 days after the operation. I don't know if I should worry if this is a good or bad sign. 

Meanwhile I am still. finding the self injections deeply distressing. I did ring the surgery and was told I would have to come in and discuss it with the practice nurse. The surgery is a 20 minute bus ride each way and while OH could drop me off. I can't expect him to take me there and back daily and I am not sure I am quite up to public transport yet. I only came out on Friday night. I appreciate being able to talk here. 

Thank you.  It must be very confusing and distressing for you to be getting conflicting views from various health professionals about what kind of additional treatment you are likely to need, more uncertainty is just what you don't need in this situation.    If you are likely to be able to find out only 10 days after the operation, personally I would see that as a good thing as the longer you have to wait and worry, the worse it is.

I'm sorry you are having such a hard time with the anti-coagulant injections.  I don't know if there are any such services in the UK, but here there are plenty of small private clinics and even private nurses' offices where it is possible to go and ask for things like dressings to be changed or injections given - I went to one myself a couple of weeks ago to have my flu jab administered as I'm not yet old enough to qualify for a free one via the public health service here.  Of course that would have to be paid for, but if it could be managed, would that help you at all?  I know some of the large pharmacy chains (Boots, for example) or even supermarket pharmacies offer the flu jab (for a fee) so would it be worth investigating if one of them could do it for you?

Hello Lynn @Free at Last, Fabulous news! Doing a little happy dance in celebration for you . It's great to hear you're healing well and that you feel ready to resume lots of your normal activities. Sending you lots of good wishes x

Good news for you Free At Last, and so brave to go through this in a foreign country with the language issue.  I had the same diagnosis as you 2 years ago.  I don't know about gym but I do running and cycling: I was told not to for about 3 months, then I started from scratch and built my distances up gradually (I had terrible episodes of fatigue at first), then about a year post-op and wanting to step up how much I was doing, I went to a private physio (gynae specialist) for a few sessions.  She examined me, gave me specific exercises to do, and helped my confidence as I was in fear of damaging my internal operated bits. So, be careful about getting back into the gym and maybe seek some specialist advice like I did.  Even a year after surgery I had some big spasms in my abdominal muscles when I exerted myself, quite a peculiar sensation, and it was good to be able to talk to the physio about it.

Thank you LittleRunner, that's really interesting.  I will see how I go with the swimming for at least a month before I think about venturing back to the gym, and when I do I won't be doing anything high impact at first.

I have already started following the same cardiac rehabilitation exercise  programme (devised by St Thomas's Hospital in London) that I used after my heart surgery last year, and have suffered no ill effects, fatigue or pain.  It doesn't involve any abdominal exercises, just gradually increasing low impact cardiovascular stuff and introducing very light weights once you reach the third level (I haven't got that far yet!).