Uterine cancer

oh my goodness! poor you, as if you haven't enough to cope with.  My Mother in law has mild dementia and is in a care home, so she is safe,  its probably your best option. Its getting a place in a decent one that's the issue.  I think as women we just get on with it and just cope with whatever is thrown at us.  I thought my womb thickening was a side effect of my tamoxifen, and the 2 5cm things on my ovaries were cysts, but my biopsy says that its ovarian cancer!  so I have joined that group as well now.  I am having  chemo first, seeing oncology on Thursday, so just want to get going now.  Its in my omentum - never even heard of that! and there is a small bit on the surface of my bowel, they  did say that they can treat it,with lots of options out there -  thank goodness, getting it under control with  3 chemos, then surgery.  But it has totally thrown me, my son is in GCSE year, dreadful timing, but life does this to us I think, we are strong when our backs are against the wall!   Take care and good luck with your mum in law and treatment

Take care

Love to all,

Aww lamb am so sorry how much one wee person can take on there shoulders big big hugs I know the dementia my own mum had it same wandering streets at night goin to shops in nightle bare feet and the change in personality and aggression we also had to make decision for last 6 months of her life very difficult one that was try take wee time for yourself at some point take care thinking of you god bless you too xxx

Oh Audigirl52 I am so sorry. Yes mine has crossed my Omentum  into my lung. So pleased like me that it is treatable for you, horrendous timing as a Mum.  We are strong, and I  think we come out fighting as you say when our backs are against the wall. 

Wishing you all the luck in the world, 

LC

XX

Sorry to hear your news lamb

my aunty has gone into a care home due to dementia. She’s self-funding so  from the sale of her property the money will just disappear. She’s 90 but physically strong as an ox. I believe that dementia is a debilitating disease & I know she was so upset having to leave her home but is settled now. I’m trying to get travel insurance for Paris. Nightmare. I was uninsurable with Admiral who I have car insurance with. Felt like a leper! Maybe have to try McMillan? X

Hi 

I hope you don't mind me butting in here, as I'm not a member of this group, but I noticed you were saying that you were finding it difficult to get travel insurance and wondered if you knew there is a travel insurance group on this site where there are lots of recommendations for insurance?

To join just click on the link I've created and then look for the member's stories thread as that's where the majority of recommendations are. Depending on what type of device you're using you should be able to see it either on the right-hand side of your screen or at the bottom.

It is best to phone the insurance companies rather than try and do online quotes as sometimes they can refer to the underwriters to see if they would provide cover when an online quote might just give you a straight refusal. 

Make sure you have all the information to hand about your diagnosis and treatment before contacting the insurers along with a large cup of tea or coffee! This is a list of things an insurance provider might want to know when you're applying for insurance.

I hope that you can find some insurance and do let me know how you get on.

x

...Hi all hope ur all ok .. Rollercoaster have you had your results yet hun ? X

HI - no results yet from the lung scan but I'm not expecting to hear for a few weeks anyway.  From the tone of their initial letter,  it seems that finding nodules is pretty common on CT scans and they weren't fast tracking my results.  Just have to wait!   Other than that I'm doing OK.  Had a very busy day on Thursday and so expected more fatigue on Friday but actually I was fine.  

How are you doing?

x

Hi Wendy.    Yes I’m ok thank you still getting quite tired but as I’m a carer for my mum I pretty much on the go most of the day !  I’m getting bad nightsweats worse than before my op lol. Glad ur doing well

Lesley x

Hi audigirl52, just wanted to wish you well for your appointment today with oncology. That was a blow learning it had travelled to your ovaries and now you have that to deal with....never stops does it! Anyway, just also wanted to thank everybody for their support with the dementia side of things. Mother in law has now been diagnosed with Alzheimer's and is now installed in a lovely care home a couple of roads away from her flat which means she can keep her doctor and my brother in law can keep her regular Thursday appointment with her hairdresser so still a bit of familiarity there for her. So far so good as she likes the food and the people but did ask how long she had to stay there for...this is day 3! Still she's safe and has people to check on her more frequently so that's a blessing. So that's everybody in a care home now, my mum, my dad and now m.i.l. And a month ago everybody was near enough normal, apart from dad who was being cared for by us at home. Just shows how quickly your life can be turned around and how we shouldn't take precious time for granted and procreate...oops that's breeding isn't it...what's the word I want?  Procrastinate..that's it! So I'm still waiting for someone to show me the reason for this huge learning curve but that won't be for a bit I suppose so I'd better crack on with the admin. I just hate it when you have to wait for someone to do their bit before you can get on with your bit and there's plenty of that at the moment!  It's like waiting for test results! Still I'm taking my niece out later to Nandos for a catch up because that bits been sadly neglected the last few weeks with everything that's been going on so I'm looking forward to that. Best wishes to everyone who has appointments, test results, procedures today and all those recovering. Hope it all goes well. God bless and thank you all again...don't know where I would be without my buddies on here. Love lamb.xx

Dear Lamb,

Glad you have got everyone sorted out, since this madness started I have learnt that life still goes on and you just try to keep as normal as possible!  I am such a control freak, I struggle with having to wait for all these tests etc to be done.  I am waiting for my chemo slot at the moment, and my mind is going crazy wondering whats going on in there.  They have said a few weeks will not make a difference in the grand scheme of things, but that's not helping my mind keep calm!  I got my wig in preparation for hair loss, and some hats, so ready to go.  Someone said the best way to look at the hair loss is that it means the chemo is working!  I thought that was a good attitude to take.  Oncology said the chemo would start in the next few weeks, so jumping on the phone everytime it rings.

Take care and enjoy a 'cheeky Nando's' with your niece.

Love