Anyone had Endometrial cancer and breast cancer at the same time?

Hi 

I have just had a lumpectomy on breast cancer finished radium beginning of July

now I’m waiting on biopsy results from womb lining thickening. 
my head is in bits

Hi Army, you've had one thing after another, no wonder you feel so awful, and waiting for results is just vile. I have found that I have to keep busy so I don’t have so much time to worry, and trying to sleep is difficult.  I’m concerned that if I’ve got both at the same time I won’t be able to get effective treatment

Omg. You are facing two big things at once.  Both are ok. Or your only dealing with one if any. 
depending  on grades vif it is cancer. I guess they will do what is the best solution first. The whole MDT will discuss both areas. 
eating and sleeping isn’t great for me at the moment. I’ve just managed to fight my way through breast cancer then I had worrying news about my small son  which turned out ok thankfully. Now this worry. I’m verging on losing it. 

I hear you and feel for you with your anxiety, and understand that you want to be prepared, but please do try not to run ahead. It’s running ahead to say that breast cancer is “highly likely”. It’s also running ahead to assume your endometrial cancer is a grade/stage higher than 1. I’d encourage you to try and put your anxiety on hold till you know for definite on both. Negative assumptions won’t help you at all. By all means prepare for the worst, but try and balance it with hoping for the best. And in the event of it being the worst (which may not happen) yes your oncologist (different person from your gynae consultant and likely with a better manner) will make a treatment plan to deal with both. It’s their job which they do every day and they’re perfectly capable.

Hello MarmiteFan, I’m actually a lot calmer about all of this than I was last week. The breast consultant today was very pleasant - a lot nicer, with a much better bedside manner than the gynae - however she said my lump could be many things, but top of the list of probability was breast cancer. Thank you for the info on treatment plans, as long as I know they can deal with both I feel a lot less stressed - remember all of this is new to me, and I don’t suppose there’s anybody who wouldn’t worry  about the prospect of two simultaneous cancers. I’m taking a friend with me to the follow up gynae appointment on Thursday - an ovarian cancer survivor of 20 years who was told, at the time, they had no data past 5 years. If the news is good - then great! If not, she will be in a better position than me to ask pertinent questions, I think I’ll be too stunned to think straight.

Hi, I hope you get answers soon. The waiting is often the hardest part as it gives you too much time for your imagination to run wild.

My mum was told on 20th June that she had cancer in the lining of her womb and then following a ct scan she found out on the 21st July that it had spread to her pelvic bone and lungs. As you can imagine we were all devastated and in shock.

However, although it has been deemed incurable and inoperable she has started chemo. Her first was on 10th August and her 2nd is today.

She had been in a lot of pain, discomfort and generally washed out beforehand but I can honestly say the difference in her over the past couple of weeks has been incredible!

She no longer requires any pain meds, her appetite has come back and she has so much more hope for the future.

I can't begin to imagine how it feels to be told you have cancer but I'm a firm believer in positive thinking. It's what has got us through so far and my mum is a lot happier than she has been in a long time - only time will tell if the chemo is shrinking/containing the big bad C, but for now I'm just glad to have my 'old' mum back for a bit.

My mum did, she had bleeding post menopause so went the doctors they referred her to hospital biopsies were clear but she had a cyst so they said they would give her a hysterectomy to be on the safe side.  First operation date she couldn’t have it because her blood sugars were high so needed to sort that out and while she was waiting for a new date she had a letter come through for her mammogram so she went.  It came back with something on so she went the hospital for scans and biopsy came back as breast cancer early stages think it was something like 1b it was very small 1.4cm.  She told them about the hysterectomy so they said to get that done first as she could go on a hormone table for the breast cancer.  When she finally had the hysterectomy and the histology results it was cancer all contained to the cyst but she didn’t have any further treatment and few months after she recovered from that she had the lump removed then had 3 weeks of radiotherapy and is still on the hormone tablet

Hi Saeoa, thanks for your reply- please send my best wishes to your mum xx

Hi Rach_e, thanks for the info. I’m really hoping I don’t have to deal with both cancers. Best wishes to your mum xx

Hi 

did you  get your news from gynae today.  
I had my biopsy two days ago and received a text this morning with an appointment to see gynae 4Th Oct. I phoned and they said my results would be with me in 7 days from biopsy 

I’m worried now why I’ve received a gynae appointment so quick after my biopsy x