Hi. I am a very worried husband.
first a bit of history. In 2015 my wife then 57, was diagnosed with breast cancer caught very early, small lump removed small amount of radiotherapy, followed by tamoxifen since then.
fast forward to November 2022, we had been away and on our return journey she had a massive vaginal bleed, soaked her clothes and needed time on the loo til it subsided, not stopped. Made same day appointment to see GP who fast tracked hospital for an ultrasound 3 days later, outcome we were informed at follow up was 2 polyps, I specifically asked about thickness of womb wall to be told normal, at this follow up she had a hysteroscopy in which a biopsy was taken. 2 weeks later just before Xmas we had a letter says if it wasn’t cancer but ‘complex endometrial hyperplasia’ and we had further appointment on 29th December. At this appointment we were told a revised diagnosis of ‘Atypia complex endometrial hyperplasia’ which showed pre cancer cells.
as a result she is having a hysterectomy this Friday.
She is continuing to lose blood which hasn’t stopped since November, I am very concerned that when they can see the whole womb it might indeed be full cancer not pre cancer as obviously a biopsy was just a very small tissue sample.
normally I understand this type of cancer does show itself early by blood loss apart from this recent episode I seem to recall her having a small ‘period’ in 2017, surely if it was related to this pre cancer she wouldn’t bleed and then stop for 6 years.
having said that clearly it’s a slow growing cancer and maybe it’s been growing since 2017.
I have an additional concern in light of that statement in as much as she has developed a cough alongside all this so over 8 weeks, and my worry is that if it is cancer has it spread to her lungs which seems to be a common site for it to spread to.
apologies this is such long post but I am beside myself with worry.
Hi again ajc, well done for doing your new post here! And bless you for caring so much and wanting to support your wife in this. How is she doing? How is she feeling about the op? I had my hysterectomy almost a year ago, and at the time wrote a day to day diary from the op day onwards, I could post a link here for you if you like?
It’s totally understandable to feel anxious and also okay to be anxious, but I’d encourage you to try and not run ahead, but to try and focus on dealing with what each day brings rather than the what ifs. Easier said than done but it’s a good thing to aim for. Oh and stop using Dr. Google! Dr, Google should be struck off as he/she just ends up scaring people unnecessarily. Your wife may have been given contact details for her CNS, for her to get support. And Macmillan themselves offer excellent support 8am-8pm 7 days a week - go here and scroll down https://www.macmillan.org.uk/
You should then find something that looks like this 
They’d be only too happy to offer support to you. And so are we on this group.
