It's the waiting that gets you

Hi LondonLoop

i know exactly how you are feeling. I was diagnosed nearly 6 weeks ago and have my hysterectomy next Friday. I have moments when I feel ok and ready to take what comes and moments of complete anxiety. I used to be a radiotherapy radiographer so I know a little which sometimes I think makes it worse! Things definitely seem to have progressed in the last 35 years!

Once I had the scan results I felt a bit more in control. Hopefully you will too.

Linda xx

Thank you. Hope your op goes ok

Treatments have definitely improved over the years. Radiotherapy especially seems now to be very precise in terms of targeting specific areas. Former and current radio therapists and oncologists I have spoken with all assure me that it is a very effective treatment.

It’s hard not to have moments of panic. I found the not knowing the worse though now post total hysterectomy and in the process of radiotherapy that I am calmer. Meditation and calming exercises can help though I haven’t tried any apps 

Feeling exactly the same. I am just waiting for a date for radical hysterectomy. Swing from positivity to abject desolation second to second. Luckily I am continuing to work, which has helped and got me out of my own head, but sometimes I’m not sure how I put one foot in front of the other…… I am just focusing on the operation and recovery, trying to break it into ,’bite size chunks’, will tackle the other treatment once recuperating.