I’m being brave and am posting on here as I received the news today that I’ve been dreading and feel the support of an online community might help me. Last Wednesday I went to see my GP as I was having trouble emptying my bladder. I had no other symptoms at all. She suspected vaginal prolapse. I was able to see a gynaecologist quickly and he gave me an internal ultrasound which showed 2 masses in my womb. I was hoping they were fibroids. I had an MRI on Sunday and today he has told me it is infact endometrial cancer. I had breast cancer in 2016 with surgery, chemo and radiotherapy. I will have a hysteroscopy next week under a general anaesthetic and then a hysterectomy once the histology is back. I would really appreciate some support. I am 56 and a mum of 4. My eldest is severely autistic and my youngest is 18. Thank you so much x
Hi PaddingtonBear
Welcome to the Womb group.
I am sorry to hear of your diagnosis.
It is always hard to receive such a diagnosis and must be tough after already going through the breast cancer.
Normally the hysteroscopy is done to take a closer look and to take some cells for a biopsy. This is what will confirm the cancer diagnosis. I know for me, it was strongly suspected even before the results were back.
A hysterectomy is the next step and mine was done via key hole. It was straightforward, I had little pain and recovered quickly. The post op results for me came back at 3 1/2 weeks post op and its these results that will determine whether any further treatment is recommended. So before the surgery they should be able to give you a provisional stage and grade and then this is looked into more thoroughly post op.
I think the thing to remember is that endometrial cancer when diagnosed at an early stage is normally a very treatable cancer.
I will pop a link to some info that may be of help.
Womb cancer booklet | Macmillan Cancer Support
We also have the Support Line available if chatting things through would help.
If there is anything you want to know about, please do ask, there are many lovely ladies on here who will want to offer support to you.
Jane
