Hello, I’m new here, and to be honest can’t really believe I’m here 
I went to my GP back in May after having some abnormal bleeding and consistent pain when making love. I’m 53, never carried a pregnancy to full term, though I am mum to 3 amazing young people (16, 14 & 12) who me and my husband adopted. My heart is breaking for them!! I had a twin ectopic back in 2004 (while in West Africa!) and three rounds of IVF between 2006-2008. I’ve not had a period since January 2000. Been through menopause.
So my GP referred me, and due to summer holidays I went to see Obs and gyne on 2nd August. It was a cereal appointment where I didn’t feel that taken seriously. My mum had same cancer at similar age
around 25 years ago (she’s still with us!). She explained that they have strict 4mm target and if womb lining was over that she would do biopsy. While scanning she said she couldn’t see the end/topf my uterus and lining was over the 4mm so she would do biopsy. Oh my goodness I was not prepared for the pain or trauma that caused me, it took me right back to my ectopic surgery, where I had had have it under an epidural (awake throughout!!) because they had no resuscitation equipment available I was not offered any pain relief before or after the procedure. I ended up sitting in the car park for about an hour and half before I could drive. I was on my own!
on leaving the room the consultant asked me if I was a worrier - I mean what a studio question, of course I was worried or I wouldn’t have gone to see my GP! I said I wasn’t a person to worry but wa
concerned. She said “well I’m not concerned about you, you’re not on my list of people to be worried about. I’m not expecting to see you again” ️️
fast forward to Monday 8th September, I get a phone call out of the blue at 11am from a consultant I’ve not met to tell me I HAVE CANCEr 
I’m off tomorrow for MRI and CAT scans, and got to wait till Thursday next week when they will discuss my case. She said I have a full hysterectomy sometime two weeks after 18th September.
At this point I know nothing else. I have a constant pain in my lower stomach/reproductive area, and top of my left leg just inside leg - that’s been there about 6 months. I’m also finding it very painful to walk in left leg, pain in right arm pit on and off, again has been for 6-8 months - no idea if any of this is related and some of it I thought I was just making up in my head. No one knows about it because they haven’t ask and I didn’t say. I’m terrified of dieing on the table. I’m asthmatic and obese son all BMI charts.
I feel so unsupported and been given no one to talk to other than the consultant secretary - is that normal? She doesn’t seem to have any medical knowledge or really much help.
What can I expect?
What should I be asking? You don’t know what you don’t know!
what medication is likely to follow surgery if any?
thanks for reading to the end
x
