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Hi  Claire

Wanted to respond as I am a 56 year old who went to my GP on September 19th as had post menopausal bleeding and was losing weight and not feeling right with at the time a 16 year old daughter who had just finished her GCSEs and started college.

Fast forward to today and I just finished my final Brachytherapy treatment , cancer free and looking forward to the future.

i know this time is very anxious but please just reach out here and try not to Google as each case is very individual.There are plenty of people to support you.

i am sure others  will respond but I expect next  steps will probably be a set of further tests which could include ultrasound, hydroscopy and biopsy. I also had MRI and PET scans and for me this happened very quickly. Try not read anything in to how quickly you receive appointments this is just so the oncology team can gather all the information.

Once all this information is gathered there will be a MDT meeting where all your information will assessed and if what treatment plan if any is required.

For me as I had to go in stay overnight for the biopsy , we did tell my daughter ( and 21 year old son) that I may have cancer , initially cervical cancer but that is another story, but I only told only a very few people in addition to son and daughter knew at this stage

What we did do is wait until I had a solid treatment plan to tell the children  and more broadly.I am glad as we waited as this gave a more positive path.

Please reach out if you have more questions we have been through this and do appreciate how difficult it can be but here to support x

Hi, Im so pleased to hear that your are cancer free... that must feel amazing!  Thank you so much for responding and for your words, which have offered me some reassurance especially regarding waiting to know the plan before sharing with my son, and other family members. That feels like a good way forward. The hospital have just called and my appt is this Wednesday morning! So hopefully I should know more then....

Waiting is horrible, isn't it?  I've just had this over Christmas, but fortunately the results came back clear.  Might still have the hysterectomy because of widespread fibroids, but on watch and wait for now.

Mumsnet reckons a 10% chance of cancer if you are called under the 2 week wait.  So possibly too early to scare up the kids.  Anyway, take that with the usual pinch of salt - but you will find accounts there of people who got lucky!

Hi Claire

Welcome to the Womb group.

I am sorry to hear that you have had a post menopausal bleed.

It is normal in these circumstances to be referred under the urgent pathway. They always try to exclude the most serious potential reason for symptoms first and they are trying to rule out cancer. Whilst a bleed can be due to cancer, there are other potential reasons that may have caused it. 

I can understand that this is a worrying time for you and I also remember feeling scared and overwhelmed. 

What is likely to happen now is that you will hear from the hospital for an appointment for an ultrasound. This will be an abdominal one and also a transvaginal one. During this they will be looking for anything unusual ( polyps etc) and also checking the thickness of the womb lining. 

If anything is seen that is concerning then the next step is normally a hysteroscopy (camera test) and a biopsy. 

I hope that you can be seen quickly. When my ultrasound picked up on something concerning I found at the following day and was then booked in for a biopsy. This was followed by a CT scan. 

It can be a worry with having children and going through testing. I would imagine that within the next couple of weeks you will have a better idea as to what may be going on.

If you need to talk things through, please do give the Support Line a call. They are there from 8am-8pm every day.

Jane