I received an endometrial cancer diagnosis yesterday. It has come as such a shock and my emotions are really running away with me. I’ve had a rough night and thought I’d turn to Macmillan and ask the online community for support. I’d be very grateful for advice about staying positive and anything I can do to help myself fight this disease.
I started to bleed vaginally the day after my 60th birthday last October. Three weeks later I visited my GP. I have had quite a lot of tests and examinations in the intervening months, then at the end of April, a polyp was removed and some biopsies were taken for testing. Four weeks later (yesterday), I received the diagnosis. I’m about 6 years post menopause but have continued with hot flushes, brain fog and sleep issues all this time! I had a three level spinal fusion from L3-S1 in 2007 with titanium rods and cages in the disc spaces. I have an implanted spinal cord stimulator too. Due to extensive nerve damage along the way I have been on opioid medication for the last 20 years to manage chronic pain. I can’t help wondering whether any of this has contributed to my womb cancer diagnosis with it all being broadly in the same pelvic area.
Wishing everyone here all the best with their own health.
