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Just popped on today for the first time to say Hi

I am 10 days post op after full total hysterectomy luckily done by keyhole. It’s obviously no picnic but I can’t help feeling I’m incredibly lucky,

after losing my mum at a young age to something very similar. I think of all the advancements made and fingers crossed my grade one will remain at 1A after post op Regrading.

I have always been a positive person or  Perhaps I am stupid ? but nevertheless the woman who when the surgeon told her the diagnosis went quiet and said I’ll take that ! After all, I was 85% sure I had cancer prior to entering the room Somehow I just knew, he looked at me bemused but when you see loved ones suffer over the years you realise sometimes you just have to accept things and resolve to fight, after all we’ll have family and friends who are not so lucky and hopefully I’m gonna kick it’s ass.

maybe it hasn’t fully hit me yet ? I have been told some people crumble a month after the operation? and everything happened very quickly from first doctors appointment to having the op. 

Am I odd To be so calm? Maybe I won’t be if the regrading from the operation isn’t positive. Anyway id like to say hello and wish everyone good luck on their journey.

  • Hi Va7 and welcome to the group. Very well done for having had your op! We all react and cope in different ways so I’d say whatever gets you through, go with that! I think statistically most predicted grades stay the same and most predicted stages stay the same, or if they go up, it’s “only” by one stage or less frequently two. My op was in 2022. Hope your results come through soon! 

  • Hi Va7

    Welcome to the group.

    I am sorry to hear that you had a diagnosis of cancer and wish you well for your continued recovery from your surgery. 

    It sounds promising that your provisional staging and grading is low. 

    Everyone reacts differently to a cancer diagnosis and for me the processing didn't really happen until after treatment finished. Everything seems to happen so quickly. 

    Do let us know if there is anything you need. There are many lovely ladies on here who will want to offer support. 

    My cancer was in 2022 and I am still doing ok. 

    Jane

           

    Macmillan Support Line - 0808 808 00 00, 7 days a week between 8am-8pm

  • Hi Va7

    Welcome to the group, and good to hear you’re recovering well from the op.  Mine was stage 3, and I had abdominal hysterectomy, and recovered really well from that, and was quite upbeat. As with Jane, for me it hit me once treatment was all out of the way.

    hopefully you will remain at 1A, and your positive approach will see you through. Xx

  • Hi Va7 I'm 11 days post op total robotic hysterectomy and also awaiting my post op regrading, I was diagnosed with stage 1 grade 2.and I've been in the same mind-set as you, feel so lucky its been caught early, very positive and that was my expression to my oncology gynecologist ' I'll kick it's ass!" Lol! I keep thinking too that it hasn't sunk in and waiting for a melt down! The worse thing for me is always the waiting for results, I find it so hard. I've found that being on here with all the lovely ladies who've been or going through this helps enormously, from tips on what to pack for hospital to how to cope with the waiting.  Everyone of us has our own journey but it so helps to find fellow travellers along the way. The best of luck on your journey