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Hi im new to this group, it’s taken me a few weeks after my diagnosis to be brave enough to actually look at these types of forums never mind write on them. I am booked in for my hysterectomy bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy on Tuesday and I’m getting...
Hello - I got diagnosed with endometrial cancer back in December. They eventually got round to seeing me in March - they don’t know if it’s low or high grade. They’re really eager to do a hysterectomy and get it all out and I would agree with this except...
Hi Can anyone confirm the protocol around wearing gel nail polish during surgery. I had conflicting advice and rather than bother hospital i thought I’d ask on here. At the moment I have gel colour on fingers and toes. Do I need to remove both or...
I was diagnosed with endometrial cancer Nov 23,i didn't really believe what they were telling me as I always, feel so well. Had total hysterectomy Dec 20th 23 which went fine, no problems. Now I have my final results and find it is grade 3 stage 1 so...
hi I'm new here. On 13/12 I was diagnosed with grade1 stage1 endometrial cancer, I had a total hysterectomy on 19/1/24 and received the results on 15/2/24. Within 2 months I received a diagnosis, treatment and total discharge, no monitoring. I was obviously...
Hi. I'm new to this whole chatting thing. I was diagnosed with womb, ovarian and lymph cancer in June23 totally out of the blue. No symptoms, wasn't wven on the cards. Everyone thought it was the onset of menopause which is why it took 5 months to get...
Hi there, Can those of you who have recently had the above let me know if you were allowed to watch the screen, that is if you wanted to at all? Also, I guess it is case dependant, but does the person who completes the procedure tell you anything...
Hello, I’m new here. I was diagnosed in Oct 2022 after hysterectomy to remove a 10cm “fibroid” that was actually cancer. It has metastasized to my lungs. I had a two nodules removed with lung wedge resection Dec 2023. Pet scan last month showed new growths...
Hi everyone. I had my pre-op scans (CT 9 days ago and MRI 7 days ago and have heard nothing since....) How long did you have to wait to hear the results? (For reference I've been referred for hysterectomy for Atypical Hyplasia, possible early cancer aged...
