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I had my hysterectomy on the January 20th and now my tummy is swollen, I have got shooting pains and now for the first time since before my operation I am bleeding. Has it all gone wrong? Any ideas girls? please let me know as it is 9.30pm and I am...
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Hi I am currently undergoing chemotherapy, hopefully have two sessions to go, and may have to have some sort of radiotherapy. I was just wondering can you manage to work while having external or internal radiotherapy, I don’t know which one I will have...
Since I came home from hospital Friday after my total hysterectomy, my sleep has been pretty much destroyed with waking up every single hour to go to the toilet for a wee. Did anybody else encounter this? I’m also making sure I barely drink anything after...
I’ve started bleeding, 8 days post op. Coated pad like a period. With a tiny clot. Should I call the hospital I had it done? Is something wrong?
Hi I got the call today from the gynaecologist to say that the biopsy taken in mid January has revealed cancerous cells. I had a CT of kidneys and bladder/pelvic area in December to rule out anything there that might be causing bleeding (I’m post...
How soon is it ok to start pelvic floor exercises after hysterectomy and do they generally provide physio to help with this afterwards?
So I’m starting Chemo next week and I wanted to know how they know it’s working? There are no blood markers for Womb Cancer and cancer in lymps does not always show on scan. So how can they tell? (The chemo nurse said they couldn’t until you got symptoms...
Hi I’ve had one session of chemotherapy over two weeks ago, and my hair has started coming out, quite a bit over the last two days. I wonder if anyone can share their experience on what they did. My hair is shortish, quite thick, but there is less...
Hello everyone! On Thursday the 8th Feb my biopsy results came back as type one endometrial cancer. It has completely flawed me, wasn’t expecting it at all. I am 40 years old. the surgeon said I just have to wait for the oncology team to get in contact...
