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Sorry if this is repeating other posts but just wanted a little advice. I’m 46 and post menopausal. My periods stopped early which may be because I only have 1 ovary. I had the other removed approx 15 years ago as I had a benign dermoid tumour. I...
47 here - peri-menopause with erratic periods for the past year... but then I started bleeding like a heavy period with cramping (5 weeks and counting). Saw my OB/GYN at week 4 - had a transvaginal ultrasound showing 18.7 thickness and a 4.7 cyst on my...
Had a call from my surgeon’s secretary with new date for my surgery postponed from Tuesday. Thank you for the supportive words. My new date is Tuesday 14th March. However, there is the junior doctors strike though at this point his team are not effected...
What a week. All prepared to go into hospital for my robotic assisted hysterectomy on Friday 17th March. Got a phone call on Tuesday to say it was cancelled. New date 30th March. OK devastated but started making preparations for the weekend to make up...
Hi all I’m petrified scared and don’t know where to turn. I’m 57 and been on HRT for 2 years intermittently bleeding. Fobbed off with hormone reasons by GP. After 2 bleeds referred on cancer pathway. Had a private scan as was so worried where they found...
Hiya, Just a hello to all, I am new to the forums and am currently helping my mum through her cancer journey. She was diagnosed with stage 2 cancer in her womb lining in November 2022, in January this year she had a total hysterectomy and we have...
Hello, I had my port fitted this morning it went as planned I was in and out in an hour very little pain, only the anesthetic injections were uncomfortable, I was fine even had a shop and lunch at the Trafford centre on the way home….. and now I’m home...
Evening ladies, Hope your all well, I had an unexpected call from my oncologist yesterday to give me the results of the ct scan for my check up. I am pleased to say I’m still stable and nothing has changed, I am so relieved. She said is very pleased...
Hi, I finished my radio and chemo treatment 5 weeks ago but pelvis and lower back is very stiff and at times painful and hard to walk. Also got neuropathy in both feet. Am doing light exercises to strengthen the core area and walking about an hour a day...
Hello All, I had a radical hysterectomy for stage 1 uterine cancer in 2020. I was discharged and asked to contact the GP should I have symptoms of concern. Post-menopausal bleeding is what sent me to the GP in the first place. I’m at quite high risk...
