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For the last year I've been taking Megestrol to control my baby tumor and for this it has worked well but I need to lose weight before I'm able to have a hysterectomy. The thing is, Megestrol is also used to help people gain weight and increase their...
Hi everyone, Well, I did it, I completed my 3rd and final session on Thursday, I've been full of a cold since Friday so I'm only just getting round to posting, my transport turned up an hour before my appointment, so I was 30 mins early, as I had a...
Hi I am new here, I had my full hysterectomy on 21st July I didn’t have keyhole I was sliced open! I have had about 11 weeks off work, (I work as a community nurse) I have just gone back this week and worked 3 days. I have come home every day absolutely...
Hi everyone, well, I had my 2nd session today at 10.30, not worried at all as I knew what to expect, however I felt a right numpty, everyone in our house has had or got colds, I woke up with a tickly cough, nothing major, absolutely fine getting prepared...
Just 2 days away from my total abdominal hysterectomy so goodbye to my uterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries, not that at 69 they are much use to me! Been trying to keep myself occupied to minimise the rollercoaster of emotions but it's not easy. Daily...
Hello to everyone here! I'm Diana, it appears from both my MRI and CT scans that they reveal signs of cancer in my uterus. Later this week I'm to have a Laparoscopy. I hope to update you all as and when I receive my biopsy results. Till then I hope...
I am very concerned about vaginal damage from radiotherapy, I have a very healthy sex drive and enjoy sex a lot, I am single so I don't have a loving long-term partner to help 'come to terms' with radiotherapy side effects. Does anyone know whether...
Hello ladies, As a relative newbie, I’m looking for some advice! If you had chemo on a 3 week cycle, did you pretty much self-isolate during week 2, when immunity is lowest, or did you try to carry on as near normal as possible? I have a couple of events...
I can’t imagine it’s just me that’s had rather a mixed bunch of things said when I’ve mentioned my diagnosis. What has been said to you that you would rather not have heard? I was diagnosed mid-November and have told relatively few people - partly because...
Hello dear Barb I saw on another thread that you had been to see your oncologist today and I also know that chemo gets increasingly tough as you move through the cycles. I just wanted you to know that I - and all of us here - are so very grateful for...
