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I should have had my 3rd chemo today but my bloods and platelets were too low. I’ve to have more blood taken tomorrow and if they are ok I’ll get chemo on Thursday or Friday. Dose anyone know what happens if my bloods don’t go back up? I know that this...
Following a biopsy, my mum was diagnosed at the end of June with cancer in the lining of her womb. After a CT scan she was told it was stage 3 and had spread to her lungs and public bone. She is due to start chemo on Wednesday 10th but this weekend she...
I've noticed that quite a few people on the forum have received their scan results via a telephone call. I was diagnosed on 20 July a week after biopsies were taken and subsequently had an MRI on 24 July. I then had a call inviting me for a follow up...
Hello all, I'm 42 and mum to 2 boys. Back in March I had a very short period and the following month it just didn't stop, it wasn't heavy but I spotted for a month and had lots of bloating and pain. I paid for a private ultrasound inside and out that...
Hi lovely ladies, hope you're all doing well? Pauline has done amazingly well in her recovery from a full hysterectomy and internal brachytherapy. Using the NHS dilators has been very challenging; especially as they caused a UTI that wiped poor Pauline...
MDT referred my notes for a second opinion next week but managed to talk with CNS as to why. They feel its 1a but a tiny bulge on a lymph node means it goes to Leeds MDT. She did say it would be treated as 1b if they decide the lymph is involved. All...
Evening ladies, I hope you are all doing well, I haven’t posted much lately but have been on and kept up with how you are all doing. I finished chemo at the end of April so have my 3 month ct scan to see how I am doing and my anxiety is starting to...
The MDT today have sent my details to Leeds for a second opinion, I was hopeful of a staging today but the CNS said ' there is one little thing of concern', not other info, she claimed not to know what it was. Anyone had this happen? What could the MDT...
Hello, I have just been diagnosed with Endometrial Cancer Type 1. MRI due Tuesday and team meeting to discuss on Wednesday. Feeling a bit weird, not at all tearful just a bit numb. I am worried about staging but I know that’s pointless! Can I ask a few...
I'm having my operation in about 2 weeks' time and there's a couple of things I'm anxious about. Firstly, I'm told I'll need injections for 4 weeks afterwards. There's absolutely no way I can inject myself, I find that absolutely terrifying. When I had...
