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Hi, I'm new here. I was diagnosed with endometrial cancer stage 1, grade 1b a month ago at the age of 43. Treatment recommendation is a total hysterectomy (including ovaries and tubes) as it is likely, but unconfirmed, that I have Lynch syndrome. ...
Hi everyone, I have advanced endometrial cancer which is now incurable. I am continuing with the last two cycles of Paclitaxol, in the hope this will give some relief. My problem is the extreme abdominal distension and pain. Due to pressure on the stomach...
Just like to share with you all my good news. The letter from my Oncologist to my GP says I've tolerated the chemo very well and my metastatic deposits are hardly visible on my last CT scan! Long may it last! Had a glass of some thing cold! Hugs...
Afternoon Ladies, wet and thundery up here in the North East but the garden needed it So penultimate Chemo done ️ 17 of 25 Radiotherapy done ️ This week after Chemo has been really good, although I was waiting for the dizzy drunkenness I’d had after...
Hi all I hope everyone Is doing ok. Well I’ve had the appointment with my oncologist and I am starting 3 weeks of brachytherapy next Wednesday. She did say they might have giving me 5 sessions of radiotherapy too but because I have Crohn’s disease they...
Hi All, Wondering if anyone is facing similar stressful waits and how they’re dealing with it? I first went to my GP in October 2019 with symptoms of bleeding between periods and cycles with less than a week in between bleeding. Then the pandemic...
Hi all, Feeling a bit off today as it is the first anniversary of my grandad passing away from pancreatic cancer. I miss him loads and often wonder what he would say to me doing my cancer treatment (knowing him a few really bad jokes lol). I have been...
Hello I am due to meet with my surgeon on Tuesday afternoon to discuss the vNOTES hysterectomy and BSO. Has anyone had this method of surgery for grade 1 stage 1a adenocarcinoma? I would like to know how it went and would you choose this method again...
Hi all hope you are well, I finished my chemo twos months ago yesterday and my hair is coming back nicely. Hopefully it will all be back in time for our wedding in October. Here is how it is doing
Hi all, So after a month's wait after surgery I finally have my results. A bit of a recap - Hysterectomy was performed after a long-winded few years of investigations where a teeny tiny polyp was removed and found to contain Complex Atypical Hyperplasia...
