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Afternoon all, I have just been diagnosed with grade 3 endometrial cancer & booked in for hysterectomy. My dilemna/ decision to make is weather to have pelvic lymph nodes removed or radiotherapy to lymph nodes. Really struggling with this decision....
Hello, I have recovered very well since I had my cancer and hysterectomy (2017) so this sounds like a trivial issue however I am increasingly cold. This winter has been the worst so far. I am wearing more clothes than ever before and I require more heating...
Evening ladies, just a question for people on chemo or even radio, do you suffer with joint pain? Since my 4th chemo session last week I have noticed my joints (mainly wrists) but also knees and ankles are hurting and can be painful. Wondering if anyone...
Hi all Haven't been around as much as usual, side effects of cumulative chemo have knocked me for 6 and resorted to going back to bed, unheard of for me. Last Chemo cycle planned for 25th March. In addition typing is nigh on impossible due to PN. When...
I have recently been diagnosed with uterine cancer so what better place to be than in this group with others in a similar boat. Not the boat I might have chosen for myself but here we are. Apparently my dry sarcastic humour makes me unintentionally funny...
Hi everyone, I am new here and was diagnosed with grade 1a at the end of last year. My diagnosis was through having a total hysterectomy. I had lots of tests beforehand which were ultrasound scan, a biopsy, hysteroscopy with another biopsy which showed...
This is a post for all the ladies on the forum who are undergoing chemo at the moment, there seems to be quite a few of you. I was fortunate that I didn’t need chemo, but reading your stories on here I’ve got to say I think you are all brave and magnificent...
Pre ops all done 5 days to my op it’s starting to get a bit real now eeeeeek they have said I might go in the day before for them to monitor my diabetes and bm as I’m newly diagnosed on insulin injections but bloods due back today for the anaesthetist...
Hi Thank you for adding me to the group. I had a total hysterectomy 3 weeks ago after being diagnosed at Grade 3. I had my first check up today - I am not sure what Stage I am - the cancer hasn’t spread out of the Uterus however because no lymph nodes...
Hi there I am over 6 weeks past my hysterectomy now. I’m feeling pretty good and preparing to go back to work part time tomorrow. I was diagnosed with endometrioid grade 2, stage 1a cancer but for about a six week period, there was a possibility that...
