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Hi everyone, We have now been called in to see the consultant tomorrow morning and also have a CT scan booked next Mon. hopeful question - would they call you in for a face to face appt for good news or would it usually be booked because something...
Morning all Had a call from my Oncologist yesterday and it was good news. After 3 chemotherapy sessions my tumour masses have reduced significantly and the lesions on my liver and spleen have gone down by nearly 50%. I was over the moon. Will continue...
Hello all I thought I would share the article below in case anybody who may benefit from this may have missed the article: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-10487419/Hope-womb-cancer-patients-not-responding-chemotherapy.html I should add...
Hi all, thank you so much for your replies so far re: the waiting game. we are still in limbo - no news yet. However, I forgot to mention in my last message that Pauline was prescribed Provera and given a month’s supply which she started straight...
Good morning everyone, My name’s Emma and I’m posting this on behalf of my wife, Pauline. Pauline had some irregular bleeding after her menopause (she is 56) and was referred for a hysteroscopy within 2 weeks. This was on 28th Jan. The doctor strongly...
Hi all, New here. After nearly 6 months wait finally got to see a gynaecologist. Been having continuous bleeding, clotting, unbearable abdo pain. Dr thought I was premenopausal but consultant point blank ruled it out based on my age. He told me to...
Hello Ladies sorry I haven't been around much to reply to posts this week. Had my 3rd Chemotherapy cycle on Friday 21st so last week was my "bad" week. I'm suffering badly with Peripheral Neuropathy (pin and needles) a side effect of chemo. I can...
I finished my treatment last August. I had a good Christmas and that upset my digestive system and since my bowels haven’t been happy. Is this normal. I get pains from wind and I am confused as to what foods it is best to eat, so fed up with toast, bananas...
Hi everyone - my operation went well really yesterday and they managed to take everything out via assisted vaginal laparoscopy (despite my uterus being very large and swollen). It feels such a relief to have the nasty cancer taken out (or even part of...
I got diagnosed a week ago today so this is all new to me, when got told I had endometrial cancer I was given a book by my nurse she told me she had highlighted a couple of things for me at the time I just said thank you, what she had highlighted was...
