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I lost my dad aged 54 and all my grandparents to cancer and have had a lifelong fear of it. Thirty years later and aged 59 I had one spot of post menopausal bleeding May bank holiday weekend this year. On the Tuesday I went to see the dr and was put on...
Hi everyone, I'm a week post op and results of staging back today. I am devastated. Stage 3b ( was expecting 1 or 2). It was found on one side of cervix too and some question now about a genetic condition. Feel like I'm sinking. Can't take it in....
I had my total hysterectomy for leiomyosarcoma in July this year and I've had ongoing issues with my bowels ever since. I have really painful urgency and "go" probably about six times a day. I also have uncontrollable wind!!! Before I had my diagnosis...
Well 2 monts & 2weeks since I saw my gp, here I am in hospital Princess Ann Southampton had a full open hysterectomy loads of anesthetic,, great pain that night was given oral morphine, after op they put you in bed with pressure boots on to exercise leg...
Hi, I got my diagnosis on 5th August...womb cancer...that was a shock but also proved I wasn't mad or a hyperchondriac after going to my GP with symptoms since January 2020. From my MRI it was thought to be a 1a so I had my full hysterectomy and hoped...
Hello ladies. Well yesterday I had my check-up. Different consultant, nice young man - not as dreamy as the other! All went well, my recent fears about recurrence appear to be unfounded. He listened to what seemed to be an endless list of what's going...
Please can I ask for your prayers for my beautiful sister Little Lamb, she has asked that I update you all, her friends, that she is currently in intensive care in hospital. She has fought this horrible disease for so long and so bravely and courageously...
Hi, My mum has been diagnosed with endometrial cancer in August. Things seem to have been moving quickly and have been given a date for laparoscopic surgery in a couple of weeks. She has been asked to attend for an exercise test as part of the pre-operative...
It's been awhile,never left just lurked.Diagnosed with Serous Pappilàry Cancer in 2017,hysterectomy all good. Fast forward to my birthday Aug24th.New diagnosis of breast cancer.Told today there are two areas so will need a mastectomy. Another rollercoaster...
Hi all just a quick update. It’s been one week exactly since my hysterectomy. Consultant told me that he didn’t think that the cancer had spread but (there’s always a but it seems) he thought that my ovaries looked “a little abnormal”. He wouldn’t...
