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Hi all I'm from class 2018. I don't post much now but I do still visit and read. Its nice to see our ladies supporting newbies and be a supportive shoulder to us who still are continuing our journey. Today I have had my first face to face check up and...
Hi, I'm looking for some advice please. I had a radical hysterectomy on 9th July 21 after being diagnosed with endometrial cancer in June. After laparscopic surgery I was told it was stage 1b grade 3 cancer and I would have follow up treatment. I met...
I've now had 8 sessions of adjuvant radiotherapy - 17 to go, then 2 sessions of Brachytherapy. What joy! I'm having to stay in Athens (I live in Crete) as this is where I had my surgery, and the only place I can get the treatment now. I'm home this...
Hi everyone, I was diagnosed with endometrial cancer stage 1 at beginning of July. I thought that a hysterectomy would see the end of it but recent tests have shown that due to Atrial Fibrillation and a heart murmur an operation is currently out of...
Hi, I have stage 2 endometrial cancer had my uterus, ovaries, tubes and cervix removed 10 weeks ago and am due to start vaginal brachytherapy this week. Can anyone offer advice on what I can use for vaginal dryness. I have been given a dilator to use...
Hysteroscopy was attempted today, without anaesthesia (my womb lining is 8mm and am BRCA1). Far too painful, I'm afraid, so booked for a general, hopefully next week. This is at a London hospital, (Guys), and I travel by train......Will I be OK to...
Hi Ladies, Not very long ago, you offered me suggestions on how I might mend a broken and non-existent relationship with my only child, a daughter, Lisa. Well, I felt uncertain and, yes, somewhat self-righteous and a tad stubborn. However, after reading...
I had a total hysterectomy in November 2019 (stage 1a grade 3 clear cell) followed by 4 rounds of brachytherapy in January 2020. I felt very tired afterwards with no drive and assumed it was the radiotherapy. When I next got to speak to my oncologist...
Hi I was diagnosed last November with serous womb cancer stage 1 grade 3. I had a hysterectomy followed by chemotherapy and brachytherapy all went well and I bounced back quickly. My treatment finished end of may and 4 weeks later I was diagnosed with...
Hi Everyone, My replies to posts are totally muddled. They don't appear to be in any direct response area but, rather, all together at the bottom of the page!!! I'm baffled, to be honest. They really are meant (and appear on my screen when I answer...
