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Hi - All through life we are drawn to like minded friends and I'm now I'm here as a new group member! I was diagnosed with stage one cancer and I'm having my hysterectomy in a couple of weeks. I'm post menopause and never had an issues - but I'm very...
If you are into podcasts please check out this one as it has good information on hysterectomy journey it's called Never waste a good hysterectomy yep I know a strange title but very informative xx
Hi everyone. Im Sharon and I'd like to introduce myself. I've been lurking and reading all your messages on here since my diagnosis in March. I didn't feel confident to post until now but want to thank everyone - you don't know how much it helps just...
Hi all. Hope everyone is well and enjoying the weather. Just a quick question to ask of u lovely people. Had my hysterectomy on Thursday and been hit by a wall of fatigue. I'm assuming this is normal as we are healing but just wanted to see if it was...
I've had some abdominal pain and persistent pink spotting for 4 days Initially thought i had been too active so rested completely but still spotting I have appointment with nurse specialist next week as routine follow-up so planning to report symptoms...
Just saw this bit of good news for speeding up womb cancer biopsy results. Makes me laugh they mention two weeks is too long when I had to wait 5 but anything they are doing to speed up that awful waiting is excellent www.theguardian.com/.../knife-that...
I am 5 weeks post laparoscopic/vaginal total hysterectomy. I have had virtually no discharge post op but recently had a couple incidents of streaks of light pink discharge when wiping myself after going to the toilet. This has only happened a couple...
Hi there, just posting to say that I am nearing chemotherapy number 4 ( on Tuesday ) and finding that I am more fatigued this week compared to cycle 2. I have to keep sitting down every 15 mins when walking and just generally more affected by the affects...
Hi No formal diagnosis just being told "borderline" and somewhere between a rare sarcoma & nothing. Had full hysterectomy at the end of April with everything removed. I am still awaiting results In the meantime, do I need to tell my life insurance...
Hi there, sorry for bothering you all with my worries. I am 41 and have been experiencing abnormal bleeding for quite some time now. I used to be set your clock regular but a while ago my periods became more erratic, prolonged and painful. I had...
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