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Hi everyone I've just been told last week after having a hysterectomy that they've found cancer in my cervix, nothing on what, type ect. As its getting sent to somewhere else to be looked at. I've since had scans and more blood tests. To say the...
i still believe that I had cancer i don't want to upset anyone on here
Hi newly diagnosed with Low grade womb cancer. Radical key hole hysterectomy booked for 8th May. Day stay. Just wondering if I will have a catheter fitted? Forgot to ask at my pre assessment today. Many thanks.
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Diagnosed last September 2024 with grade 1b, has a radical hysterectomy then had follow up course of branch therapy. The scars soon heal but your left with the emotional aspect of the feeling of what makes a women a women : loss of a uterus it’s such...
I first found myself seeking support and advice from the wonderful breast cancer community in 2016, and am now back on the roller coaster with endometrial cancer. I had a post menopausal bleed in February 2025, and was fast tracked by GP to Gynaecology...
Hi I just wanted to introduce myself and give you my story so far I am 60 years old - just - and in January I had a small PMB, I had occasional pelvic pain prior but nothing too consistent I arranged to see my GP who referred me on the 2 week pathway...
Hello again. Total hysterectomy + everything else booked for next Tuesday following grade 3 diagnosis. Had my preops yesterday (2hours at hospital, 90 mins waiting to see various nurses, anaesthetist etc!) I'm ok at hospital but once I' m home my...
Hi all, hope you're enjoying the sunny weather. I am 56 and nearly 3 years post hysterectomy for stage 1 womb cancer. I have been having a few issues since then and haven't really got many answers from my medical team, however it has now been suggested...
Hello, I am 48 years old (never had children) and my periods stopped in November 2021, at the same time that I lost my Mum to cancer. I thought that they had stopped due to the emotional upheaval of losing Mum. My recollections are hazy but I saw my...
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