Endometrial Cancer Diagnosis

Hi, D, 

Good to hear from you!  I'm glad that your bleeding has stopped.

It's one week from the day that I had a TAH.  Fortunately for me, someone cancelled her operation and they needed to fill a spot, and thought of me.  Got the diagnosis on Friday, saw the surgeon the next Thursday, op done last Monday.  New surgeries were being booked in the end of August (I'm in the US). 

Have my first follow up with the surgeon on Thursday.  I pray that you won't be going through anything except discovering how things can be fixed, and without surgery.

How's your ear?

Let me know how your scan goes, okay? xx

Lynda

But, as everyone on this site knows, you're the most important piece in the puzzle of your own health!  Don't be fobbed off or put off by anyone!

 

 

hi i have no pain in my ear now so thats good but cant hear through it,

my main prob at this moment is stomach ach iv had it three days now it just wont go it gets me down had enough of different problems coming up.

got pains on both sides of my hips to.

Your stomach ache is due to the gas Doctor pump in during op. It takes awhile to go off. I remember been given gastric medicine and gas medication when they discharge me.

I am on my 5th month post-op and still suffer hip pain both sides. Doctor said it will take a while to fully recover.

i havnt had an op on my stomach area iv had an op in my ear behind my ear drum.

im waiting for a scan to see whats wrong in the womb and what not.

howdy, as they say in the western US!  

I think that it may be that your body is trying to correct itself.  Bodies can usually heal themselves, even sometimes, with early cancers. I've read recently, that now with the ability to diagnose the most early and minute cancers that doctors tend to make patients endure extreme and unnecessary efforts at "cures" when there is a possibility that the cancer could resolve on its own.

Please take heart, your scan is coming up soon and that will give you and your doctors more information as to what should be done next.

Please know that you're in my thoughts and prayers, xx

 

i also beleive that to be true,Im a great beleiver in self healing and iv been looking into it and playinghealing music and trying to relax and pray that what ever it is is gone already.

when i was much you ger in my early 20s i was always border line with my smears and they just left it.

butim sat here and still suffering stomach ach so later im going to rest in my room and play healing music and tey to think it away. lol.

Hi, D,

I just opened my laptop a few minutes ago and found your message.  I hope that you are doing better.  You're going through a lot, so please be gentle with yourself.  xx

hi i went for my scan today and he said he saw cysts were i had my c section but that they wouldnt cause bleeding then he said my womb lining is 15 mm i think mm anyways, he said at the top end, but he said homones can cause it and that i had no fibroids hes going to send result to my go and hel send me prob to gyno.

Hi, D, 

Just saw your post--good to hear from you!  In the US anything more than 4 MM they routinely perform a biopsy--my lining was at 8.  That's how they found mine.

Please keep pressing on till you find out what's going on!  xx

Lynda  

Thank you!  I'm feeling better as I go along.  It's only been two weeks and two days since I had my surgery...it was a scary time for both my husband and I.  I'm grateful for all the kind and knowledgeable comments and encouragement I got from everyone on this web site!  

Best of luck to you!  

Lynda

Hi, D,

I saw your post about 3 hours ago, but couldn't get the site to load on my computer, or I'd have gotten back to you much sooner.  I didn't have any bloating with my symptoms.  I did experience tiredness.  When I rested, I didn't recover.  And, I felt a heaviness in my lower middle and what felt like the intermittent cramping that I experienced with my periods.  

Please take heart, knowing that your doctors are working to get you properly diagnosed.  Once you know what's going on, you can let yourself feel your feelings--but press on to enable the solution they offer. Though my arms can't embrace you, I'm reaching out to you in love and support. xxx Lynda

hi lynda iv been to hospital and i had to have a histeroscopy hope thats spelled right they took some samples and he said iv got to go back in two weeks he said if its cancer il have a histerectomy and if not something else will be done he said its not uncomon at my age to have a thikening but that i realy shouldnt be having a bleed everyday for months. if i have anhisterectomy thoe he said id have to have some examinations of my tummy as i had a c section and had a large himatoma after and that id may have scar tisue and lesions that would make it that i hade to have my histerectomy through my tummy and not the easyer way of pulling through cervix so hope i dont have cancer.

Hi, D, 

I had a biopsy, then a hysterectomy in July.  I'm getting better.  Though I was diagnosed with cancer, it was confined to my uterus.  By all means if you have to have a hysterectomy get it done as soon as possible!

My thoughts and prayers are with you!  xx Lynda

hi how ar you? im bleeding more since biopsy. and got a constant stitch in my left side and on right a bit, im hoping if i have cancer that it hasnt spread. hope i do t have it dredding going back to drs i have an apointment for 24 august so yes dredding it i have you g twins cant be ill they need me.

Hi, D, I understand, because I was in your shoes in July, when I got diagnosed.  I am hoping and praying that you don't have it. If you do have it, and it is addressed quickly, it probably hasn't spread.  If they tell you that you need surgery, get it as soon as you can.  Please let me know how you're doing and don't stop being determined to get to the bottom of what's happening.  Feel your feelings, by all means, but do what you need to do to take care of yourself!  I'm trying to be good and not over do things, so I don't have any set backs.  As soon as my MD clears me I'm going to start getting healthier.  It may be slowly, but I'm going to do it!  Please keep in touch.  xx Lynda

xhi when they were doing the hystoscopy i could see it all on a moniter

i dont know what i was looking at other than lots of tisue flowing around and bits of blood, did you have a actual tumor that could be seen or was it just cells in the lining that diagnosed it for you, its juts i dont think any lumps were seen only cysts.

I had an in-office biopsy, which was painful. My husband came with me and he said that there was lots of tissue and bits of blood, just as you experienced.  I don't think that they noticed an actual tumor till the surgery was done and they checked over everything.  I will say that the results of the biopsy (of the cells in the lining) were a bit different than the results from the surgery.  In my opinion, the surgery pathology is more accurate.   I understand that in times past they used to do d&c's to remove the endometrial tissue, then biopsy that.  To me, that might be just enabling a tumor of a different type, say in your uterine wall, that they can't see, to grow.  Once I got the biopsy results I wanted a full hysterectomy asap.  There are different types of uterine cancers.  Endometrial cancer is just one of them. Hope this helps! 

 i felt a lot of pain when i had the hysteroscopy i almost cried, i was on my own.

im worried sick if its cancer il deff have hysterectomy dr said i would.

prob is im worryed about whol help after as my husband cant take anymore time off work as he did that when i had my other op in june. i have young twins aged 8 i have to walk to school and so on i do t know what il do as i dont have family only my older children who work.

dont know how we going to cope if i have to have an op and i have cancer hope its not.

hows your recovery going ?

how long did you stay in hospital and was it a vaginal operation or through your tummy?

my mom had a hysterectomy at 40 she had stapples in her tummy thats all i rememmber. she dies when i was young then my dad so i do t know anythi g of why she had an hysterectomy dont know if it was cancer. just know she died few years later from leukaemia poor thing.

its such a worry all this and every twinge makes me worry more like constant stitch in my sides and bloating makes me think the worst.

even thoe i have ibs lol which does same.

i. tierd out today so much and all iv done is sit.

my ribs hurt to.

perhaps its a lack of exersise.

im not overweight but i do have a tummy like heavly pregnant but i always put that down to havi g twins and i just never got rid of it but i do get blaoted alot which has gotten worse.

i had bad c section when i had twins and i lost alot of blood got a giant hematoma  in my muscle wall.

so now worried about lesions and scaring which may make my hysterectomy a problem. i think i. going to have one even if i dont have cancer as just bleeding all the time isnt good at all.

i also keep havi g bad pains in my tummy to started a few hour ago.

Hi, D,

I'm so sorry that you are having such a hard time.  I had DaVinci robotic surgery.  The surgeon took my bits out through my vagina; then sewed the top where my cervix was shut! I had very small incisions in my abdomen, six, in fact in various areas. I spent the night after surgery in the hospital, and came home the next afternoon. My surgeon saw me about 10 days after my surgery.  I have my final post op in the end of August.  When my surgeon releases me, I'm going to have to work to get back into shape.  I was pretty uncomfortable the first 4-5 days after the surgery, because they injet gas into your body; and it had to dissipate   

My suggestion is that you try to take things as they come, if you can.  Right now, you're projecting into the future, and some things that you're worried about may not occur.  I know that I was really scared, and it was hard to get hold of myself.  I had a hard time sleeping, and that made it all so much worse.  Remember that you are not the only person to have had surgeries before the one that may be coming up, and that most surgeons have lots of experience.

Take care,  xx

Lynda  

hi im still bleeding and still got the pain in my sides especialy the lefts side which is a worry as it hasnt stoped and i feel its got a bit worse, i feel its my ovary maybe. just want to hurry now get it all sorted as geti g a new symptom isnt a good sign at all.

Hi, D,

It's good to hear from you.  I'm sorry you've developed a new symptom.  Didn't they say about 2 weeks till you get the results?  Do you have an appointment scheduled with a consultant to discuss?  Please let me know.  I'm praying for you!  Lynda

hi i got an apointment through for the 24th so il let you know what they say.

Okay, thanks for getting back to me! I'm praying for you and thinking good thoughts!  Please let me know.  Love,  Lynda