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Uterine/Endometrial Cancer

Archives for October 2013

what to expect during 25 chemo treatments
Starting series of 25 radation tx to pelvis on monday. This is My 1st reoccurence after dx one year ago. Will i be a le to drive myself 30 minutes to facility and have tx the drive myself home every day for the next five weeks? What can i expect to feel as time goes on? Will this be it or can i get this Again? Should i try…
Got bad news and need help!
Hi. Eighteen months ago I had uterine and cervical cancer. I was treated at Sloan but never had any follow-up scans, even though I went to all my follow-up appointments. In the last week of August, I was having some diarrhea and a doctor in Jersey ordered an abdominal scan. The results showed that there was a 2 mm nodule…
Apples
Friends and Fellow Survivors, Happy week-end to all. I just read that apples help ward off 7 or 8 types of cancer. Love and Healing to all!
Collagen
Does anyone take collagen supplements? If so, which one? I am trying to find collagen to help me with my skin deterioration due to lack of estrogen.
What are your thoughts
Warriors, I work with a woman who has an aggressive, stage three cancer. She was very fortunate to find a clinical trial to participate in locally and I am thrilled for her. Here is the thing. She came in to tell me the doctor told her: "I am going to cure you." Ladies, I was a little taken aback. I had stage 1a UPSC and…
Inusrance dropped because of cancer
My mom's insurance has informed her they are dropping her. Has anyone else had this happen and if so what resources did you use to help out. Also, were you able to find any insurance to cover your continuing treatments & meds?
help with diagnsis of recurrence
I am four weeks from surgery for my recurrence. First diagnosis one year ago with total hysterectomy and three radiotherapy treatments. I thought I was home free then. Now I don't know what to expect. I started HER yesterday and had radiation evaluation today. I cried all day. I am very frightened. I have read so much that…
Serous endometrial intraepithelial Cancer (serous EIC)
Anyone else out there with EIC- it is a non-invasive stage of UPSC- my gyn/onco considers it to be a stage 0. I had negative nodes, tubes, ovaries and omentum, but apparently had a lot of EIC in the uterus. Tumor boards at 2 majorcancer centers were split on my need for chemo, so I elected to do chemo (3 cycles carbo and…
Symptoms of Recurrence, Menopause and/or Depression?
For the past year, I have had little stuff going on. Headache around my left eye and then fatigue at various times. Of course, I called but didn't get much info. My gyn/onc did order an MRI/MRA because I had complained about it the last time I was there - It was good. That doctor has left and is now in Texas. In February,…
Here go the nerves again
I knew that my surgery was possibly not the end of this journey. Today the surgeons office called and are pushing me into their busy schedule tomorrow. I have already made my follow up appt for Nov. 4th. The suregeon told me that I would not see him sooner than my follow up unless he felt further treatment was needed..…
now what?
I was diagnosed last year w endometrial CA. Had surgery and against the advice of the RN in my family had series of three branch treatments. Was told 95 percent success rate but the RN was right....hurt to urinate for month etc. Almost a year to the day I was notified by PET scan that CA was back needed more invasive surf…
one more time
I quit if this doesn't work...I promise!
If I did this right
....this should be the real me. Time to stop hiding behind my kids! If this turn out to be a picture of a chicken pot pie, please ignore! Debrajo
Should I be more assertive
Hi all, I'm not a current cancer patient, but it runs rampant in my family. I need some advice on how pushy to be regarding my current situation. I'm 48 and it's been 21 months since my last period, and menopause was confirmed with FSH test last January. Oct. 2, I had bleeding when I woke up so I called my OB/Gyn. I went…
Surgery update
Good afternoon ladies :) It's nice to be posting results today. Today i'm not feeling the fuzziness of the anesthesia. So, I went in on Wen @ 11:30a. I was hooked up and ready to go into surgery @ 12:30p. My surgeon started early. We were scheduled for 3 hour surgery.. took 4. I don't remember anything after surgery..just…
Looking for answers!
Hi. I happened upon this website by chance. After reading some of the postings I decided to join. I have so many questions that my head is spinning and I do not know where to turn! Please help if you can! (Thank you in advance!) I was diagnosed with uterine cancer on January 23rd, 2012. I had a radical hysterectomy on…
Avastin for recurrence of MMMT?
Does anyone have any experience with Avastin for a recurrence of MMMT? My doctor has mentioned this as a possibility, and I'm not finding much about its use with this particular cancer. I have finally joined after almost a year of reading the posts on this board. I want to thank everyone who posts because it has been so…
Slight vaginal bleeding after bowel movement
Hi all, I don't post too much, but I gain great strength from reading all your posts. I'll be calling my gyn onc when the office opens, but I thought I'd ask if any of you have had this problem. Last night, after a bought of diahrrea, I had some slight bright red vaginal bleeding. I'm post-hyterectomy, post-chemo,…
Newly diagnosed, many questions
My mom just got her biopsy results in, and it is endometrial cancer. We are going to talk to a gyn/onc tomorrow to find out more and plan out treatment. Now, ever since the suspicion came up a couple weeks ago, I have been reasearching and reading about it, which led me here to this wonderful site. I know from reading…
A wish for each of you
Hello everyone, This is Mary Ann's husband Rudy. I follow your progress through the postings and am inspired by the strength and courage each of you show. I offer each of you this wish:"May the sun bring you new energy by day. May the moon softly restore you by night. May the rain wash away your worries. May the breeze…
Cervical Cancer
Hello I am 32 years old and have been diagnosed with cervical cancer stage 1b1. The doctors initially advised me that I would be able to have a hysterectomy but when they went in they noticed that the cancer had spread to my lymph node and Fallopian tube I. They removed both. So they advisewoke that they wouldn't be able…
we are here, at last
Well, tomorrow is the davinci surgery. I'm set to go in at 11:30a, surgery at 1pm. Surgeon says 3hrs. I am very ready to do this. This last week has been crazy. Mental craziness. I thought I knew stress untill this diagnosis. It's gona be a long night. damn stress!!!
Jan here...I'm back.....
Hey there warriors! Well I definitely need to apologize for not getting on these boards for quite a while. I'm the first to blast someone in my situation to realize everyone worries and come back and let the warriors know what's happending. Don't quite remember where I left off from my post a while back, but yes it's…
Need some help, please!!
My mom, who is 53 and never had any female issues, went to the doctor last week after complaining about back pain that went to her leg, the doctor said it was sciatica, gave her meds and sent her home. A week later she went back, they did a CT scan and saw a mass in her uterus. She was then sent to another hospital and…
JAN, WE NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU OR YOUR DAUGHTER.
I know it must be difficult!!!!!!! We love you and need an update!
GREAT news today
Went to the doctor today and got my lab results. It was 8 weeks since my last marker was drawn. It went from 718.2 to 721. That is the least amount of increase I have ever had in 8 weeks. Who else do you know that would e celebrating a CA-125 of 721!!!!!!!! All other labs are good. It is just a number, as my Florida doctor…
Foundation of Women's Cancer - CFC
I did not know that the Foundation of Women's Cancer was part of the Combined Federal Campaign program. Since being diagnosed in 2011 I have looked to see if there was an organization I could donate to through my check and never found one or did not do a complete check. I have found them but the percent for admin &…
Depression long after diagnosis...
Ladies, I was wondering if any of you have gone through a period after your diagnosis and recovery where you become depressed and/or frustrated? I don't know if it is my age, my mental health, the hormonal result of my hysterectomy or certain aspects of my life in general, but I am very frustrated with not being in the…

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