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Surviving UPSC

EZLiving66
EZLiving66 CSN Member Posts: 1,483 Member
edited May 2024 in Uterine/Endometrial Cancer #1

In August of 2025, at 63, I was diagnosed with uterine cancer. On September 30, 2015, I had a complete hysterectomy and was diagnosed with Stage III, UPSC. I came to this board a little bit after that looking for answers. I only made it through three chemos of carboplatin and taxotere. In December of 2015, I had a stroke after a chemo session where my blood pressure was 220/120 before my third infusion.

There were five of us who were diagnosed at about the same time on this board with UPSC - one was Stage I, one was Stage II, two of us were Stage III, and one was Stage IV. We got to be pretty good cyber friends. For some reason, I am the only one still here. I wish I could tell you there was some magic secret I could share, but there isn't. When I read those dismal statistics on survival rates, I realize just how lucky I am. But I'm living proof, some of us do make it! I've never had a recurrence (knock on wood) and 2024 will be my ninth anniversary.

Love,

Eldri

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