How old when dx?

Hey Fluff,

I hope you are feeling a bit better from you final treatment. Sending positive vibes that your scan reveals a great outcome.

For me: diagnosed at 58 in May, 2015

Stage 1A UPSC 

I had the standard care of 6 Carbo/Taxil and Brachytherapy

Thankfully, still NED and I hit my 5 year marker post treatment this coming January.

Love and Hugs,

Cindi

I was 67 at dx, 1a, UPSC, with LVSI. Hysterectomy, BSO. 4 chemos, 3 brachy. Reserving pelvic radiation in case there is a recurrence. Currently NED almost 2 years after dx. Progress! Good luck to you Fluff! 

xxoo

Denise 

I was 59 at diagnosis and still hadn't gone through menopause! My doctored sent me for a regular pelvic ultrasound (not transvaginal) twice after I was 55 before I was diagnosed by a biopsy, so I think she was thinking of the cancer possiblity, but never mentioned it to me.

If I had known anything about the risk factors for this cancer, I would have known to push for ruling it out sooner than it was found because I had multiple risk factors for it besides the late-onset menopause and would have been worried about it. Instead I only saw when I looked it up that, yes, late-menopause happens and nothing tends to be done about it until you turn 60. Where I read didn't say anything about it being a cancer risk factor. I'm so lucky I wasn't a stage 4 and at death's door when I was finally tested, but adenocarcinoma is usually caught earlier than it was for me, so I'm still really mad at the lack of education there is for women about it like there is for breast and cervical cancer. It's no wonder that rates for this cancer are increasing when they are decreasing for others. Learning about it after the fact is just too da** late!

the incompetency or willinginess to downplay or ignore symptoms is staggering. My diagnosing gyne told me and my husband numerous conflicting things. He downplayed cancer, to the point of telling me immediately after my hystersocopy that he got almost all of the fibroids out, so I was good to go, no cancer before ANY pathology had returned. Instead, two days later he calls me with a diagnosis of USPC. So sorry. So rare... What a complete idiot. Who tells their patient before path that they are free and clear? So I am very skeptical of some doctors who either don't care or are so oblivious that they make a dx that has no basis in reality. And this guy is a top rated gyne. I know better. 

Denise 

I was diagnosed at 47, and I'm sure I'd had it for some time. Stage 3a, grade 2, type 1, surgery, chemo, external rads.

I was 62 and just felt something was wrong but my new doctor ignored me. Changed doctors and she ordered an endometrial biopsy which was positive. Sent me to a oncologist/gynecologist who did a total hysterectomy.  He called and wanted to see me right away. He said I'm sorry but it's UPSC and I should start chemo ASAP. He took no lymph nodes so couldn't accurately stage it but would treat it as Stage III. I only made it through three chemos and believe a fourth one would have killed me - my GP agreed and she stopped them. September 30th, I'll be five years NED.

Love,

Eldri 

I received an endometrial biopsy after abnormal bleeding and ultrasound.  It was positive for cancer.  The longest wait I had was for the biopsy to be done. I had a complete hysterectomy (robotic laporoscopy) in September 2019 and was diagnosed with Stage IIIC high grade serous carcinoma.  I went through 6 rounds of carbo/taxol chemotherapy.  I was supposed to have four rounds of brachytherapy during one of the three week breaks between chemo infusions.  The radiation oncololgist felt one node was suspicious and decided it would be best to do full pelvic radiation after I completed chemo.  I had second opinions on both the original treatment plan and the changed one.  I completed my radiation on April 10, 2020.  I have check-ups coming up with all of the physicians.  I am most nervous about the CA125. My risk factors were early menarche and late menopause.  I am also not overweight. None of those factors is really in my control. Fluff, I wish you the best.

BluebirdOne said:

From my own experience and hearing others

the incompetency or willinginess to downplay or ignore symptoms is staggering. My diagnosing gyne told me and my husband numerous conflicting things. He downplayed cancer, to the point of telling me immediately after my hystersocopy that he got almost all of the fibroids out, so I was good to go, no cancer before ANY pathology had returned. Instead, two days later he calls me with a diagnosis of USPC. So sorry. So rare... What a complete idiot. Who tells their patient before path that they are free and clear? So I am very skeptical of some doctors who either don't care or are so oblivious that they make a dx that has no basis in reality. And this guy is a top rated gyne. I know better. 

 

Denise 

My gyno did the same thing Bluebird One. Told me it was a polyp. Even showed me the picture on her computer. A week later, she calls and says path report is back and it's lots of cancer. Didn't even apologize.

Diagnosed April 19, 2017. Got 2nd opinion Oct 9, 2019 and had 3 chemo Taxol/Carbo and 6 brachytherapy.

Diagnosed with recurrence August 19, 2019 in multiple lymph nodes in abdomen, chest and thorax. Did 6 more chemo. Spread to pelvic lymph nodes and am currently on Keytruda/Lenvima Since April 6, 2020.

Thank you for this post, Fluff!

I was diagnosed with Stage 1A in February of 2011 at the age of 59 so I am 9 years out from being diagnosed.  I had 6 rounds of carboplatin and taxol and 3 brachytherapy treatments. I had surgery done by my  GYN and he removed my ovaries, cervix, and fallopian tubes.  I did not have my Omentum or lymph nodes removed as my GYN did not know it was cancer until after my surgery then I was referred to an Oncologist. In the fall of 2017, the cancer came back to my pelvic and splleen areas, however, I did NOT need chemo as the cancer just left me and my CA levels were well over 100. and I was being monitored closely with blood work every month until the spring of 2018, so I did not need chemo and brachy treatments at that time since then I have been NED with just blood work being taken.  I did have a Port put in the spring of 2016, and had the Port removed in the spring of 2018 after the cancer had left me. I did have an Ultrasound of the Abdomen and Pelvis in the spring of 2019, but everything came back clear.  I do see my Oncologist 2x a year and will have to be monitored for the rest of my life as our cancer (UPSC) is very sneaky and cannot be left to chance.