New, Scared and full of questions

Its a good place for you to come.  Let me start off by saying 1 in 10 biopsies turn out to be cancer so your chances are very good that it is nothing right now..  If you are not confident in your doctor, we usually recommend a second opinion.  Doctors should not mind this request.  You can get copies of your charts, or the doctor can send them.  The sharp lower pelvic pain could be many things.  I would definitely seek a second opinion.  Here most of us have a cancer diagnosis so are fans of hysterectomy too after a history like yours.  There usually isn't a down side, and then you don't have to worry about all this.  Might be something else to talk to your doctor, and second opinion doctor, about.   Waiting for the biopsy report is pretty hard and scary.  

Elia111 said:

Thank you for your advice. I

Thank you for your advice. I was just considering setting up an appointment with another gyno just to get input. My dr has never once even mentioned a hysterectomy through this. Although that's a given if a cancer report should come back. I won't be confident if it returns normal finding, I'm sure. Have read too many horror stories of missed dx!

It seems that this is the best path for us to take. Don't be afraid to let the doctors know what you expect.   Your history, your endometrial stripe, are abnormal, and you can request a hysterectomy for the pain you had in the past and blood loss.  As my sister in law used to say, the squeaky wheel gets the oil.  And I have read that a tissue biopsy is not as accurate as a D and C.  And it seems late to be having regular periods, but everyone is different.

And you have to decide.  You can also ask your Family doctor.  But you don't sound confident about the biopsy, but if both doctors said the biopsy was fine, then there is that.  I think you will find one of them inspires more confidence in you. And you can read and ask questions about your problems, and possible outcomes. And ask each.  You do have to decide though.  Even all of us here had to decide about out treatments.  Educate yourself about your condition, and the outcomes.  You could ask to see a gynecological oncologist.  They diagnose cancer, but you have some of the symptoms so you should be able to request this.  Low chance but enough to get you an appointment with them

Hello, Elia,

I'm sorry you're in a position where you have to worry about uterine cancer. It may well be nothing, and it usually is nothing. But -- and this is a big but -- I woud be reluctant to accept a diagnosis that says you don't have cancer based on a biopsy. My understanding is that biopsies are not as effective in determining yes/no on uterine cancer as a D&C. So, I would want a second opinion from a doctor who will do a D&C. It's a brief surgical procedure. If possible, it would be great if you could get it done by a gynecologist who is also an oncologist. I've read on this board that some women have a hard time getting access to an gyn/oncologist until they have been diagnosed with cancer, but that is not the case where I got my care.

Fingers crossed that this is nothing. My sister had similar symptoms to yours for almost a decade, and she did not have cancer. After I was diagnosed, she decided to get the preventive hysterectomy her doctor had recommended for years, as some of those symptoms are linked to eventual development of uterine cancer. If you get a second opinion and are confident that you don't have cancer, you may want to discuss with your doctor whether your symptoms put you at risk for developing cancer down the road.

Take care,

Molly

I need a "thumbs up" emogi for what Forherself said - couldn't have done better!