Oh today was a good day..I was able to get the necessary referral to Stanford AND I went there in person today with all the images and reports to the scheduling office and was able to get a 40 minute in-person consultation scheduled for mid next week! My mother would have said my guardian angel was looking out for me. I'll use this time now to clearly write out my concerns and what I think might be a good plan of action so I'm ready for that appointment.

I'm writing to let you know what happened with my Stanford visit on Feb. 7th as you requested. I was pretty impressed with how attentive the doctor was with my concerns and she was very thorough with answers and plan of action. Since the biopsy done by the previous gynocologist was unsucessful and there was not sufficient endometrial tissue for the pathologist to work with from that procedure, the next step needs to be a hysteroscopy which will allow the doctor to see clearly the inside of the uterus. She will get a good sampling of tissue as well as locate and take out the lesion (if it is still there) for pathology. She was very clear that she understood the possibility of puncture was a huge concern to me given the natural post-menopausal condition of my reproductive organs, and addressed that saying she is and will be very mindful of that when the procedure takes place. Today I had a telehealth visit with her just to clarify points and plan for hysteroscopy. The problem is that the soonest she can get me in for the procedure will be in April. She assured me that given the images from the ultrasound and reading the reports, she felt confident the wait would not be problematic. She will perform a hysteroscopy in the Operating room at the hospital under MAC (Monitored Anesthesia Care). If the results are shown to be pre-cancer or cancer, then she will refer me to Stanford's oncology gynecologist department for further action (which I have already determined will be a hysterectomy) . Right now, I just need to wait for the scheduler to call me and schedule the surgery. I find that researching on-line is both scary and re-assuring depending on what reports and clinical trials I read and I clearly need to step back from that at some point and trust my decisions thus far. There is so much to absorb, and without a medical background, it is hard sometimes to put what I read into helpful and relevant perspective. Thank you so much for your concern and comments. Really appreciate that!