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What were your first signs of endometrial cancer?

Posted by Helen, Volunteer Mentor @naturegirl5, Jun 21, 2022

What symptoms did you have that led you to your physician before you received a diagnosis of endometrial cancer?

I had entered menopause more than a decade ago so menstruation was done. I discovered vaginal blood one morning. When it happened again a few days later I realized that something was going on but I didn't suspect cancer. I just knew this wasn't normal. I made an appointment with a gynecologist. Within a few weeks I began having cramps like I used to have when I first started my period as an adolescent. By then I was already under the care of the gynecologist who did a D&C and that's when the endometrial cancer was diagnosed.

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crowleykid | @crowleykid | Apr 22, 2024

I was in my garden and I thought I sat in a puddle because we had recently had rain. When I discovered it was blood, not water, I googled "post menopausal bleeding" and called the doctor the next day. He tried to grab tissue in his office & it was just too painful. D&C surgery is how they found the cancer and all he said after the surgery was "there was a lot of blood". So began the journey in July 2021. I hope this helps.

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jgoldstein | @jgoldstein | Apr 23, 2024
In reply to @shivey "Thank you and I didn’t have chemotherapy for uterine cancer and had a radical hysterectomy it’s..." + (show)
@shivey

Thank you and I didn’t have chemotherapy for uterine cancer and had a radical hysterectomy it’s very rare for it to come back but it came back and I was diagnosed last November with cancer of the Omentum (also very rare) I’ve had chemotherapy for that.. I found the acupuncture very helpful..

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How did you know - signs and symptoms- that you had omentum cancer?

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shivey | @shivey | Apr 24, 2024
In reply to @naturegirl5 "@shivey That must have been a huge shock after the hysterectomy for uterine cancer that was..." + (show)
@naturegirl5

@shivey That must have been a huge shock after the hysterectomy for uterine cancer that was diagnosed Stage 1a. Are you finished with the chemotherapy? How was the acupuncture helpful to you?

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Thank you and yes it was massive shock.. I finished chemotherapy about 1 month ago, I had 6 sessions and I’ll have a laparoscopy some time next month.. and then I’ll see my oncologist every 3 months for CT scans and checkups. Re acupuncture I really like the therapist and feel it is very good.. I relax completely.. my therapist is also a herbalist and has great herbs

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shivey | @shivey | Jul 10, 2024

Woke up one morning to see some bleeding and as I was 68 at the time I knew instinctively it was not a good sign, had a D & C and then it was diagnosed, had a radical hysterectomy then..

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kforrest | @kforrest | Apr 16 1:42pm
In reply to @crowleykid "I was in my garden and I thought I sat in a puddle because we had..." + (show)
@crowleykid

I was in my garden and I thought I sat in a puddle because we had recently had rain. When I discovered it was blood, not water, I googled "post menopausal bleeding" and called the doctor the next day. He tried to grab tissue in his office & it was just too painful. D&C surgery is how they found the cancer and all he said after the surgery was "there was a lot of blood". So began the journey in July 2021. I hope this helps.

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thank you. i have been diagnosed with omentum cancer. it's still sinking in.

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Apr 16 2:21pm
In reply to @kforrest "thank you. i have been diagnosed with omentum cancer. it's still sinking in." + (show)
@kforrest

thank you. i have been diagnosed with omentum cancer. it's still sinking in.

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@kforrest, I'm sorry to hear of your recent diagnosis. Do you know if it is primary omentum cancer, meaning cancer started in the omentum (very rare)? Or is the cancer found in the omentum spread from a primary elsewhere, like the ovaries or stomach?

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kforrest | @kforrest | Apr 16 8:56pm
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@colleenyoung

@kforrest, I'm sorry to hear of your recent diagnosis. Do you know if it is primary omentum cancer, meaning cancer started in the omentum (very rare)? Or is the cancer found in the omentum spread from a primary elsewhere, like the ovaries or stomach?

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spread from uterus i think was said.

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kforrest | @kforrest | Apr 16 8:57pm
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@jgoldstein

How did you know - signs and symptoms- that you had omentum cancer?

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postmenopausal bleeding

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shivey | @shivey | Apr 18 7:48pm
In reply to @kforrest "thank you. i have been diagnosed with omentum cancer. it's still sinking in." + (show)
@kforrest

thank you. i have been diagnosed with omentum cancer. it's still sinking in.

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Hi I was diagnosed with cancer of the omentum in November 2023.. I had 6 sessions of chemotherapy and I have regular scans and checkups. Normally I Google everything but I haven’t ever been brave enough to Google it..

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shivey | @shivey | Apr 18 7:52pm
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@jgoldstein

How did you know - signs and symptoms- that you had omentum cancer?

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Extreme tiredness and all my tests came back clear so as a last resort a consultant send me for a CT scan, and then a laparoscopy confirmed it

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