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What were your first signs of endometrial cancer?
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@chrissiebee It's very sad that your sister's diagnosis was breast cancer in an advanced stage with mets that had spread. I can see how this would alarm you and got you to follow up on the spotting and bleeding. What is it with some medical practitioners that do not take our symptoms seriously? Not every symptom is a serious but some are and with enough critical thinking after talking with patients these practitioners can help us to solve the puzzle of our symptoms. Fortunately I haven't had that experience but I know plenty of people who have.
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My sister Irene went to her PCP and called him a number of times because of severe pain in her sternum. He told her she probably pulled a muscle when she had a cold a few months before. Never gave her an x-ray or anything. The pain increased and she was on a trip. She called him from there and said she needs something for the pain. She was flying back home and in the airport waiting room when the man sitting next to her asked her if anything was wrong she looked so distressed. She told him about her pain and the location. He said a friend had the same type of pain and it ended up being cancer. When Irene got home and called the doctor, she asked him straight out: Could this be cancer? He said if you're so concerned, I'll send you
to a doctor for a second opinion. (Still no test given). He sent her to one of his buddies for the second opinion, and he said he agrees with her doctor, it's probably a pulled muscle in her chest from coughing. Fast forward to a couple of months later, she finally got a liver biopsy. I just don't recall what happened that they finally tested her since during this time I, too, had endometrial cancer and eight months later breast cancer Stage 1. The liver biopsy showed
her liver was filled with cancer. Also had a test on chest which showed her sternum was partially deteriorated due to the cancer spreading to her bones. It was too late for her. She fought it like a trooper, but passed away about eight months later. That was in 1997 so I tried to lose my anger at the doctors but it took a long time.
I was misdiagnosed with lung cancer, had a biopsy which was negative, but the surgeon still wanted to do a thoracotomy...a very difficult
surgery to recover from for me. It turned out it was not cancer but Valley Fever. I live in the part of California where it's not that uncommon. It's diagnosed by a simple blood test which I was not given before having lung surgery. A portion of my lung was removed when it was
discovered it was only Valley Fever spores that I had in my lung. I'll stop here but there was another misdiagnosis with me. This should be enough to warn people to be very proactive with their medical care. Thanks for listening.