← Return to Radiation or not after surgery for endometrial cancer?

Discussion
Comment receiving replies
Profile picture for karina60 @karina60

Happy to have found this forum. In Nov
2020 my diagnosis was stage 1 endometrial cancer; complete hysterectomy, lymph nodes clear. Five sessions of brachy. Told I have excellent prognosis. Forward 4 years to Dec 2024. Pain in lower right pelvic area. PCP ordered X-ray & was told I was constipated. I disagreed and pushed for days for a CT scan given my history. CT scan showed a large tumor. Recurrence of endometrial cancer. This time it traveled to my
Upper left lung 4 nodules. Metastatic stage 4. I’m half way through chemo have 3 more rounds. Fighting for my life. Advocate for yourself. If I did not push for the CT scan, I would be looking at end of life by December. At least now, I have a chance!

Jump to this post


Replies to "Happy to have found this forum. In Nov 2020 my diagnosis was stage 1 endometrial cancer;..."

@karina60 Thank you for sharing your journey. You wrote what many of us have shared again and again. Be that squeaky wheel. Advocate for yourself. You are the expert with your own body. If you feel something is not quite right with your own body then push for answers. Any one of us who has had a cancer diagnosis in the past knows that we are at risk for a recurrence or another cancer. Here is to the wish and hope that you are looking at many more years of life ahead due to your own advocacy.

Would you like to share the kind of chemotherapy you are receiving? How are you feeling?

I was diagnosed with endometrioid adenocarcinoma of the uterus, stage 1. I was told this is a slow moving cancer. The cancer would have been missed if a second biopsy/ or larger piece of uterus lining wasn't tested. The first biopsy during a hysteroscopy / D &C procedure showed no signs of cancer. It just showed up a polyp on the lining of my uterus. The polyp was removed and no cancer was found. I think a lot of my bleeding was because of the polyp. My question is, is this the kind of cancer you were diagnosed with..
Good luck to you!