@annguastel Hello and welcome to our Gynecological Cancers support group on Mayo Clinic Connect. I know the feeling of shock when you hear the word "cancer" in a diagnosis. I cannot remember a conversation with a physician that was more alarming. I didn't cry. I was in emotional shock and I couldn't think straight or ask a question.

I do have a question. What is Domitian cancer? Is that a typographical error? If so, then do you know what kind of endometrial cancer was diagnosed? Here is a website that describes the different kinds of endometrial cancer.

American Cancer Society: What is Endometrial Cancer?

-- https://www.cancer.org/cancer/types/endometrial-cancer/about/what-is-endometrial-cancer.html

There are many of us here in this support group who were diagnosed with cancer at a later age, with some in their 80s. What did your doctor tell you about the hysterectomy? Will the surgery be endoscopic? If yes, then that's what I had and while I was very fatigued after the surgery I was able to take walks pretty quickly after I returned home. My doctor told me that while I did not have a big incision as would have been the case 20 years ago when hysterectomies were often performed by opening the abdomen, my "insides" still needed to heal. So, I followed all the discharge instructions and within 6 weeks when I had my follow-up appointment with my doctor she said I could return to my normal activities.

When is your hysterectomy scheduled?