Endometrial Cancer Stage IIIC1

@belle4 I love that PacMan metaphor/imagery. All my good wishes to you as you start your chemotherapy treatments this week.

Will you please come back and let me know how it goes and so that I and others can continue to support you?

@mtstack hello. I had the same diagnosis and stage as you and had surgery, chemo, EBRT and brachytherapy and am yep years in remission. I was fortunate to have had an “easy” time with all treatments. Don’t let the pictures of chemo in the movies/tv scare you. It isn’t always like that I worked full time through all treatments (6 of chemo ) and missed two days of work. I opted for everything they recommended so I knew I would have no regrets. I wish you all the best

@belle4 👋
I recall when I began chemo in March not knowing what to expect. I had 6 cycles, 21 days apart, and the first 2 were quite fine. I found days 3 and 4 after a treatment the most challenging. Get some anti nausea pills and take them every 6 hours to prevent vomiting and dehydration. They work. I stayed away from crowds and was fortunate that spring and summer meant I could enjoy my backyard. I had to have 3 blood transfusions b/c I became quite weak after treatments 4 and 5, but that was okay. I had a month of recovery after I was done chemo, now I am driving 4 hours each day receiving radiation. I am done 5 of 25 planned sessions. It's going well so far, but I'm likely to have side effects after this week. That's okay. I wish you all the best going forward. Listen to your body and take the rest it needs. We can handle a lot if we take 1 day at a time and stay positive. Let us all here know how you are doing, and reach out for help if you need it!!

@naturegirl5
Hi naturegirl5, I was writing to belle4 and when I took a picture to attach the response disappeared? Should I start over or is it still "out there" somewhere? Thanks

@jeanknoll986
Thank you for the information about your experience. It is very helpful. It is the unknown that is the hard part for me! I will keep in touch, having this community is very helpful and supportive.

@aardvark2118 Please let me know how you feel after the Chemo and during the Chemo. Was it extremely hot on your skin of the area where the chemo was target on.

Papillary serous endometrial and ovarian carcinoma stage 3. Had the complete hysterectomy. Taxol, Carbo, and immunotherapy with Herceptin.
If I had it all to do over again…I would do it all again in a heartbeat! Did my immunity get lowered? Yes, for a while. But through allowing time to heal, carful masking and no crowds, good vitamins, minerals, healthy diet and exercise…I’m healthy and enjoying life so much. I would say I am as close to my old self as I can be at my age with no ovaries or estrogen.
If this does reoccur, I will deal with it then. I do natural therapies with an integrative medicine doctor for now, so it keeps my spirits high as I feel proactive in my healing.
I hate that I live with the cancer cloud now, and chemotherapy was scary, and uncomfortable, sometimes there was pain, but it wasn’t nearly as bad as my imagination expected! Fear of the unknown is powerful. You will get through this.

Papillary serous endometrial and ovarian carcinoma stage 3. Had the complete hysterectomy. Taxol, Carbo, and immunotherapy with Herceptin.
If I had it all to do over again…I would do it all again in a heartbeat! Did my immunity get lowered? Yes, for a while. But through allowing time to heal, carful masking and no crowds, good vitamins, minerals, healthy diet and exercise…I’m healthy and enjoying life so much. I would say I am as close to my old self as I can be at my age with no ovaries or estrogen.
If this does reoccur, I will deal with it then. I do natural therapies with an integrative medicine doctor for now, so it keeps my spirits high as I feel proactive in my healing.
I hate that I live with the cancer cloud now, and chemotherapy was scary, and uncomfortable, sometimes there was pain, but it wasn’t nearly as bad as my imagination expected! Fear of the unknown is powerful. You will get through this.