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Newly Diagnosed with Complex Hyperplasia with Atypia (EIN)
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Thank you everyone! I met with my gynocological oncologist this morning and he was very nice. He did a quick pelvic exam and then took my husband and me into his office to discuss plans. Since I am 50, he strongly recommends a full hysterectomy, including ovaries which I am fine with. He also recommended sentinal biopsy removal to ensure that if cancer cells are present, if and where it may have spread.
Although I really liked him, he was very "clinical" and "statistical" and kept saying that 43% of EIN will be cancer. And that he wouldn't say necessarily that if cancer was present, that it would be early stage. I guess I understand the need to be very non-committal but I think my anxiety wanted a bit more reassurance that I would be okay.
Unfortunately the first available surgical appointment is on September 30th. It will be done by Da Vinci Robot and it will be up to me if I wish to stay overnight or not.
5 weeks of waiting..... 🙁
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@rakga I think we all want the reassurance that we will be OK. Your GYN/Oncologist sounds reassuring however also that you are prepared in case cancer is present. With the 43% that he quoted, this is less than 50% - so the statistic isn't that high, and you could very well be one of the women who shows no sign of cancer. Removal of sentinel nodes seems like a good recommendation too. Did your doctor explain what this means? When I had a hysterectomy sentinel nodes were removed from either side of the uterus. Fortunately, those lymph nodes were negative for cancer.
My hysterectomy was robotic. Of course, I was asleep during the procedure but a small part of me wanted to see what my surgeon was doing. What impressive skills these surgeons have with doing a laporoscopic hysterectomy that is robotic!!
I'd be anxious waiting those 5 weeks too. Would you like to call the gyn/oncologist's office and ask to be put on a wait list in the event of a cancellation?