I was diagnosed with endometrial adenocarcinoma in 2007. My gyn called to tell me that he wanted to refer me to the local gyn/onc team. He told me that when cancer is present he always refers to gyn/onc for surgery because that surgery involves tissue that only a gyn/onc has the ability to remove: uterus, tubes, ovaries, 29 lymph glands, omentum. All of these were removed by my gyn/onc in a 4 hour surgery. The lab reported cancer in uterus and in 11 of the lymph glands. I had 3 rounds of high dose chemo, 25 days of radiation, 3 internal radiation, and 3 more rounds of chemo. I saw my doctor every three months for a couple of years, then every 6 months for three more years and once a year until my 10 years were completed. It is now 14 years and no more evidence of cancer.

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