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Adenocarcinoma of the endometrium: Pre-op prep & Diagnosis
Gynecologic Cancers | Last Active: Feb 1, 2023 | Replies (67)Comment receiving replies
@naturegirl53
I have been going back to Mayo every four months after My hysterctomy. I usually get the CA 125 blood work and a cervical exam. Is this the usual procedure you also received? My next visit will include X ray. Did you have this as well. As you know, you have been my source of what to look for because I have gone through the same experience you did and because of all that you shared, it has eased my anxieties. I'm so grateful to have been able to connect with you since my very first day of finding out my diagnosis. I'm so very happy to hear that all went well for you and that your felling much better. Thank you for your suppor.
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@rose53 My follow-ups are on a different schedule than yours and I couldn't tell you why that is. I thought our experiences were very much the same but we did have different surgeons and I guess they reached different conclusions on our follow up schedules.
I had a radical hysterectomy that removed bilateral ovaries, fallopian tubes, and cervix. From what you wrote it seems your cervix was left intact? Is that right? After the hysterectomy in 2019 my schedule was every 6 months. No blood test or imaging exams. I had a physical exam where the nurse practitioner examined external (vulva) and a very careful exam using a speculum to look in the vagina. That is how she found the very small bump in the vaginal cuff that turned out to be a recurrence. That was in late October in 2021. After a PET/MR in which no other cancer was detected I was scheduled for external beam radiation and two treatments of brachytherapy. When the radiation ended in January 2022, my follow-ups changed to every four months and included a CT scan with contrast. No other cancer has been found for which I am very grateful. My next exam will be on December 20.
Thank you for the kind words. I was so happy to be able to support you and especially to see you that you have stayed on Mayo Clinic Connect to support others. I hope you too are feeling good.