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Anxiety after complete hysterectomy

Women's Health | Last Active: Oct 31, 2023 | Replies (16)
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@lseeber58

Hi. I’m new to this group. I just had a radical hysterectomy because of endometrial cancer, stage one. Literally, three days after the surgery, My mood just plummeted. I have now been on an estrogen patch for four weeks. Waiting for it to kick in. I am going through radiation, my last treatment today. Only three treatments total. I can’t believe how badly/low I have felt. Surgeon did not think I would have any trouble because I was 65 but boy was she wrong. And God bless her. She saved my life!

I am going to work with a wellness clinic who will look at the whole body. Looking forward to that.

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Oct 31, 2023

Welcome, @lseeber58. Congrats on completing radiation treatment. I invite you to join the discussions about endometrial cancer in this support group:
- Gynecologic Cancers Support Group https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/gynecologic-cancer/

It sounds like your surgeon thought that the effects of a hysterectomy wouldn't be so hard because you were already post-menopausal before surgery. Is that correct?

Are you taking progestin as well as estrogen? Did you also talk to your cancer team about taking estrogen via the patch?

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