Just diagnosed with Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma: What to expect?

@springangel, you can see the insurance types Mayo Clinic accepts here:
- Insurance types accepted at Mayo Clinic https://www.mayoclinic.org/patient-visitor-guide/billing-insurance/insurance/accepted-insurance

If you don't see your insurance listed, please call Patient Account Services to inquire:
https://www.mayoclinic.org/patient-visitor-guide/billing-insurance/contact-us

@cmb2022
Thank you for such a wonderful note. I feel so cared for knowing that you were thinking of me so often during the past few days.
I'm going back to work today but fortunately the weekend starts tomorrow. I need the weekend to recover from the long drive and all the anxiety surrounding the appointments. Honestly it was worth it as I get such comprehensive care at Mayo Clinic. I'm thankful that I have the insurance and the means to get my care at Mayo.
I have plans for brunch with two friends on Sunday. With rain coming in it looks like I won't be outside much this weekend. What do you have planned for the weekend that will be restorative for your soul?

@springangel

@colleenyoung has provided you with helpful links at Mayo. Please check those out. If you do call Patient Account Services you will get someone on the phone who will be really helpful. I want to encourage you with this. Every contact I have had on the phone with Mayo Clinic about my insurance has been very helpful. The people who work there are very patient and skilled at what they do.

@naturegirl5 ,
You are very welcome! I always look forward to hearing from you!
The weekend sure is going by fast, but most do. I spent yesterday doing errands and laundry and today I am resting for the most part. I did make lunch on my grill. It is pretty rainy here today but my back deck is covered and everything tasted wonderful. I made a little more than I would normally to share with my mom and I will have plenty for my lunch tomorrow.
I hope your brunch went well and you are relaxing and winding down from the stress of your appointment and trip.
Have a great week my friend!

@cmb2022 Ooh, how lovely. Preparing lunch on the grill is definitely a warm weather activity, rain or no rain. I've not yet dragged the grill out from storage and from your note I'm thinking that might occur this coming weekend.

The brunch didn't happen because I was getting over a cold. I didn't want to expose my friends to a virus so I cancelled. 😟. I spent much of the weekend resting and reading with a few bouts of activity to clear up the clutter on my desk.

My Mayo Clinic appointments were reassuring. The radiation oncologist was encouraging since he said I'm healing well from the radiation therapy. When he did the vaginal exam I felt some discomfort and pain at the top of my vagina where the brachytherapy occurred in January. I've been following all the instructions for healing but that was a wake up to me that healing is still going on. I was so frightened before the Mayo visit and the exam once I was there that I all I wanted to do was run out of there. Fear does that to me. It's what my nervous system tells me to do. So, I stayed with the fear while I was in the waiting room and told myself over and over that the fear is normal. And I focused on breathing. The radiation oncologist told me that if there is a recurrence or another primary cancer it's unlikely anything would show up for at least a year. I take this to mean that I have a year without worrying I'm going to have to go back into cancer treatment and can live my life without too much focus every day on cancer. I know I get catastrophic in my thinking so I have to remind myself to rein it back and "don't believe everything I think". Just because I think it does not make it a fact. And here's another thing. Emotions come and go. At 70 years old I've had so much experience with my own emotions that I "know" I can't live in that crisis/shock mode for too long. Given time, my emotions will come back to a center.

I hope you're having a good week, my friend, and your energy is returning each day. I so appreciate your posts back and look forward to them.

@naturegirl5 ,
That will be great. Food from the grill always tastes so good and there is a lot less cleanup.
I am sorry you had to cancel brunch. I enjoy just being home sometimes. I feel like I live at work.
I haven't had a reoccurance, but I think I understand your concern and fear. I pray that for whatever reason you had one that you won't be faced with that again. I don't believe this journey is for the weak. I know I have said it before, but I had no idea. Right up until the day of my surgery and diagnosis I thought I would have the surgery and be done. I am naive I suppose. The fear is real and it is very hard for it not to consume our days.
I am glad you appreciate hearing from me. I look forward to hearing from you as well. I had felt so alone until I found this thread and am so thankful I found it.
Have a great week my friend!

First and foremost call the hospital and explain what you need done or emergency is about. You can let them know what insurance you have. Then go from there.. but the first call is important.

@rose53 I'm wondering if your note is meant for someone specific in this discussion? How can I help?

@cmb2022

Do you have plans with your mother for Mother's Day? It's a blessing that you two live so close to one another and can get together often.

How are you feeling these days? I'm wondering if your energy is coming back with the good weather?

Since my appointments at Mayo Clinic two weeks ago I find myself thinking less about another recurrence with each day. I'm hoping that I can live in each day without that constant fear of what lurks ahead. Fear of the unknown. Those thoughts and feelings when they come are so paralyzing for me.

Emotional support is everything to me. My support group is here on Mayo Clinic Connect.

It's Friday. At this time of year bird migration is in full swing. I'll go for a walk with my binoculars after work and see what's moving through.

I hope you have a good end of the week, my friend.

@rose53 Hello, Rose. I've been thinking of you and wondering how you are doing. You started this discussion and look how much it has supported and helped other women!

Spring arrived earlier for you in the South - I'm way up North so we are just experiencing Spring. How are you feeling?