Endometrial Biopsy: I’m terrified, what can I expect?

It is carcinosarcoma a very aggressive and rare endometrial cancer. My survival rate is 0-10% if in advanced stages. It is in lymph nodes in pelvic area. I'm having a pet scan March 12th. I'm getting port Wednesday the 5th. I'll have 3-5 hour treatments of chemo when emergency authorization comes through. Hoping for chemo the same week I get port but may be following Monday. If, after the first 3 treatments there's no shrinkage of lymph nodes, so they can see where surgery needed, then I will transfer my care to a local female oncologist and give her a try. I have nothing to lose because they won't do surgery if chemo isn't successful. Needless to say, I am terrified.

It is carcinosarcoma a very aggressive and rare endometrial cancer. My survival rate is 0-10% if in advanced stages. It is in lymph nodes in pelvic area. I'm having a pet scan March 12th. I'm getting port Wednesday the 5th. I'll have 3-5 hour treatments of chemo when emergency authorization comes through. Hoping for chemo the same week I get port but may be following Monday. If, after the first 3 treatments there's no shrinkage of lymph nodes, so they can see where surgery needed, then I will transfer my care to a local female oncologist and give her a try. I have nothing to lose because they won't do surgery if chemo isn't successful. Needless to say, I am terrified.

@carol1024 I offer my apology if you've already explained your gynecological diagnosis somewhere else on Connect and I missed it. I'd like to offer my support and help to answer any questions you might have. I am not a medical professional however I am cancer survivor of endometroid adenocarcinoma, FIGO 1, Stage 1a, with a recurrence two years later.

May I ask your diagnosis after you got back your biopsy results? You wrote cervical and uterine cancer. Were both the certical and uterine cancers adenocarcinoma? There are different kinds of cancer and if you read or have a copy of your pathology report you will be able to find that information.

American Cancer Society: Types of cervical cancer:

-- https://www.cancer.org/cancer/types/cervical-cancer/about/what-is-cervical-cancer.html

American Cancer Society: Endometrial cancer:

-- https://www.cancer.org/cancer/types/endometrial-cancer/about/what-is-endometrial-cancer.html

When are you scheduled to start chemotherapy? How are you feeling today?

I haven't even gotten the port for the chemo. I go wednesday for that. I've been battling this since December so nothing is going fast enough for me.

I haven't even gotten the port for the chemo. I go wednesday for that. I've been battling this since December so nothing is going fast enough for me.

Hi Carol - how did the surgery and chemo go? I hope you're feeling okay. It must be so overwhelming - to get your diagnosis and first treatment so fast. How are you doing?

I wish men wouldn't comment on things they know absolutely nothing about. I had a biopsy
end of February and diagnosed with cervical and uterine cancer. I'm going for surgery for port to get chemo on Wednesday. The biopsy, while unpleasant, was done by a female gynecological surgeon. This male doctor sounds like he's going in there as if fixing a piece of machinery. I'd love for you to get a female to do it. I've actually had 2. The first one I had was done by my gynecologist, a male, and he didn't get enough tissue. I then saw the female because CT scan showed suspected mass. She would tell me before she did each thing. I playfully told my family it felt like she was after my tonsils. I even yelled out the word........fff***cccckkkkk....then said sorry about that. It was over in a very short time. If you've had children then that hurt worse than the biopsy. Routine paps should not hurt if they are done right. She had to go way up in my cervix to get tissue and even farther for uterine tissue and that's why it hurt but it hurt for less than 5 seconds. I believe the scraping to get cells hurt worse than the swabbing did but like I said, it only hurt for less that 5 seconds. Good luck and remember to just breathe.....it will be ok.

They said usually within a couple of weeks. Hopefully they come sooner 🙂

Thanks, Lucky. I'm so glad yours went well and was over fast. Did they say how long the results would take? I'm keeping my fingers crossed that all is well. Wishing you all the best.