What were your first signs of endometrial cancer?

@jane Thank you for sharing your experience. It's so good that you have a GP who has been your doctor so many years and took you seriously. I agree. You have a wonderful GP, surgeon, and radiation oncology team. When did this more recent cancer that was obstructing your ureter occur?

9 years post ovarian cancer and total hysterectomy/oophorectomy, and not having had a UTI since childhood, a slowly increasing pressure sensation on one side of my bladder was getting intense to the point it felt like a burning sensation on the OUTSIDE of the bladder when voiding. No bleeding. A little fullness in the lower part of the belly. Was starting to feel that starving, then sudden fullness after only a few bites, too. Had just finished signing papers to end a 33-year marriage and thought I may be getting an ulcer due to the circumstances. Went to see the GP who had been following me for almost 30 years, and he said it just didn't sound "normal" for me. Did the CA-125, the CT, the MRI, the ultrasound, the vag. ultrasound and when the results came back, they said a kidney was being pinched off by something which led to the surgery where they found cancer to be obstructing the ureter and stuck to the bladder and lining the lower right quadrant of my intestinal cavity. Needless to say, as with the ovarian cancer surgery 9 years previously, the laparoscopic surgery they had promised ended up in a full xyphoid to pubis incision (again!), along with waking up for the 2nd time in my life being told what they initially thought was benign was actually cancer. Great surgeon! 5 weeks of radiation and it's a blessing to be here!

Exactly. Bleeding for about 12 days after 10 years going through menopause. He brushed it off as "one last bruh-ha for my female parts. Last Dec I was treating what I thought was a UTI. Took antibiotics and didn't get better. Took another round of antibiotics specifically for bladder infection. Didn't work. Had ultrasound of bladder but was inconclusive because I couldn't hold enough fluid. It was too painful. In the mean time, I had another vaginal ultrasound, which there was a little blood on wand, and a pap smear. The pap smear was normal and when I asked why the pain was so intense in the uterine area, he did a biopsy. He didn't get enough tissue and before I could get back to him I went to ER because pain was so bad. CT scan showed mass and it turned out to be stage 3C endometrial cancer. I just finished my 3rd chemo on April 24th. I have another on May 15th and hopefully I can get hysterectomy afterwards. This waiting and not knowing is torture.

Abnormal bleeding

@daisy17 I've had two D&Cs and was under general anesthesia for both. The anesthesia was similar to what I had during a colonoscopy which is, as I understand it, a sort of short sleep. So, it was pretty easy to wake up and the recovery time was very short. I'm relieved to know you will have the same as I did. And yes, it will be very good to get this done and find out what's going on.

Probably general anesthesia since the D&C is considered like surgery. I had one a couple years ago so know what to expect. I'll be glad to get it over with and get the results.

@daisy17 Good. I'm relieved to know the plan is for you to have a hysteroscopy and D&C. Will you have anesthesia - the light/general kind?

I am scheduled for a hysteroscopy and D&C in a couple weeks.

Mine started as what I thought was a UTI. Treated it with antibiotics that didn't work. Thought bladder. Got antibiotics specifically for bladder infection. Didn't work. Pain got so bad I went to ER they did CT scan and found cervical cancer. Just had my 3rd chemo treatment. Diagnosis is Endometrial Cancer stage 3C.
My CA125 Cancer antigen was 1641 before 1st chemo. I'm having them every 21 days for 5 hours. The CA125 antigen after 2nd treatment was 744. I'm hoping it's cut in half again after the 3rd treatment I had April 24. This means that chemo is working. Hysterectomy is planned if PET scan shows enough shrinkage.

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