The beginning process of diagnosing endometrial cancer

Good Morning Helen,
I hope you are doing well today.
I am now waiting for the biopsy from Thursday, the doctor was very good to me and will be my GYN moving forward. She needed to go in 2 times. She did mention surgery will be needed but the path report needs to come back first. I didn't even get home and my primary care doctor called and told me something showed up in both my breast's on the mammogram from Wednesday. More views and ultrasound needed , possible biopsy. Overwhelming for sure. Went back to work on Friday and just lost it. Thank God I have my own little office. What a freaking shitshow I am!! Thanks for listening to me.

@tishie58 I get so frustrated when I type a note that doesn't get through. I hope you will try again and let me know how you are feeling today?

@jeanadair123 I keep up too on my cancer surveillance appointments. All of are different in how we process and view our cancer journeys. Once I was diagnosed with cancer that knowledge changed my view of the world, my life, and my emotional outlook. With your journey you are doing everything you can to take care of yourself and I understand why your thoughts return to cancer on some days. So do mine.

I have had a uti every month for 4 months, it is wearing me down but the fact I hate keep taking antibiotics. I had uterus cancer in 2009 and recurrence in my vaginal cuff in 2016. I also get nausea and lower back pain but I keep up on my tests CT, MRI for breast since I have had breast cancer also. Pet scan and my blood tests I also see my gynecologist oncologist annually and my regular gynecologist annually. They are aware of my trust issues since they missed my cancer before. Just be proactive that’s all you can do and try and get through a day when your thoughts are not about cancer, it’s hard. Some of my friends think I am paranoid and a hypochondriac I don’t care.

I tried to respond, didn't go through I will try later.

@tishie58 I was concentrating on you and the procedure today at 12:15 EST. I didn’t think to ask your time zone so I hope that my healing energy that I sent you was received.

Did your doctor share any information with you today? How are you feeling this evening?

Trish, I was diagnosed with Lynch syndrome before my biopsy, so I was filled with fear when finding out I had endometrial cancer.
The gynecologist who performed the procedure knew me from my yearly checkups. She was kind and showed compassion towards me.
I was in tears because of the uncertainty. My mom has been battling the same cancer for the past six years.
The doctor’s assistant held my hand during the biopsy. That was comforting.
I'll pray that you encounter angels today and that the results return negative. 🙏💓

Ohhh wow Terry! I know and am sorry for what you're going through. Did you have a feeling it was positive? The waiting is the worst. Thank you so much for responding, reach out anytime, especially during the wait times. I'll do the same.

Thank you for understanding Helen. Yes everything is as you say. I will tell the doctor or nurse, maybe even write a quick note with a few main points of the situation so I don't have to talk of it tomorrow. I'm soon going to get up and get stuff done around my apartment. My appointment is at 12:15.

Hello, Trish, The fear is there and I’m thinking perhaps the panic comes and goes? That’s how it works for me. And yes, once you see the path report and/or talk with the doctor you cannot « unhear » the news again. That’s good way of characterizing it all.

It’s difficult to trust a medical provider that you don’t know with touching your body much less doing a procedure. Do you ever tell the provider or perhaps the nurse who is getting you ready that you feel this way? I wish that more medical providers understood what trauma-informed care means.

You wrote that you know what to do for yourself. Does this include going for a walk? I know for myself that if I’m feeling really anxious and fearful I need to move. When I move and it could be walking up and down stairs in my house or going outside for a walk that the anxiety will lessen.

What time is your appointment tomorrow? I’d like to send healing energy to you and for you to feel that I and the other women here on this site are there for you.