Gynecologic Cancer Support Group: Women of S-Teal

@jc100 Please forgive the typos. I'm here if you need me, every step of the way.

@ccwill. Thank you so much for your support. I definitely will reach out to you throughout this journey.

I have been told about robotic surgery for this type of Cancer-do you know anything about it

@susan1715 Hope you're okay. Yes, first, don't be afraid, and second, please get the best surgeon your insurance will provide; one who will do his/her best to get all of the tumor off during the laparoscopic surgery and have the hysterectomy done as quickly at possible so avoid metastatic spread of the cancer tumor or cells to organs, for instance, which may results in a (higher) grading and staging. Happy to answer any questions you may have.

I agree, it also helps to know if the cancer is advanced. Sometimes chemo to start prior to robotic has better outcome. The robotic surgery is so much less invasive, same day outpatient procedure. I rode my bike two days later. Lol the catheter was the worst for me, had to recatheter before releasing me. Took them a few tries. Don’t be afraid to demand lidocaine if it happens to you. Pretty quick recovery overall. Hang in there!

Thank you so much. I supposedly do have a very good surgeon. My surgery is in 2 weeks. I do not know how far advanced this cancer is until the surgery. My notes say robotic assistance. I had triple negative breast cancer 8 years ago. The big negative is that
I am 83 years old in relatively good health for the advanced age. I thank you again for your information.

Thank you for your response. I will be in the hospital over night. I am 83 years old so I do not think I will be on a bike. My notes say
the surgery is robotic assisted and vaginal hysterectomy. I know so little. The physician has said the the surgery will
be approximately 3 hours.
thank you again.

83!!!! You’ll do fine, might have to use a bike with training wheels, or tricycle, lol. It’s always scary to under the knife, but that surgery is amazing, they can probably get all the cancer out. They use a liquid that lights up the cancerous cells, and cut with something that kind of corterizes … bad speller. You leave with four small wholes. Sometimes they give it a wast of. chemo and rinse, at the end. I’ll keep you in my prayer bubble! Listen to your gut … trust your own self on any of this. Much love and healing ❤️‍🩹 to you❤️🤗

@susan1715 You definitely will not be riding a bike after the hysterectomy. 😆

It'll take you for weeks to heal, so be sure to have a lot of bone broth and other nutritional soft foods to eat too make going to the bathroom easier because the pain pills are necessary to take a prescribed and will make you constipation, unfortunately. A tip someone gave me was to walk back and forth across your room s couple of times when you get up to go to the bathroom. Light walking, as many steps as you can tolerate, given the pain, is good until the the second week of recovery passes. You will feel much better by the fourth week. However, remember not to lift anything over 10 pounds. Start strong with good nutrition. Soups and cereals like oatmeal are great. God bless you!

Hi,
I do not see my reply perhaps it did not go through- I did thank you and asked if you had help when you came home-I am a widow and live alone and wonder if I will need to hire help.