Carcinoma of the uterus

In August I was diagnosed with carcinoma of the endometrium and endometroid
adenocarcinoma of the endometrium. Yes I was scared still, I saw a death
sentence like I suspect many of you here have done. Fortunately for me,
within 10 days of the diagnosis I was in one of the finest hospitals in the
UK having a hysterectomy. That was 3 weeks and 4 days ago. I have since
had the all clear that the cancer had not spread "outside the box", yet my
brain cannot compute that I have had the all clear. No radiotherapy needed,
no chemo needed, I'm still on the roller coaster of emotions of highs and
lows, up days and down days. I have been told this is normal.

Has anyone else on here had this sort of cancer? and is what I'm
experiencing normal??
Lindsey

On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:35:15 GMT, "Rosebud" <lynn.wright@ntlworld.com>
wrote:

>In August I was diagnosed with carcinoma of the endometrium and endometroid
>adenocarcinoma of the endometrium. Yes I was scared still, I saw a death
>sentence like I suspect many of you here have done. Fortunately for me,
>within 10 days of the diagnosis I was in one of the finest hospitals in the
>UK having a hysterectomy. That was 3 weeks and 4 days ago. I have since
>had the all clear that the cancer had not spread "outside the box", yet my
>brain cannot compute that I have had the all clear. No radiotherapy needed,
>no chemo needed, I'm still on the roller coaster of emotions of highs and
>lows, up days and down days. I have been told this is normal.
>
>Has anyone else on here had this sort of cancer? and is what I'm
>experiencing normal??
>Lindsey
>

I had a similar incident a few years ago with renal cancer. They
removed my left kidney laproscopically, and after sending the diseased
organ to the lab, declared that I was cancer free. I have been
getting regular checks since, and the last time I saw the doctor, he
smiled, probed, and told me to see him in six months. Your roller
coaster is real, and enjoy the ups. The highs I felt were something
like being commuted from a death sentence. You will all of a sudden
have the same realization occur to you, and accept it, and boy, will
your life ever change. (For the better or best). Hang in there, and I
will pray for you.

Thank you for the reply, I will notice of what you say, and try and enjoy
the ups, yes a feeling of being commuted from a death sentence sums it up
very well. I have a super daughter and 2 lovely grand-children that love me
to bits (as I do them), and yet I feel guilty because I have just had a week
when I have felt so negative and weepy. I'm so glad that you are still
cancer free.
and thanks for the prayers, it has been the prayers of my church, friends
and family that has got me through the last 6 weeks. So any prayers
gratefully received.
Lindsey

"Just Me" <edvanhufel@mail.roadrunner.com> wrote in message
news:2ucdf35j3vb344hjrhjl1290slgnma0lin@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:35:15 GMT, "Rosebud" <lynn.wright@ntlworld.com>
> wrote:
>
>>In August I was diagnosed with carcinoma of the endometrium and
>>endometroid
>>adenocarcinoma of the endometrium. Yes I was scared still, I saw a death
>>sentence like I suspect many of you here have done. Fortunately for me,
>>within 10 days of the diagnosis I was in one of the finest hospitals in
>>the
>>UK having a hysterectomy. That was 3 weeks and 4 days ago. I have since
>>had the all clear that the cancer had not spread "outside the box", yet my
>>brain cannot compute that I have had the all clear. No radiotherapy
>>needed,
>>no chemo needed, I'm still on the roller coaster of emotions of highs and
>>lows, up days and down days. I have been told this is normal.
>>
>>Has anyone else on here had this sort of cancer? and is what I'm
>>experiencing normal??
>>Lindsey
>>
>
> I had a similar incident a few years ago with renal cancer. They
> removed my left kidney laproscopically, and after sending the diseased
> organ to the lab, declared that I was cancer free. I have been
> getting regular checks since, and the last time I saw the doctor, he
> smiled, probed, and told me to see him in six months. Your roller
> coaster is real, and enjoy the ups. The highs I felt were something
> like being commuted from a death sentence. You will all of a sudden
> have the same realization occur to you, and accept it, and boy, will
> your life ever change. (For the better or best). Hang in there, and I
> will pray for you.
>

On Sep 23, 5:34 pm, "Rosebud" <snowd...@asarian-host.net> wrote:
> Thank you for the reply, I will notice of what you say, and try and enjoy
> the ups, yes a feeling of being commuted from a death sentence sums it up
> very well. I have a super daughter and 2 lovely grand-children that love me
> to bits (as I do them), and yet I feel guilty because I have just had a week
> when I have felt so negative and weepy. I'm so glad that you are still
> cancer free.
> and thanks for the prayers, it has been the prayers of my church, friends
> and family that has got me through the last 6 weeks. So any prayers
> gratefully received.
> Lindsey
>
> "Just Me" <edvanhu...@mail.roadrunner.com> wrote in message
>
> news:2ucdf35j3vb344hjrhjl1290slgnma0lin@4ax.com...
>
> > On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:35:15 GMT, "Rosebud" <lynn.wri...@ntlworld.com>
> > wrote:
>
> >>In August I was diagnosed with carcinoma of the endometrium and
> >>endometroid
> >>adenocarcinoma of the endometrium. Yes I was scared still, I saw a death
> >>sentence like I suspect many of you here have done. Fortunately for me,
> >>within 10 days of the diagnosis I was in one of the finest hospitals in
> >>the
> >>UK having a hysterectomy. That was 3 weeks and 4 days ago. I have since
> >>had the all clear that the cancer had not spread "outside the box", yet my
> >>brain cannot compute that I have had the all clear. No radiotherapy
> >>needed,
> >>no chemo needed, I'm still on the roller coaster of emotions of highs and
> >>lows, up days and down days. I have been told this is normal.
>
> >>Has anyone else on here had this sort of cancer? and is what I'm
> >>experiencing normal??
> >>Lindsey
>
> > I had a similar incident a few years ago with renal cancer. They
> > removed my left kidney laproscopically, and after sending the diseased
> > organ to the lab, declared that I was cancer free. I have been
> > getting regular checks since, and the last time I saw the doctor, he
> > smiled, probed, and told me to see him in six months. Your roller
> > coaster is real, and enjoy the ups. The highs I felt were something
> > like being commuted from a death sentence. You will all of a sudden
> > have the same realization occur to you, and accept it, and boy, will
> > your life ever change. (For the better or best). Hang in there, and I
> > will pray for you.

Glad to hear it is all over with and no further is needed...enjoy your
new life. Alex

Rosebud wrote :

"I'm still on the roller coaster of emotions of highs and lows, up days and
down days. I have been told this is normal.

Has anyone else on here had this sort of cancer? and is what I'm
experiencing normal??"

Hi Lindsey,

Welcome to this group !

I just got an all-clear for my basal tongue cancer in the four-month
post-radio-chemo evaluation.

I can share with you that after getting the results of the tests, it felt
like it took three or four days to "sink in" : I knew the results were
"real," but internally, emotionaly, I couldn't really "believe them." And I
am surprised that I have yet to feel a kind of spontaneous "eruption" of joy
: instead, my attention has turned immediately into re-building my antiques
business which I have neglected for nine months, and a creative writing
project. And to thoughts of finding a future companion/wife.

I deal with my "down days" by going to the gym and working out to the point
of physical exhaustion, by meditating, by trying to spend time outdoors in
nature and sunlight (which Thailand is generously endowed with even in rainy
season), and by creative writing. My general "moods" seem to shift and
swing more than usual. I've written a proposal to the Thai hospital where I
was treated to start a support group for their expat patients, and I hope
they will at least let me volunteer as a "friendly visitor" for any expat
who is relatively alone during chemo and RT : in my life a little bit of
volunteer work has always been one of the most healing things for myself,
one of the greatest restorers of my own perspective.

best, Uncle Sally.

Rosebud wrote:

> In August I was diagnosed with carcinoma of the endometrium and endometroid
> adenocarcinoma of the endometrium. Yes I was scared still, I saw a death
> sentence like I suspect many of you here have done. Fortunately for me,
> within 10 days of the diagnosis I was in one of the finest hospitals in the
> UK having a hysterectomy. That was 3 weeks and 4 days ago. I have since
> had the all clear that the cancer had not spread "outside the box", yet my
> brain cannot compute that I have had the all clear. No radiotherapy needed,
> no chemo needed, I'm still on the roller coaster of emotions of highs and
> lows, up days and down days. I have been told this is normal.
>
> Has anyone else on here had this sort of cancer? and is what I'm
> experiencing normal??
> Lindsey

Thank you for your post, Lindsey
You're a fine example to the world that many cancers are cured by surgery.
Many of us bounce back quickly and hit the ground running after surgery.
You might want to ask at the hospital if there's a support group.
Internet is wonderful but there's sometimes issues one wants to discuss in
person.
Best wishes,
J

Thanks for the suggestions Uncle Sally, and here's hoping that the Thai
hospital will allow you to do some volunteering or start up a group. Sounds
good to me - I have been approached by my local community Development worker
to start up a group where I live, as our one folded some years back.
Good to hear that you are starting to rebuild your life. Me too.
Lindsey

"Uncle Sally" <uncleSally@auldUncleSally.com> wrote in message
news:jrCJi.99706$1o1.60161@fe12.news.easynews.com. ..
> Rosebud wrote :
>
> "I'm still on the roller coaster of emotions of highs and lows, up days
> and
> down days. I have been told this is normal.
>
> Has anyone else on here had this sort of cancer? and is what I'm
> experiencing normal??"
>
> Hi Lindsey,
>
> Welcome to this group !
>
> I just got an all-clear for my basal tongue cancer in the four-month
> post-radio-chemo evaluation.
>
> I can share with you that after getting the results of the tests, it felt
> like it took three or four days to "sink in" : I knew the results were
> "real," but internally, emotionaly, I couldn't really "believe them." And
> I
> am surprised that I have yet to feel a kind of spontaneous "eruption" of
> joy
> : instead, my attention has turned immediately into re-building my
> antiques
> business which I have neglected for nine months, and a creative writing
> project. And to thoughts of finding a future companion/wife.
>
> I deal with my "down days" by going to the gym and working out to the
> point
> of physical exhaustion, by meditating, by trying to spend time outdoors in
> nature and sunlight (which Thailand is generously endowed with even in
> rainy
> season), and by creative writing. My general "moods" seem to shift and
> swing more than usual. I've written a proposal to the Thai hospital where
> I
> was treated to start a support group for their expat patients, and I hope
> they will at least let me volunteer as a "friendly visitor" for any expat
> who is relatively alone during chemo and RT : in my life a little bit of
> volunteer work has always been one of the most healing things for myself,
> one of the greatest restorers of my own perspective.
>
> best, Uncle Sally.
>
>
>
>
>

Yes thank you - I have asked and found that the local group folded some
years back, there is one in the next town once a month though, and I have a
wonderful friend who went through the same surgery for cancer a year ago, so
I tend to take my "what seem silly questions to me" to her and she tells me
that they are not silly, but quite normal.
Glad to be able to join this group, although sorry I had a need too.
Lindsey

"J" <nswex@nalid;anon> wrote in message
news:46F7105B.321D4983@execulink.com...
> Rosebud wrote:
>
>> In August I was diagnosed with carcinoma of the endometrium and
>> endometroid
>> adenocarcinoma of the endometrium. Yes I was scared still, I saw a death
>> sentence like I suspect many of you here have done. Fortunately for me,
>> within 10 days of the diagnosis I was in one of the finest hospitals in
>> the
>> UK having a hysterectomy. That was 3 weeks and 4 days ago. I have since
>> had the all clear that the cancer had not spread "outside the box", yet
>> my
>> brain cannot compute that I have had the all clear. No radiotherapy
>> needed,
>> no chemo needed, I'm still on the roller coaster of emotions of highs and
>> lows, up days and down days. I have been told this is normal.
>>
>> Has anyone else on here had this sort of cancer? and is what I'm
>> experiencing normal??
>> Lindsey
>
> Thank you for your post, Lindsey
> You're a fine example to the world that many cancers are cured by surgery.
> Many of us bounce back quickly and hit the ground running after surgery.
> You might want to ask at the hospital if there's a support group.
> Internet is wonderful but there's sometimes issues one wants to discuss in
> person.
> Best wishes,
> J
>

Thanks Alex.

"Alex" <usenetgirl@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Sep 23, 5:34 pm, "Rosebud" <snowd...@asarian-host.net> wrote:
>> Thank you for the reply, I will notice of what you say, and try and enjoy
>> the ups, yes a feeling of being commuted from a death sentence sums it up
>> very well. I have a super daughter and 2 lovely grand-children that love
>> me
>> to bits (as I do them), and yet I feel guilty because I have just had a
>> week
>> when I have felt so negative and weepy. I'm so glad that you are still
>> cancer free.
>> and thanks for the prayers, it has been the prayers of my church, friends
>> and family that has got me through the last 6 weeks. So any prayers
>> gratefully received.
>> Lindsey
>>
>> "Just Me" <edvanhu...@mail.roadrunner.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:2ucdf35j3vb344hjrhjl1290slgnma0lin@4ax.com...
>>
>> > On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:35:15 GMT, "Rosebud" <lynn.wri...@ntlworld.com>
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >>In August I was diagnosed with carcinoma of the endometrium and
>> >>endometroid
>> >>adenocarcinoma of the endometrium. Yes I was scared still, I saw a
>> >>death
>> >>sentence like I suspect many of you here have done. Fortunately for
>> >>me,
>> >>within 10 days of the diagnosis I was in one of the finest hospitals in
>> >>the
>> >>UK having a hysterectomy. That was 3 weeks and 4 days ago. I have
>> >>since
>> >>had the all clear that the cancer had not spread "outside the box", yet
>> >>my
>> >>brain cannot compute that I have had the all clear. No radiotherapy
>> >>needed,
>> >>no chemo needed, I'm still on the roller coaster of emotions of highs
>> >>and
>> >>lows, up days and down days. I have been told this is normal.
>>
>> >>Has anyone else on here had this sort of cancer? and is what I'm
>> >>experiencing normal??
>> >>Lindsey
>>
>> > I had a similar incident a few years ago with renal cancer. They
>> > removed my left kidney laproscopically, and after sending the diseased
>> > organ to the lab, declared that I was cancer free. I have been
>> > getting regular checks since, and the last time I saw the doctor, he
>> > smiled, probed, and told me to see him in six months. Your roller
>> > coaster is real, and enjoy the ups. The highs I felt were something
>> > like being commuted from a death sentence. You will all of a sudden
>> > have the same realization occur to you, and accept it, and boy, will
>> > your life ever change. (For the better or best). Hang in there, and I
>> > will pray for you.
>
> Glad to hear it is all over with and no further is needed...enjoy your
> new life. Alex
>

Rosebud wrote:

> Thanks for the suggestions Uncle Sally, and here's hoping that the Thai
> hospital will allow you to do some volunteering or start up a group. Sounds
> good to me - I have been approached by my local community Development worker
> to start up a group where I live, as our one folded some years back.
> Good to hear that you are starting to rebuild your life. Me too.

Sounds like a fine idea to start up a local group.
We don't get many gynae cancer patients here.
You might want to check this forum
http://www.hysterectomy-association.org.uk/forums/
Not everyone has computers (and/or I know some who only use email), so a local
group sounds like a great idea to me.
Good luck with your project, Lindsey.
Keep in touch from time to time.
J