Shock diagnosis of uterine cancer – Vicki ’ s story

My mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 1999 aged 72 and died shortly afterwards as it had spread. I went to my doctor and asked if I could have some sort of screening. Despite the fact there was no other family history of any type of cancer, my doctor agreed. So, each year I went for a CA125 blood test and an ultrasound scan (internal and/or external). They found that I had a cyst on one ovary but it was a normal cyst. So every year, I went and everything seemed fine and the cyst remained normal – but had grown over the last couple of years. No-one seemed concerned and thought it would go down as I am now post-menopause (59 now). Over the last couple of years I had a couple of bouts of cystitis which was unusual for me and had some very slight irregular spotting – light in colour but not smelly. I contacted my doctor for my blood test and scan and mentioned the discharge and he immediately referred me to the hospital for a scan and a possible hysteroscopy. The appointment came through within the week and the following week I went to the hospital. They couldn’t see anything with the scan as it was very cloudy so I was taken straight through for the hysteroscopy. This was a very unpleasant experience but totally worth it. They found lots of blood inside the womb and a polyp and they took a sample of this and my womb lining for biopsy. A week later I received a letter with an appointment with a Gynaecologist to discuss the results. Unfortunately, I wasn...
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