I've had gallbladder, thyroid and ovarian cancers and I'm struggling right now with it all. I'm feeling overwhelmed and finding it difficult to find what group I fit into.
I was diagnosed in 2016 with stage 3 gallbladder cancer, I had a liver resection followed by 8 rounds of chemotherapy. In 2017 I was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer and had a total thyroidectomy and it had spread to 16 lymph nodes so the surgery was followed by Radioactive Iodine treatment.
In October 2020 I was diagnosed with an ovarian cyst and further scans showed a tumour in my abdomen so in December I had a total abdominal hysterectomy and during the surgery the tumour was removed. However a further tumour was also found in my bowel which fortunately was resected.
Histology shows I had ovarian cancer and gallbladder recurrence and my consultant told me yesterday I'm a fascinating and exceptional case so some genetic tests are going to be done and possibly more chemotherapy.
I'm really struggling to find where I fit, is there a group anywhere for people who have multiple cancer diagnosis' ?
