Hello, thank you for letting me join this group.

I was diagnosed with endometrial cancer in November 2020, early stage. I had a full abdominal hysterectomy in January 2021, followed by 25 external radiotherapy and 2 brachytherapy treatments. I suffered from problems with my bladder and my bowels which increasingly got worse. For the past few months I also suffered from quite a lot of pain. After various scans and a biopsy, this week I was told that I had a recurrence in my pelvic lymph nodes. I have been told that chemotherapy is now the only option open for me. They took bloods, height and weight this week, and I have an appointment to see the oncologist on 24th of October.

This has actually come as a bit of a blow and I was wondering whether anyone could tell me what to expect. All I have been told so far is that there will be 6 cycles of treatment, 3 weeks apart. I’d like to know ant questions to ask at the consultation meeting, and how long after that am I likely to start treatment. I’m 56 years of age and also would like to know whether it would be feasible to carry on working.

Any advice that you could offer would be hugely appreciated.

Kind regards,

Alison.