Hi, not really sure where to start but here goes. A fortnight ago I had an ovarian cyst removed and a unilateral salpingo-oophantactomy (think that's how you spell it!) I got the call back to say they needed to see me and was not surprised when they diagnosed me with endometrial cancer. They think it is confined as the cyst and ovary were fine it was the endometrial tissue that was cancerous. Anyway I have to go back and have a hysterectomy and the other ovary removed, they'll be able to stage it then and know if I need chemo etc.this will send me into menopause but I cant have hrt as I'm only 40. I'm finding this all very difficult to cope with. I don't know if I'm mourning for the children I'll never have or the cancer I've got. I'm still not back at work from the last op and the next one is the 24th Nov. I'm supposed to return on monday but the prospect of that is just to much. I'm single, I live alone, I think i get a months full pay which I have almost used on the first op and now have the prospect of trying to manage a house on ssp. I have a sickness policy which covers just my mortgage but my cancer hopefully isn't advanced enough to claim on my decreasing mortgage cover. Its crazy.but I can't help worrying about what seems to be trivial things. I've told my family and close friends about my diagnosis they took it ok, lots of tears, I found myself comforting them, that makes me afraid to tell other people, god my head is swimming!!!
