Hi and welcone

Sorry I missed your previous posts. I’m mid treatment for endometrial cancer. I was originally diagnose with grade 1 Stage 1b. Grades are about the cancer cells and how they look- grade one is the lowest grade and the cells look almost normal, Stage is about how far the cancer has spread. Stage 1 means it’s contained in the womb only or in womb and surrounding muscle. I’m not sure about other stages but if you search this website it explains it really well. Grades are determined through biopsy and stage usually with an MRI scan. I had a keyhole total hysterectomy on May 14th and then everything was sent off to histology. They then upgraded the cancer to grade 3 but still stage 1b which meant I would need further treatment. I had the pelvic lymph glands removed on 23rd July which have been sent for testing, Further treatment will depend on the results. It seems that there are a number of ways to treat endometrial cancer depending on grade, stage, your age and general health. Only your consultant can tell you your specific treatment once he has all the information.If you would like to ask anything else please send a friend request and I will get back to you.Finally I hope everything goes well next week.

Sundial

If you Google, the difference of grade and stage with cancer .. it should come up .. that's what I did .. or go on home page here and put grade and stage into the search engine ... as it will be a lot clearer then me trying to explain ...

Your probly in shock now ... we all are at the beginning .. in put you mind into over drive .. but there's lots of us cancer buddies here, all different, but with the same goal .. kicking cancers butt .. 

Love your user name .. I use that a lot on this journey ... hellsbells lol brill ..

So jump on our scary rollercoaster and hold on tight .., it's gonna be a bumpy ride ... but look round and wer all on there with you ... take care .. chrissie  x

Hi 

Thanks for your reply, it does seem every persons journey is different, I hope by this time I know what’s ahead.

i do wish you well, I’m new to this site and haven’t worked  my way round it yet so will send s friend request ive worked out how to.

Thanks

Helen

Hi Helen, 

I just wanted to stop by to share the information we have on our website that explains what the stages and grades for endometrial cancer mean. Hopefully it will make things easier to understand but if you have any further questions do give our cancer nurses a call next week on 0808 800 4040. Their lines are open Monday - Friday between 9a.m - 5p.m and they'll do all they can to help.

I'm also including a link to the discussion we have in our help using the forum section which explains all you need to know about private messaging and friend requests.

I hope this helps :)

Kind regards, 

Steph, Cancer Chat Moderator

Thank you for the information it had been really useful