I’m not newly diagnosed in the sense that my first diagnosis of stage 2b cervical cancer happened last year. I was successfully treated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy and my scan 3 months after the end of treatment showed no evidence of disease.
I attend 3 monthly check ups, and in October this year my consultant identified an area of concern he wasn’t sure about. I had an mri scan, petscan and biopsy under general anaesthetic and yesterday received the news that there is a small piece of residual tumour which is growing again. This is my “new” diagnosis, hence posting in this section. I cannot have more radiotherapy, but my consultant is prepared to operate now, whereas this was not possible when I was first diagnosed.
So...I am scheduled to have a total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral saplingo oophorectomy on 7th January where they will remove my uterus, cervix, ovaries and Fallopian tubes.
I wondered if anyone else has had this surgery following pelvic radiotherapy? It’s not too common and does carry a higher risk than a similar operation carried out on a woman who hasn’t undergone radiotherapy. I’m happy to accept that risk in an effort to be rid of this, but I’d be interested in hearing from anyone who has had this operation. I’m expected to be in hospital for about 3 nights afterwards I understand.
