It has been almost a year since my diagnosis with Stage IIIC-2 Grade 3 endometrial serous carcinoma. I received the news on a Friday, over the telephone.
"It's very important you don't skip your ultrasound appointment on Tuesday. We have the results of your PAP smear; they indicate adenocarcinoma."
I was in shock. Could a PAP exam actually diagnose cancer? Were they telling me I had cancer? I asked the question but received no concrete answer. Instead, they emailed the results of the smear to me. I did indeed have endometrial cancer.
Don't you just love to receive news like that on a Friday when Monday seems years away? There was no medical personnel available for questions. I wouldn't have known what to ask, anyway, I was so numb. I couldn't even think straight.
I went to the ultrasound appointment. There was thickening to my endometrial lining. The next thing that happened was a biopsy, and after that, everything was a blur. Oncology consult, surgery, chemotherapy, radiation. How odd that, while everything happened so fast, the time also dragged like Marley's chains.
This blog is not medical advice. It is a guide, more or less, to help the chemo patient and family to include friends. I hope that it will be of use to someone.
