I am so angry when I read about these young woman who are 40 and under and are being diagnosied with endometrial cancer and than reading about them having hystrectomys.
This can no longer be looked at as the MENOPAUSE cancer.

We are hear Doctors and we are young and vivacious and tryng to start families and we are finding out that we have endometrial cancer. I believe the food we eat and the sedentary lifestyle is part of the problem. Not the whole problem but part of it.

I know the distraction, the disbelief and the devistation. The first time I was in and out of ER’s bleeding heavy….all the typical signs. No one was listening initially than finally one man did exploratory surgery as he called it. It was not good. Schedule the first D& C December 16th 2002 I was told complex Atypia hyperplasia. Told lets try megace…high dose, for three months and see what it does.

Let me tell you the stuff has side effects.

I was the typical PCOS, flutuating wieght, never pregnant, endometriosis kinda girl…aka walking billboard.
Three months later. Cancer…no doubts, endometrial cancer and you need a hysterectomy
I went to Two Oncologist.
Karmanos said no hysterectomy
12 mos of Megace.
That was hard. Don’t underestimate that is not chemotherapy but hormone therapy and therefore is not that bad. I lost hair, delt with crushing migraines vomiting, and searing leg pain.
Every three months we did a biopsy and it was working.
One year clean and it came back
4 months of megace again and this time in error twice the dose.
Tough stuff.
clear since than
This is the beginning of my third year clean. I’ve been trying to get pregnant.
I have limited time but it at least gave me a chance.
I was told by all three Docs by the time I hit 40 this is too dangerous.
Three years left.

More woman need to know about megace and there options. I have met too many woman that would have willing gone down that road for as long as they safely could if it gave them a chance to have a child. I know giving birth or being a mom is not for everyone. But it is about knowledge and being informed and making that choice for yourself not having it taken from you.

Today I still have leg problems…My hair is not as thick as it was and I still have acne but I have two really important things…the ability to make a choice for myself and hope.

Please ladies get informed…read…read…read…and than talk…we need to talk to each other so we know whats out there.

We need to empower ourselves. Pass the word.