CancerCompass message board discussion started by soonblue on 12/10/2007 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,18758,0.htm Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Afternoon everyone, My mother was found to have endometrial cancer in mid-November this year. She was brought in for a full hysterectomy and also had her fallopian tubes and ovaries removed. They checked all the regions around her uterus and found no signs of cancer. They also did a quick check on her uteran wall and found exactly what they expected, a small tumor which had not broken through the wall. They gave her the good news and she went home. She's been recuperating nicely and started driving again a week ago(very exciting). On Wednesday afternoon, our joy and relief was shattered when she was called in to go over the official pathology report from her surgery. The pathologist had located a very small(approximately 5mm), mass on her right ovary. Her oncologist was cautiously optimistic and explained that although my mother now technically has Stage IIIA cancer, the tumor was extremely small and was unlikely to have spread beyond its current point. As a precaution to kill any cells that may have spread they have suggested chemotherapy and my father is looking into clinical trials for her following the chemo. I wanted to post here because I love my mother dearly, she's only 57 and I can't imagine her not existing in my life. I'm only 23 years old, recently graduated from college. My entire family is freaking out about this. :( I will continue to update here and will try to get her on here myself to speak about this, as she has her own laptop. Any information or support would be wonderful. soonblue Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT Just saw your post...  I have clear cell end. cancer.  How is your mother now?  PJBA pjba11 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT  On 12/10/2007 soonblue wrote:Afternoon everyone, My mother was found to have endometrial cancer in mid-November this year. She was brought in for a full hysterectomy and also had her fallopian tubes and ovaries removed. They checked all the regions around her uterus and found no signs of cancer. They also did a quick check on her uteran wall and found exactly what they expected, a small tumor which had not broken through the wall. They gave her the good news and she went home. She's been recuperating nicely and started driving again a week ago(very exciting). On Wednesday afternoon, our joy and relief was shattered when she was called in to go over the official pathology report from her surgery. The pathologist had located a very small(approximately 5mm), mass on her right ovary. Her oncologist was cautiously optimistic and explained that although my mother now technically has Stage IIIA cancer, the tumor was extremely small and was unlikely to have spread beyond its current point. As a precaution to kill any cells that may have spread they have suggested chemotherapy and my father is looking into clinical trials for her following the chemo. I wanted to post here because I love my mother dearly, she's only 57 and I can't imagine her not existing in my life. I'm only 23 years old, recently graduated from college. My entire family is freaking out about this. :( I will continue to update here and will try to get her on here myself to speak about this, as she has her own laptop. Any information or support would be wonderful. Find a Gynocologist Oncologist who knows about Arimidex. It is a hormaonal treatment that has been mostly used for certain kinds of breast cancer but I am using it for endometrial cancer that is being fed by hormones.  There are good doctors at UCDavis Sacramento Hospital in Sacramento, CA. four 168 Sat, 31 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT