When my doctor first told me I had cancer, I didn’t even know they use radiotherapy to treat cancer. I was so clueless! So when my oncologist said I’d need 25 doses of external and two doses of internal radiation treatments, I had no idea what to expect. How Does Radiotherapy Work? Like chemotherapy, oncologists […]
As all our regular readers know already, I have Lynch Syndrome. Most people have never heard of it. I hadn’t until my womb cancer diagnosis and the subsequent discovery that I have Lynch. Yet Lynch Syndrome is one of the most common hereditary conditions. Scientists estimate that one in 300 people carry the mutation. Most […]
There are many risk factors identified for womb cancer. It is the 4th most common cancer in women in the UK. The top three are breast, lung and colorectal cancers. While researchers don’t know what causes womb cancer, they know there are factors that can increase your chances of developing it. Some of these risk […]
Welcome back! I’m glad you have returned to read my latest post as it contains very important information about womb cancer. As I mentioned in my first post, one of the key reasons for this blog is to spread awareness of womb cancer. While there are some more common and obvious symptoms such as vaginal […]