As a result of scans run whilst I was being treated for auto immune haemolytic anaemia (AIHA) in May and June of 2011, my doctors sent me in for a D&C and Hysteroscopy on the 15th July.
Two weeks to the day after surgery, the phone rang and my Gyno was giving me the news that I had endometrial cancer as well.
Fortunately, he got the ball rolling very quickly, and 3 days later I was sitting in the Oncologist office, receiving the run down and being booked in for surgery for the 4th August.
I am one of the lucky ones. If it had not been for the AIHA, we would not have discovered the cancer at stage 1.
I had a radical hysterectomy on the 4th August 2011 which managed to remove all of the cancerous cells (the cancer had not yet reached my lymphatic system), and I did not have to have chemo or radiation therapy.
After six months off work due to both conditions, I made a full return to work at the end of October and am taking things one day at a time,