Endometrial Cancer Survivor

I was diagnosed with endometrial cancer in 2007. I was grieving the loss of my childhood friend who passed in Dec 2006, and I was called in to my doctors office on that weekend. I was informed that I had hyperplasia, which is the abnormal cells, that cause thickening of the wall of the uterus. My obgyn found this out when she was testing me before I were to start fertility treatments again. She performed a DNC, and my husband and I thought for sure, that everything was going to be ok.

I went back to work after a week, then received a call from my doctor asking me to come in, and to bring my husband. She had me sit on the table, and came in to the examining room. She proceeded to tell me that I have endometrial cancer, and that I would have to have a hysterectomy. She went on to say, that she was not sure how much to cancer has spread, and she wasn't positive what grade it was, only that she would advise that the surgery was performed as soon as possible.

She recommended some very talented doctors, but all I could do was shake and cry. My world stopped, my dreams of having natural children died, my heart was in pieces, and I wasn't even certain that I would survive. My surgery was in Feb, and I can't believe I made it through all of it. I asked god, that if he would let me survive cancer free, that I would spend the rest of my life educating everyone on our earth about endometrial cancer, uterine cancer, all cancers.  And so I thank god for letting me live and help others, by sharing my story, lending a hand to help spread the word, the fight for a cure, for awareness of cancer, and prevention. My race teams name is peach 4 life since peach is the color of endometrial cancer, I am under komens race/sacramento, Ca. I wear the names of cancer survivors on the front of my shirt near my heart, and on my back I wear the names of my loved ones, and friends whom we lost to cancer. Lets stand strong, spreading the word, soaring all heights, as the sky is the limit, and god has given us this. A survivor, and another family member to you in being touched with cancer.