Uterine Carcinoma Survivor

It was January 2007 when I started having very bad periods. I was waking up in puddles of blood and bleeding so bad I would feel dizzy and nauseated. I went to my doctor several times and was told that it was stress and my body was changing because I was getting closer to 30. I kept insisting to my doctor that something was wrong.

So finally in April my doctor did an ultrasound and found a fibroid tumor (as he called it) on my uterus. He gave me my options: birth control, Premarin, or hysterectomy. I kept choosing hysterectomy but each and every time he would say "No we can't do a hysterectomy- you're too young."

Well I tried birth control and it didn't work. Finally on Wednesday May 16th, I had to leave work because I began to hemorrhage. I went to the ER only to sit laying on a gurney to bleed for hours.  Finally I was sent home and was told to call my doctor because I was only borderline blood transfusion. When called, my doctor only said "You'll be fine you have an appointment on Monday with me, take some iron see you Monday. "

Well I did, and when I entered his office all he could say was "Oh no something is wrong".  I had a blood transfusion of 4 bags, and an emergency hysterectomy. A week later I found out that the fibroid tumor was uterine carcinoma Stage 2B. After 9months of chemo, 6 weeks of radiation I'm still alive. All because I listened to my body and kept insisting that my doctor take care of me.