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xmas74

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13. My first oncologist refused to do a hysterectomy
Fri Feb 16, 2024, 04:31 AM
Feb 2024

He did bloodwork, no physical exam and said a CA125 of 10,000 was nothing to worry about. He said he'd schedule the ovary removal in a few months and to take tylenol for pain. He dismissed my claims of being in menopause yet bleeding for several months,sometimes at a level that was considered a hemorrhage.
My second gyn oncologist ran full tests, exams, etc and said something was definitely wrong. She had me in surgery 2 weeks later, recognized I had 2c ovarian cancer and stage 4 endometriosis and removed everything. She said if I'd waited any longer the cancer would have metastasized.

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