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Re: Endo and cancer...Linda S

From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Fri Jul 30 07:15:34 1999


At Fri, 30 Jul 1999, Linda wrote: >
>P.S...
>Larissa,
>
>Did the doctor do a "freeze-section" of tissue so that any questionable
>areas could be quickly checked during the surgery? Sometimes when some
>abnormal-appearing cells are present, the doctor rushes this
>"freeze-section" to the pathologist so that if he/she thinks it looks
>suspicious, more tissue samples can be taken during the surgery to be
>sent for further, indepth testing. Maybe this is what your doctor did.
>
>-Linda S
>
>At Fri, 30 Jul 1999, Larissa wrote:
>>
>>I had my surgery on the 24th. I have just went to my post op
>>oppointment to get my staples removed and the docter confirmed what i
>>did have was endo caused from my c-section four years ago. He also said
>>their were some abnormalties. He said they didn't appear normal and had
>>mucous and some technical name for an abnormalty that started with a p.
>>He said the biopsy (err tissue sample...who knows)was sent to some
>>airforce base lab to be tested for cancer. I'm so scared that I've made
>>myself sick. The docter said he didn't think it was cancer and
>>shouldn't worry, but of course I am. I was wondering if anyone had
>>abnormalties with their endo.

--
I'm not sure what he exactly did, but from the sounds of it there is abnormal cells. I was reading that musionous cancer is rare (from what I think I got out of it), but mine have those characteristics. Thanks for the 411. Knowing someone else has went through this makes me fell that I'm not so alone.



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