On February 22, 2011 I was on a much needed vacation in Florida. My husband and I were visiting my family, staying in the house where I grew up. We were just about to leave for lunch with my mother, sister, and my mother’s friend. The phone rang and I noticed it was my infertility specialist. I had been waiting for her call, expecting the typical diagnosis for a healthy 28 year old female, expecting to hear her say, “We got all of the polyps, go ahead and try to get pregnant this cycle!”
Instead she said the words that changed my life immediately, “You do have an endometrial carcinoma.” Cancer? Then continued, “I am so sorry to tell you this over the phone while you are on vacation, but I thought that you would want to know as soon as possible.” I was standing in the bathroom, in shock, staring at myself in the mirror. I could hear my mom, “Are you ready? We are going to be late!” At the same time, my husband came into our room and saw me in the bathroom on the phone, “Ready to go?” I waved to him to give me a minute, that I was on the phone with our doctor. I whispered to him, “Cancer…?” When I hung up the phone, we had about 30 seconds to talk before my mom was urging us to leave the house from the hallway: “I have cancer…?” I am still not sure how we made it through that car ride and lunch with a smile on our faces, chatting with my mom’s friend. Inside I was a mess and I knew he was too.
I am 28-years-old, have a wonderful husband, a crazy career, and all I have ever wanted is to be a mom.
I am not really a writer, in fact I am a doctor, and I have definitely never ventured into the world of blogging. I decided to write this blog because I have found almost no information online about young women who desperately want to become mothers who find themselves in a struggle against endometrial cancer. Hopefully you can follow us through cancer treatment and to our dreams of becoming parents, one way or another.
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