surgery

[Guilane]

Hi ladies, has anyone had surgery on a tumour that is 17cm please?

[Fluffyjumper]

Hi Guilane

Is this your first surgery or a recurrence? My initial surgery was on a 42 x 30 cm tumour plus removal of uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes, cervix, omentum, biopsies of peritoneum and lymph nodes.

I was terrified prior to surgery but had been breathless, had difficulty walking, abdominal and back ache, frequent urination, nausea and other symptoms. I felt a lot better immediately after surgery.

[Sarathecarer]

hi lovely

I had surgery on a 12x12cm tumour had total hysterectomy lymph node removed also 10 months ago feel absolutely fine now. Was petrified of having such a big surgery but was absolutely fine after surgery the consultants are brilliant at what they do. XX

[bananayo]

Hi Guilane, yes my tumour was 20cm when taken out during hysterectomy, it had grown from 8cm to that size in 6 months and I couldn’t actually feel it in my tummy!

[Bandung]

Hi.. I had a major surgery this year which was 25.20 cm tumour with removal of 2 ovaries, uterus, 2 fallopy tubes, periteneum, some bowel tissues and cervix. After the biopsy, they found out that's borderliner tumour. The blood test for tumour markers result was normal evethough I had a giant tumour in my abdomen.Prior the surgery, my stomach had been breathless, fatigue, bloated, sometime passed out, very nausea and sick a lot. My tumour got burst a week prior the surgery which made me in so painful, then I went to A&E prior the surgery so they gave me morphin through intravenous.

After the operation, I am feeling better, however I got adhesions unfortunately so my pain underneath the scar/stitching hasn't gone away yet. I am still tired easily and taking pain reliefs because the adhesions.

[Bandung in reply to Bandung]

Sorry I mean that my stomach was bloated, I got breathless, fatigue...

[SopSinger]

Yes, mine was 17 cm (grown from 15 cm three weeks previously!)

[Bandung]

Sorry i mean: my stomach was bloated, got breathless, fatigue,...

[Katmal-UK]

one of mine was 18cm, the other 9cm.

[TeddyC]

Hi Guilane, I had a 20 cm tumour removed, together with ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, pelvic lymph nodes and omentum. I was scared before surgery and ended up with an open wound for a year. I couldn’t have chemo because of this, but I’m still here and have been NED since surgery 2 1/2 years ago.

[Heart888]

mine was 10kg and 25 cm I had surgery in October still recovering ❤️‍🩹

[Emcee71]

Hi My ovarian tumour was 15 x 12 X 10 or something like that. I did have a big incision but my surgeon closed it up as soon as he could and did "the rest" via little laparoscopic incisions so I could recover faster. I was terrified but 5 weeks later feel so much better even tho tired, I'll take tired over how I felt before and hope the chemo works once it starts (soon). I wish you the very best, you are most likely much stronger than you think lady 💪♀️❤️