Telling My Team At Work
I decided that it was time to tell my team at work as I didn't want them to feel that I was unresponsive. Here the bulk of the message.
"Hey gang,
Some of you may be wondering if I have taken up a new habit of going on strike and not telling anyone about it.
Fret not. And I am not contemplating the 35-hr French working week either.
I was diagnosed a few months ago with a rare form of cervical/uterine cancer. Rare in that, this type of cancer has never been found in that area of the human body. And rare because, this type of cancer represents less than 1% of all cancers, and the soft tissue form is even rarer. So doctors have very little data to work with and most oncologists have never come across this type of cancer in their lifetime. It took a national specialist at Harvard Med School to find out what the problem was.
Fortunately, for my treatment, I picked a local specialist who also happens to speak French fluently. I am in very good hands!
I have a soft tissue adenosarcoma of the uterus.
If you want to find out more about it, feel free to read up:
http://www.sarcomaalliance.com/master.html?ArticleId=90
http://sarcomaawareness.com/info.htm
Apparently, it strikes at random, there is no known genetic or hormonal cause.
Over the next few weeks/months, I will have to follow some treatment, undergo surgery and make some important life decisions."
Everyone has reacted in a very supportive manner and I am glad that I have told them. I feel much better that things are out in the open.
On the "Do-It-Yourself Clinic" front, I have now started the second type of injection in the morning. This is an antagonist which prevents early ovulation. This one is a bit painful, but it lasts for a few seconds. Given the speed at which my brain processes information, it's over by the time I consciously decides I have a sore tummy :) I still take the stimulating drug through injection in the evening.
"Hey gang,
Some of you may be wondering if I have taken up a new habit of going on strike and not telling anyone about it.
Fret not. And I am not contemplating the 35-hr French working week either.
I was diagnosed a few months ago with a rare form of cervical/uterine cancer. Rare in that, this type of cancer has never been found in that area of the human body. And rare because, this type of cancer represents less than 1% of all cancers, and the soft tissue form is even rarer. So doctors have very little data to work with and most oncologists have never come across this type of cancer in their lifetime. It took a national specialist at Harvard Med School to find out what the problem was.
Fortunately, for my treatment, I picked a local specialist who also happens to speak French fluently. I am in very good hands!
I have a soft tissue adenosarcoma of the uterus.
If you want to find out more about it, feel free to read up:
http://www.sarcomaalliance.com/master.html?ArticleId=90
http://sarcomaawareness.com/info.htm
Apparently, it strikes at random, there is no known genetic or hormonal cause.
Over the next few weeks/months, I will have to follow some treatment, undergo surgery and make some important life decisions."
Everyone has reacted in a very supportive manner and I am glad that I have told them. I feel much better that things are out in the open.
On the "Do-It-Yourself Clinic" front, I have now started the second type of injection in the morning. This is an antagonist which prevents early ovulation. This one is a bit painful, but it lasts for a few seconds. Given the speed at which my brain processes information, it's over by the time I consciously decides I have a sore tummy :) I still take the stimulating drug through injection in the evening.
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