I don’t think I have cancer. Even though my menses started at age twelve, I am 50 and still have periods every 27 or so days; I never gave birth. The two week bleeding looked like old blood. I do have two fibroids, common for my ethnicity. I am about 15 pounds heavier than my doc wants me to be and thirty-five pounds heavier than I want to be.

I went on the Web to find other reasons for thick uterine linings, but they all seem to say it is a known pre-cancerous condition. I don’t feel it is cancer. I think my hormones are going a little crazy. For the last four months I have been experiencing cystic acne. I had a few weeks of hot flashes. I had a few weeks of waking every day at 4:14 AM precisely. Peri-menopausal I am. Cancerous? I do not feel it.

We’ll see.

I’m not fearful of the procedure..I am willing myself to stay calm. I picked out a sweater with pretty flowers on the sleeves so I can look at something beautiful while the procedure is happening. I wonder if I can take in a MP3. I never had problems with my cycle..never new what a cramp was until I got an IUD in my twenties. I expelled the IUD and felt cramps for the first time. Even then it wasn’t overly painful, just uncomfortable. So..no horror stories please. I found plenty of those on the Web.

The most upset I got is when I told my Mother, because she is going with me. I did not want to upset her, but I got upset talking with her because we are so close, the thought of either one of us being really ill always makes us cry. She’s had a few scary health moments and has survived them all. This is my first one.

My best friend is my mother also. Unfortunately she lives in MI and I in AZ. So I understand the closeness. You two hang on tight to each other and be strong for one another. Please post how things go.

Good luck and God Bless
Lori

I said to the doctor "we're looking for cancer, aren't we?" She said yes. I said "Well, from my internet research I have a fifty-fifty chance". She said "It's better than that. You have an 80% chance that it is not cancer. But 20% is not small." Then she hugged me and I felt like crying.