On the Down Low podcast – Endometrial Cancer

I spoke with Alison Dance on the On The Down Low podcast – Speaking Up About Gynaecological Cancer, created by Australia and New Zealand Gynaecological Cancer Group. This season is about Uterine Cancer. I was diagnosed with Endometrial Cancer, alongside Ovarian Cancer.

Episode one is out now. It focuses on risk factors and causes of Endometrial Cancer as well as symptoms. In addition to hearing from experts from the gynaecology field, I tell my story of the symptoms that I had, and the lack of answers I was getting before my diagnoses. I’ll be on episode six too. 

I found it a hard listen, to be honest. I still wonder about what caused my cancers. And listening to this episode still doesn’t give me any answers – I didn’t have many risk factors apart from not having children and not taking the oral contraceptive. Guess I’ll never know. I did learn Endometrial Cancer has nothing to do with endometriosis, though. 

Find On The Down Low podcast where you get your podcasts – Apple Podcasts, Spotify and on the ANZGOG website:

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