Phase 1 · Support at every stage
Surgery and what comes next
Just diagnosed? Let’s make sense of it together.
Your head is spinning with the news, and you’re being asked to take in your diagnosis, stage, grade and treatment options in a ten-minute appointment. Then comes major surgery, and the worry of whether your recovery is going to plan.
How I help
- Explaining your diagnosis and pathology report in plain English
- Preparing your questions for your consultant and surgeon
- Comparing NHS and private options, if that’s something you’re weighing up
- Getting ready for surgery, and knowing what to expect afterwards
- Understanding your recovery: what’s normal, when it’s safe to do things, and when to call your team
What changes: you walk into appointments prepared, understand the decisions in front of you, and feel steadier through surgery and recovery.
Wherever you are right now, I can help
Living well on treatment
Managing chemotherapy, maintenance therapies and their side effects.
Find out more about living well on treatmentWhen cancer comes back
Making sense of your options, second opinions and clinical trials.
Find out more about when cancer comes backLife after cancer
Scan anxiety, menopause, intimacy, returning to work and finding your feet again.
Find out more about life after cancerA Free Guide from Side by Side
Just diagnosed with a gynae cancer? Start here.
A short, practical guide to help you get your bearings and walk into your next appointment feeling more prepared.
Free Guide
Just Diagnosed? Start Here.
A short guide for newly diagnosed women
by Rachel Mugnai, CNS
What's inside
- Who's who in your gynae cancer team, and who to call
- What the words mean: type, stage, grade and your pathology report
- The questions worth asking, including the ones people often miss
- Getting ready for surgery, and looking after yourself
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From Rachel’s Reflections
Written by a specialist gynae cancer nurse
Rachel Mugnai
I'm Rachel Mugnai, an NMC-registered Specialist Cancer Nurse and former gynae-oncology clinical nurse specialist with more than 25 years of oncology nursing experience, including years as a research nurse.
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