I had my first chemotherapy session towards the end of Oct 2012 and because it was my first one my mum was able to come with me. We went to the Beatson together and I signed into say I was there. When the nurse came to speak with us to go through she spoke to my mum and we had to have that awkward moment when we said it was actually me getting the treatment. I have to say this situation occurred numerous times throughout…
Before I started my cancer treatment I was offered IVF fertility treatment to freeze my eggs and give me the chance of using them if/when I was ready to have children. If I'm honest I was unsure about going ahead with the IVF treatment as it put back my cancer treatment by a month. On top of that I was dating someone and the treatment meant I couldn't drink; I remember sulking about this at the time- laughable now.…
After diagnosis I found myself googling everything to do with cervical cancer. I knew I was scaring myself by doing it but couldn't stop myself. From stages to survival rates I looked at it all; especially survival rates!!
As if I wasn't scaring myself enough I then had to think about telling everyone. How was I supposed to tell those that I loved that I had cancer..... cancer......cancer! But that is what I…
My name is Jenny and I am 26 years old from Scotland. I have never written a blog before and don't really know where to begin or what to include but I have a story and its one I would like to share.....
I was diagnosed with Cervical cancer stage 2b in Septemer 2012 (not long after my 25th birthday). The irony here is it was my mothers gynaecologist,when she was having me, that diagnosed me. He helped to bring me…
