Hi, so my mum is 46 and was diagnosed with cervical cancer, she had ongoing problems with prolonged periods, pain and bleeding pain during sex so eventually made the trip to the doctors after years, anyway pushed her into having a smear which came back positive hpv16 and she had a few other tests at the same time as the smear which I went to with her and she was petrified but she got through it anyway she won’t tell us the results of the other tests but we definitely know she has cervical cancer. After she found this out she refuses to get treated or even further testing, I’ve tried tricking her into it made the appointments spoke to the doctors who are strongly urging she has surgery? I’ve tried looking into everything and giving her options what if you just have this done or what if you just ask for a full hysterectomy without the tests before hand (because she doesn’t like the thought of being prodded at) But she’s refusing everything because she’s just simply petrified. So my question really is if she’s had this for a long time since she’s had symptoms for a long time how long does she have left? I’ve tried googling but nobody is stupid enough to simply refuse all treatment and testing so I really can’t find any answers. There’s four of us me and my sisters and we all feel like we’ve just hit a road block in life because we really don’t know what’s going to happen.
