Hi all new hear ,, Google has been my worst enemy,
I had a lettz on the 16th September following and abnormal smear and positive high risk hpv the lady who done it could clearly see the cells by eye so rushed it through
on 25th September I was told I have cervical cancer she said stage 1b
I was then sent for mri and pet scan
ffast forward to yesterday I was told both scans showed no signs of spread (so relieved) and was told the mri showed the cervix as glowing up but that could be the healing from the original lettz so have told they will repeat the lettz as the cancer may already be gone ,
im confused as in the first appointment when diagnosed I was told it would have to be a hysterectomy to treat
has anyone else had this experience
im really hoping that it is a case of it just being gone that easy but don’t want to get my hopes up to then be disappointed xxx
Hi Claire84c380ec and welcome to our group.
I’ll start by saying that I haven’t had the same experience, but as you haven’t yet had any replies yet I wanted to say hello so you know that your post has been read.
Sometimes it’s possible for a LLETZ to remove the cancer, depending on how early it has been found, so that may be the case for you, but I can understand you’d be confused after being told you’d need a hysterectomy.
I’m assuming that when you had your LLETZ, the cancer diagnosis was made on the basis of an analysis of what was removed during the procedure? Were you told that you had clear margins in what was removed? That means that the cancer was removed with an area of healthy tissue around it. if not, then another LLETZ can be required to clear everything fully.
It sounds like you have been treated quickly so far which is good to hear, and you’ll need to wait now for another check before there’s a decision made on the need for anything further beyond another LLETZ. Hopefully everything will have been removed but that won’t be known until the second LLETZ is done.
Please let us know how you get on, and I hope that you may get some other ladies reply who have been through a similar experience.
Sarah xx
