Any advice or guidance i have just been diagnosed with this and honestly feeling numb. Everything feels so slow within 2 weeks a pat scan and then another week for an appointment and then to start treatment feels so long but i know it isnt. any success...
Hi, I'm newly diagnosed. Rare cancer, Mesonephric adenocarcinoma, but in cervix so being treated as cervical. Had radical hysterectomy and recommending radio and Cisplatin chemo together for 5 weeks. Fearful of side effects as I think this sounds an...
Hi everyone Its been over a year since my last post! i was diagnosed with stage 3C2 cervical cancer with lymph node involvement (pelvic and Para-aortic lymph nodes) back in Dec 22 i had chemorads and brachytherapy over a 7 week period as they couldn...
Hi, newly diagnosed 2b last week after everyone thinking it was stage1. The hospital has been super quick getting me in for chemo and I start next week. I'm a little surprised that they've arranged for my radio planning scan before I even start chemo...
Hi ive posted before, you might have seen me. I have tomophobia which is fear of medical procedures. I have been told I will need 4 sessions of brachytherapy over a week (Monday to Friday). They will get me in on Monday, do a spinal, then general...
Hi I start my treatment tomorrow im very nervous today. I've been ok all week but today I've got a pain where the cancer is. I think it's just in my head. I'm stressing myself out thinking what shall I wear? I'm there quite a long time tomorrow because...
On Friday I was told I have CIN3 but unlike previous occasions, this time it’s too risky to remove it due to the location. So I’ve been advised they’ll monitor it. This took me by surprise as I just expected to have the usual unpleasant treatment. The...
Hello Everyone, as many of you im Anxiously waiting biopsy results ( they took 5) smear test showed high grade changes, to previous 2 years before which was low grade. I’m very anxious because when I had the smear test the nurse said she could see I need...
Hi, I'm Gemma and 32 years old and just wanting a bit of advice. I had lletz for cin 3 and cgin back in 2016. Since then I've been HPV negative and my smears have a all been normal. Fast track to last Tuesday... I went for a smear and the nurse mentioned...
I know none of you can actually tell me if it is cancer or not but just need to ask. Have booked a smear test but none available until the end of the month. Checked cervix and it feels bumpy so brought a speculum and can see that my cervix is red...
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