Hi all Ive been reading through recent posts and so glad to have found this group - so much 1st person experience and empathy together with real practical advice. I had a smear last week (4 years since last one but as I’m over 50 I hadn’t been called...
Hi Just recently been diagnosed with cc. Had pet scan 2 weeks ago waiting for results to see if has spread. Been told I'm stage 2b The waiting is a nightmare not sure how long you are supposed to wait but it seems like forever Would be grateful...
Hi everyone Question for you girls who have had a full hysterectomy and have to have smears every 6 months. I had my second one since the operation (aug 2021) yesterday. It killed me when they did it and I had a little bleed plus my legs and back...
Well, today is worthy of a little celebration I think! It marks the 4 year anniversary of my original diagnosis, and every day out from that is a an absolute blessing, considering how ill I was, and how advanced my cancer had become in a short space of...
Hi. So I wonder did anyone could give me some advice or if anyone else has had something similar? I had my smear last Friday, (yearly due to hpv) after the smear, the nurse said she wanted to do an urgent gynae referral as I had what looks like lots of...
Hi! I have stage 2b cervical cancer and chemoradiation starts in a fortnight. About 6 weeks ago I had a very painful colposcopy and since then I have a watery, but sticky, discharge. I know this isn’t much to moan about, but it’s driving me mad! I have...
Hi, I'm new here and I'm so glad I came to this amazing site, I was recently diagnosed with womb cancer, had a total hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, my surgeon rang me a few weeks later informing me that they found cancer in my...
So it's been about a year since I was told I had cervical cancer I've become so emotional and just seem to cry at any moment or anything. Father's day was a bad day as I no longer speak to my dad (his choose) and so he doesn't know about my cancer...
Hi, Just looking for information and peoples personal experience. My mum was diagnosed with stage 1B1 cervical cancer and had a radical hysterectomy on 3rd September also removing her Lymph Nodes. Op went as well as it could and recovery from the...
Hi all I was wondering if there's any info on excessive bruising? I've noticed this last few months that I'm increasingly coming out in bruises, theyre mostly on legs and some on arms, they vary from a finger mark size to an egg size, Maybe they're...
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