Hello,
I have been very newly diagnosed with cervical cancer, I am yet to have a staging MRI and I am really trying to keep my sensible head on and not go to worst case scenarios. I have a 1 year old and a 3 year old and not being here for them is just not an option! My littlest one was very poorly when she was born and we spent most of her first 3 months in hospital and I am finding the prospect of hospital appointments and medical procedures very triggering at the moment.
I am looking for some reassurance as I wait for staging. I had a smear in Jan 2024 which was high risk but not cancerous. When I then went for a Colposcopy the Dr felt the area that needed treated was an little too large and would be better done under a gen anaesthetic. She took a biopsy at this stage and we have just had confirmation that it is cervical cancer. Is it a good sign that my smear results in January were non cancerous? I'm hoping this is a sign that the cancer has recently developed and may not have had the chance to spread too far as in know cervical cancer tends to be slow to develop? Or is there a chance that the cancer could have been missed in January?
Thank you for any support or advice, I wish you all well on your journeys x
