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Hi Hew30 and welcome to our group.

I’m sorry to hear about your diagnosis, and very sad to read about your daughters’ reaction to it. You’re right-it doesn’t help you and it won’t help to look back and blame yourself. People can be diagnosed with cervical cancer when they’ve had all smears up to date and when they don’t have hpv, so it’s unfair to put this on you.

Would you like to share where you are in the process at the moment to see what we can do to help support you? Are you waiting for scans to stage the cancer and decide what the treatment will be? We have experience in the group of different stages of cervical cancer and different treatments, so we’ll do our best to help if we know more. 

How are you feeling in yourself right now? It’s a lot to get your head round when you get a cancer diagnosis.

Sarah xx

Hi sarah. 

Thank you for replying. That's good to know. Hopefully that will help me remember it could have happened anyway. I couldn't tell you how I feel right now. Too many emotions. 

I have an mri on Sunday and a pre op for a loop on Thursday but I dont know after that. I think the tests need doing first. 

Hew30 xx

Hi Hew30 

If you are having a loop, that sounds like an early cancer as that’s the only situation where a loop would be done. I hope the mri goes well for you-just beware the machines are very noisy! 

Sarah xx

Thats good then. Most of what was said is a blur. They said about finding the depth and lots of high grade changes in the area too. Hopefully they can just remove them and that's it. 

I've never had one before. Thank you. 

Hew30 xx

High grade changes are not cancer themselves-they are a form of pre cancer but I presume you’ve had a biopsy which confirmed there was cancer too? 

It might be very straightforward, just removing the high grade cells and early cancer and nothing else may be required hopefully. 

Sarah xx

Ye i had the biopsy a few weeks ago. They said about lots of high grade changes then. The biopsy showed the cancer. 

Hopefully that is all I need. Sounds simple when put like that. 

Is it normol to get hip pain with early stage? 

Hew30 xx

I think pain is different for everyone, but yes, any stage can give you pain. I certainly had hip pain, but I had locally advanced cervical cancer (stage 2b) and an existing hip problem.  Paracetamol should be enough to help with it rather than ibuprofen if you’re bleeding.

Sarah xx

Thank you sarah. I read your story. What a journey you went on. 

I am happy you are here helping others. 

I hope you have the support of amazing people too. 

Hew30 xx

Thank you for this-it’s a privilege to try to help others, but my story is quite extreme, and not too common! 

I have a wonderful partner who takes very good care of me but unfortunately live a long way from my adult daughters so don’t see them as much as I would like. FaceTime is a godsend! 

Sarah xx

I thought so. For you to go through it and share it is incredible. 

You give hope to others starting there journey where ever it may lead. 

I'm so glad you have a wonderful partner and your daughters keep in touch. 

Hopefully mine will come around soon. My son is aspergers he's 21 an he is being great. Although I don't let him see when I'm upset. 

Hew30 xx