Hi everyone
Not really sure what to write to be honest so here goes...I've recently been diagnosed with cervical cancer and I'm 38& I have 4 young children and an amazing partner! Still waiting on MRI & PET scans and treatment plan. I have zero symptoms and my consultant thinks its early and contained from what she seen on colposcopy/biopsy results which is good but my anxiety is through the roof thinking "what if she's wrong" although I don't imagine her telling me that if she wasnt sure? i can't sleep at night either! Is anyone else bene told similar news and it's been correct or been wrong? She did speak to me about fertility and ive told her I'm happy with a hysterectomy as I've 4 healthy children already and she noted that down.
Thanks for taking the time to read xx
Hi Ash1602 and welcome to our group.
Glad to see you’ve found us here-we spoke in the new to the community group.
It’s horrible getting any kind of cancer diagnosis, but it is good that you don’t have symptoms and that your consultant thinks it’s been caught early.
If things have been caught early, there’s a good chance of only needing to have a hysterectomy and no other treatment, but the scans will confirm. In my case, my gynaecologist could see an obvious tumour at my colposcopy so it was pretty obvious there was an issue.
No doctor can be certain of anything without biopsies and scans, but they usually have a good idea about what they’re seeing. Your consultant hasn’t seen any obvious sign of spread (mine did) and I think we’ve got to trust their experience in dealing with this on a daily basis.
Anxiety is high when you’re first diagnosed, I think that’s true for us all. But things get easier when we know what the plan is and what we’re dealing with. Once the mri and petscan results are available, your case will usually be discussed at a multi disciplinary team meeting where all the professionals such as radiographers and oncologists meet, and you’ll have an appointment afterwards with your consultant to tell you the plan of action.
You've mentioned difficulty sleeping so we do have a dedicated space for the night owls among us where people can chat about all sorts and share their tips for relaxing and sleeping. The link is here is you need it
Members chat there at all times of the day and night and you’d be assured of a warm welcome.
Please keep in touch and use this safe space here in the group to ask questions or share any worries. We have a lot of different experiences here in the cervical group of different surgeries and treatments, and we’re here to help support you through.
Sarah xx
