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Hello all, I hope everyone is well. Some of you may recognise me from another forum. To those who don't here's a brief rundown of what's happening with me. I was diagnosed end of July with a 3.5cm ( thought to be 5cm at the start because of cervical...
Hello everyone, I'm new here. anyone who has had difficulties recovering after laparoscopic lymph node removal surgery? I want to know what you did to improve your pelvis, groin, and leg movement.
when talking to friends because I just had a hysterectomy and no chemotherapy it's like it's not taken as seriously as friends who have had breast cancer and lost their hair. I feel like people expect me to get over it now operation done. I also find...
Hello Ide like to talk to someone please, I had a few smears of blood on tissue after wiping and stomach ache, I thought it was a water infection as had had the symptoms before and antibiotics have cleared it but they didn’t this time, i went back to...
I was after some advice I was diagnosed stage 1b1 cancer went for the radical hysterectomy I was warned if the cancer had spread after they carried out their investgation they would stop the operation sew me back up... However they cancelled the op before...
Hi guys, my smear results came back that I had HPV, high grade dyskaryosis and invasive squamous cell carcinoma, from this 2 weeks ago I had a colonoscopy and the Leitz procedure, still waiting for the results now. Feeling very chewed up and emotional...
Abnormal nuclear squamous cell changes plus possible aytpia in transformation zone 11 caused by positive HPV
Hi i got a letter after my smear and colposcopy app i have active HPV which im guessing isnt going to go because im on immunosuppresssnts plus steroids. Anyway the letter said i have borderline abnormal changes in my smear and that i have nuclear changes...
I was diagnosed on the 18th August I have been told I need a radical hysterectomy I'm which I am.waiting for surgery very scared
I'm 41 and mum of two miracles, 18 and 3.5 years old. Just heard my diagnosis, not sure how I feel, nothing really changed. I have been actually feeling great, no pain. I'm confused. Don't know what to expect, I learned about my cervical cancer today...
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