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I just wanted to let everyone know that a new thread has been started in the Cancer Chat group for anyone who is having trouble sleeping and would like to chat to others in the same boat. I’m sure we have all at some point lain awake either because...
Hey. Well I finally got my staging and it's 3c1 and they're taking a curative approach. Ive never been so relieved as I was convinced it was going to be worse. Any 3c1 stories?
Hi all. I recently had surgery for cervical cancer and this week I've been told no more treatment needed. Such a relief hearing it. If anyone else is about to go down this root then I hope you too get the same result. Its been a scary journey but so...
Hi everyone. My Mum has just had her radical hysterectomy for stage 3c1 cancer. She previously had chemoradiation last year and chemo and immunotherapy this year. We are all hoping that this surgery has removed her cancer and that this will be the end...
Hi, I'm new here, 46 years old, joined to find others in similar situations to myself for support and advice. Went for my routine smear December 2024, results came back within 2 weeks with HPV and high grade dyskaryosis (moderate) and I was booked...
So the basically there were some uncertainties on the mri. The lymph nodes come back indeterminate as they were not big enough to confirm cancer. Also it says on the mri the 4.8cm mass is encroaching on the rectum but no definite involvment. So this is...
I went to the hospital today to find out the MRI results. The stage is later than expected and is according to them around stage 2/3 bit I'm going to need a pet CT scan. Treatment will likely be chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Someone please give me hope...
Good afternoon, I'm 18 months after treatment, but have had many issues since. I have insufficency pelvic fractures x 3 and damage to my bowels which has got worse from an MRI scan done in December. That today my oncologist told me it will get worse and...
Hello everyone, I’m just trying to reach out. I had a Bilateral Oophorectomy (ovaries removed) at the beginning of April and during the op they noticed my cervix looked “strange”. They did a biopsy and it has come back as cancer. A colposcopy appointment...
Hiya. Biopsy results have come back and cancer has been confirmed for squmaous cell carcinoma. They say its around 4mm which falls into early stage but just waiting for mri to confirm that. Can anyone give me there experiences with treatment ect and give...
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