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Hi all, looking for some shared experiences/insights/general reassurance following abnormal smear and in particular atypical glandular cells. Last year my smear showed I was HPV+ but smear was all clear of cell changes and I was called back for a smear...
Hello ! Feeling totally overwhelmed and completely uninformed I had an abnormal smear..referred for colposcopy at the end of May. Met consultant doing colposcopy and he explained something about stages and I was stage 2-3? Had colposcopy and...
Hi I’m leanne I had stage 2b cervical cancer in 2023 completed all treatment all scans since have been clear but now I’m getting pelvic/low back pain also sometimes pain down my left leg and pain in my left hip I’m really worried, has anyone had this...
Recently diagnosed and not coping can't sleep or eat
Hi all I’m new to this so I’ll try and keep it short I’ve had 6 radiotherapy and 2 chemo but I’ve started to have a lot of pain in stomach is this normal or not please can someone suggest things I can do to help with pain thank u x
Hi I have just finished 5 weeks of Chemo and Radiotherapy and I am due to have Brachytherapy in hospital tomorrow and then again next week. I am quite nervous about it does anyone have any advice or tell me how they felt post treatment. I feel so tired...
Hello :) I’ve been advised to join here by another member. After having my daughter 3 years ago I started having a lot of issues with periods, they were heavy, very painful, long, blood clothes, shooting pain in the lower stomach and lower back as...
Have known I have had cervical cancer for about three weeks. Had my meeting today to discover it's a bug tumour in my cervix and vagina. Not in my bladder or rectum. In some lymph nodes. Not spread anywhere else. Scan unclear if it's in bones or liver...
Hi all I was after some guidance. 6 days ago I had a radical hysterectomy plus the removal of both ovaries, fallopian tubes, top part of the vagina and lymph nodes. I'm healing pretty well but whenever I eat or drink anything I had the most painful...
Hi, I was diagnosed with stage 3c1 cervical cancer in June 2023. I had chemo, radiotherapy and brachytherapy with NED confirmed following an MRI in January 2024. I was given another MRI which showed I was still NED in may 2024. It was then agreed...
