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Hi, I was wondering how long I might have to wait for my hysterectomy. I was diagnosed with Stage 1 Grade 3 cancer on Wednesday. My first oncology appointment is on 7th August. I have no idea what will be discussed, but I know that I’ll be having a...
Hi cant believe I’m here - surely not me - no one in my family gets cancer … this can’t be happening… I had an mri scan to check out my fibroids and they found a worrying lesion on my cervix . The consultant examined me but said my cervix looked...
Hi, I have cervical cancer and I am suffering from diahorrea due to my treatment. I have been given loperamide to take but it doesn’t seem to be working. I have been eating low fibre foods as suggested by my consultant but it is still happening. I know...
Hi all, i had recently posted ahead of receiving my results and received supportive feedback. Thank you for this. This evening I had a call from the hospital. The MDT meeting had finished and I’ve been diagnosed with Stage 1 Grade 3 squamous cell...
I had a lletz procedure last Thursday. The doctor just did it without really explaining anything. She said even though my cervix looks healthy she had to go deep to take biopsy as that’s what the MDT meeting asked her to do. During the procedure I bleed...
Hi all I have already posted in another thread, before spotting this one . So I want to say a big hello, and outline my current sitch. I am 39 years old, married and have 2 children (8 and 18 yr old). Back in 2016 I had my first ever smear test (no...
Hi all, so around 4 weeks ago my punch biopsy result came back as CIN 3. Two weeks ago I had a LLETZ procedure and the consultant took away 10mm of my cervix. This is my second LLETZ. The first was in 2016. I was admitted to hospital after the second...
Hi everyone, I am new here, no diagnosis but have health anxiety so I thought learning others experiences on here would be better than plain old Google! I am 38, I have my smear test tomorrow, I’m a couple of months overdue, my last one was 3 years ago...
2000 - I know that I was exposed to HPV type 45 in 2000. It took over 2 years to get rid of warts and recover from a mental breakdown -who would possibly want a future with me - contaminated etc mindset). Met a lovely chap, married - not had children...
I’m absolutely terrified. I feel completely sick. I have a phobia of medical procedures and I just don’t think there are enough meds in the world to help me through this with my sanity. Please, can anyone tell me it’s not going to be as bad as I think...
