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Hello everyone I'm not sure what to say ect. I was diagnosed with cervical cancer back in September, things have been complex as scans showed further complications so I'm unable to undergo the radical hysterectomy originally planned and need to have...
Hi I had my PET-CT and biopsy results through… Staging still the same at 3C1 as in pelvic lymph nodes But biopsy showed it’s small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma… Get full treatment plan next week but they’ve said I’ll start with chemo - Carboplatin...
Hi everyone. I’m Lizzie, 26 and feeling very overwhelmed. My mum is beginning treatment this week for an advanced bladder cancer, and following a long while of increasingly painful pelvic cramps/ needing to wee constantly I’m now on my own journey...
Hi, I received my stage 2b diagnosis last week and have a PET scan on Monday. I’m terrified of the scan result in case it has spread and is more serious than diagnosed from the MRI result last week. I’m going from sheer despair to feeling positive and...
Hello everyone, Hope you are all doing ok. I just wanted to ask if anyone else has had the HPV vaccine post treatment. I had a radical hysterectomy in Sept 2022 and chemorad in Nov/ Dec 2022. During my last follow up visit, the oncologist prescribed...
Hello I’m new, so hello! im going in on Wednesday for my op I’m all over the place and so scared and nervous. Has anyone had the op? Any advice would be much appreciated right now. Hope you are all ok sending so much love to you all, it’s all very scary...
I don't think chemo has worked well for my mum, I am so worried about her now. So she's stage 4 diagnosed in July, cervical tumor 10cm and it has spread to lungs, liver, pelvis area and bones. She's been up and down, two hospital admissions which resulted...
Hi, I've just been referred to the gynaecology consultant as an emergency appointment after visiting my doctor with prolonged and heavy discharge, lower tummy and back pain and the odd spotting. When she examined me she found my cervix was very inflamed...
Hi i have just recently been diagnosed with cervical cancer, they have not given me a stage but I’ve had the PET scan and have been told it’s chemo radiation treatment that I will be getting I am waiting on the “mapping” scan appointment. My emotions...
I’m 35 and just been diagnosed with 3C1 cervical cancer - 7cm tumour which has spread to lower part of the uterus, parametrium and pelvic lymph nodes. Feels very strange to be writing about it in the open like this, as I’ve always been a very private...
