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Hi I was referred by my GP for a coloscopy on an urgent 2 week pathway. I had that this morning but the consultant decided she wouldn’t take a cervix biopsy. However, she has booked me in for a general anaesthetic for a hysteroscopy as she said the...
I’ve just been diagnosed with cervical cancer stage 1A2 which has come as a shock. After abnormal smears and a couple of colposcopy biopsies they diagnosed CIN1 but due to inflammation decided a LLETZ treatment would be appropriate. Following this they...
I was referred for an urgent 2 week appointment for a colposcopy which should have been today at noon. Just had a cal from the hospital cancelling my appointment as they don’t have any clinicians today. Have to say this has already been the longest 2...
Hi All. I have recently finished my 5 weeks of radiotherapy and chemotherapy and brachytherapy for stage 3 cervical cancer,i have had my follow up mri scan and awaiting results next week. I am really struggling at the moment,all these emotions flying...
Hi I hope you’re all doing well. I start chemoradion tomorrow, Monday. The radiotherapy department sent me some information, but I haven’t had much info about the chemo session (they said a nurse would ring me on Friday, but they didn’t). I know I...
Hi everyone, About a month ago I had my radical hysterectomy and 20 lymph nodes removed here in Italy where I have been living for over twenty years. They removed the tumour from my cervix and found one lymph node which was positive (containing carcinoma...
My wife has secondary cervical cancer in her lower spine, we have just been informed that her current chemo is not working and the cancer is growing, the oncologist has explained that we can look at having a course of Topotecan or Paclitaxel but he is...
I had a radical hysterectomy exactly 2 weeks ago now where they took everything aside from my ovaries. I feel pretty good at two weeks post surgery. I'm not taking any pain medication, just enoxaparin injections In my stomach each night. My incision...
Hi all, im new here so hi to everyone.. im Charlotte, i am 26 and i live in Wales with my partner of 10 years and my beautiful 3 kids, 8,7 & 5. I am going to start at the very beginning most information will probably be completely irrelevant...
Hi. Just been diagnosis today with cc. I still have to have a PET scan yet but the plan is for 5 weeks radiotherapy and chemo. Still a bit numb and not yet real.
