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Hi I'm booked in for my 1st chemo tomorrow (20th December) . I'm wondering what to take with me and would love to hear what anyone might have found useful. Please hit me up with your suggestions. Thank you
Hi everyone, I just wanted to say hello & to say how helpful I have found reading all of the previous posts. This week I found out from my VAIN3 removal that the cells underneath the lesion were cancerous. (When they removed the lesion they also did mapping...
hi i am newly diagnosed and want to find people who have been in my situation so i know what to expect. i am waiting an appointment with oncologist to discuss radiotherapy treatment. it is stage 1 grade 2
Hi there. I was diagnosed with stage one vagina cancer in sept last year. This was after getting a hysterectomy 4 years before due to dodgy smear tests. I started my treatment in November- 5 chemo, 25 radiotherapy and 3 brachytherapy. I found the brachytherapy...
I have a small lump high up in my vagina which is now about 3mm in diameter. I was aware of the lump before and called the surgery. I saw a physician associate who could also feel it and said it felt like a pimple. I then saw a GP who said he could not...
Hi I was wondering if anyone has any experience with radiation to the vagina that they wouldn't mind sharing with what to expect? I started off with vulval melanoma which has now tracked up my vagina and I have a couple of tumours which I'll be having...
Hi everyone, my names zanna 35 years old im new in this group but not knew to cancer sadly. last year I got married 14/10/22 sadly I was feeling I’ll for a while and went to the doctors and got diagnosed with cervical cancer in December 2022...
Hi everyone. I'm new to this forum. Went to see a GP last Monday, as I have a small lump just inside my vagina. Mentioned it to a GP well over a year ago, who dismissed it, and said I had a tiny vein which I received cream for, so I presumed there was...
I have been diagnosed with Squamous cell carcinoma VAIN2-3, lymphocapillary invasion. 25 days of Radiation external and 3 internal + chemo 6xs. I’m am at day 15. mat this point my stomach is all over the place. Sometimes I don’t know if I have to pee...
Good morning All. Im new to this group after abit of advice. Abit of history about me first. I am 33 and In 2018 i had CIN3 & VAIN3, I had several treatments which ended up in the end having a full hysterotomy in Nov 2019 but leaving my ovaries in place...
