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Hello everyone, I hope you don't mind me posting here today, I'm Steph from the Community Team. It's Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month this September and we wanted to raise awareness of the rarer and lesser known gynae cancers. I've written...
Hello all! looking for tips and advise on what works/doesn’t work for getting through radiation and chemo. My treatment starts in a week. My Dr recommend sitz baths and a prescription cream. Just really wanting recommendations from someone who has been...
Hi all, I’m looking for some advice on scar tissue. I have had two WLE’s on my vulva last year- specifically on the bottom part at my perineum and while my oncologist does not see any reoccurrence this time, I am concerned about the scar tissue at the...
Hi all, last Friday was diagnosed with vulva cancer stage 1B, I had an operation three weeks as precancerous symptoms were there and biopsy did not show cancer but histology did. Now waiting for a letter for CT. I am scared to death, cry all the time...
Hi, I have recently finished wle surgery, then 32 sessions radiotherapy on June 18th, in July I noticed another wart like growth White in colour near top of vulva I have had biopsy again and all I know at moment is it is DVIN, now my surgery was because...
Hi, I was wondering if anyone can advise how is cancer in mons pubis is treated, I had wle and clitiros removed due to stage 1b cancer in Feb 21 may 6th started and finished 32 days radiotherapy, July another biopsy which come back as DVIN however cut...
It’s now five weeks since I had my biopsy and still no results. Is it normal to wait this long? While I am optimistic it is still obviously a very worrying time. I am plodding on every day but finding it hard to make any plans for the near future just...
I'm 10 weeks on from having three quarters of my vagina removed and have had internal and external reconstruction. This was for colon cancer, the tumours had attached themselves to my vagina wall. (I'm a bit of a complicated case as I don't have my colon...
Hi everyone, My name is michelle, I'm 48 and go into hospital for a wide local excision of the vulva on Tuesday! I am petrified. I've already had 3 lots of surgery for Ain 3 which although sore for a number of weeks after, I coped with the experience...
