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CONIZATION vs HYSTERECTOMY
- By andi0415 · New reply 8:54 pm
- 4 replies
- I am 56. I had a conization in 1985. My doctor said he is OK with doing a Cone again or he could do a hysterectomy which would give me a 95 - 98% chance that I will not have an abnormal Pap again. However ...
Dancing on the abyss
- By yesshecan · New reply 4:04 pm
- 33 replies
- Silent home. Cat sleeps. Dog sleeps. Cancer sleeps. PET scan came back with NED. Yet I am aware, so keenly aware that cancer can sleep and hide and edge forward when it choses. I dance on the abyss. Stare ...
My daughter is turning one on NOVEMBER 20
- By Hopesmom08 · New reply 10:33 am
- 5 replies
- I am writing this as if it is already November 20, my daughter's first birthday. Today is going to be an emotional one, i am so proud and happy, but at the same time i am scared that something will happen ...
Leep tomorrow
- By glitzydust · New reply yesterday at 7:07 pm
- 2 replies
- this is my first post, but i have been visiting this site for a few weeks. first off, i just want to thank everyone. All the support and advice that is given is amazing, i am so grateful that i found ...
2 Leeps and Now waiting for a Cone
- By Em6262 · New reply yesterday at 11:55 am
- 8 replies
- Well, I was diagnosed with mild and moderate dysplasia 10 years ago when I was 20. I had a leep soon after but I was told they didn't get it all and that I had CIN1 still remaining. They wanted to do ...
Cervical Cancer without hpv
- By deannaleras · New reply November 17, 2009
- 2 replies
- Hey everyone, I am pregnant right now and have stage 3 cervical cancer. I have been tested multiple times for hpv and i don't have it. Is there anyone else on here that doesn't have hpv and now has cervical ...
please help me if u can/ hpv and stage 3 pre cancerous cells
- By onehotmomma · New reply November 17, 2009
- 6 replies
- Hi, this is my first time on inspire. I am only 19 years old, and i found out today that i have hpv and stage 3 with pre cancerous cells. I go for a leep procedure next week and i am very scared. I don't ...
GOOD MORINING EVERYONE....
- By sonia40 · New reply November 16, 2009
- 10 replies
- Hello all my wonderful and caring friends...i slept in the lounge last night as i was up practically every half hr to urinate....very painfull burning sensation....i didnt realise how common IC is....and ...
JUST CAME BACK FROM THE HOSPITAL....
- By sonia40 · New reply November 16, 2009
- 12 replies
- Hello all well its been a preety rough weekend...went in on friday morning for a laproscopy, hysteroscopy, cystoscopy and a curette....well the doctor came in to see me in recovery and briefly mentioned ...
This is my urethral cancer story
- By ontameable · New reply November 16, 2009
- 5 replies
- This is my story......... Its started back in about 1997, I got UTI's all the time. It was like i would go to the doctor every 6 weeks and they would tell me i had another infection it was like they would ...
HAVING A LARPROSCOPY/CYSTOSCOPY ON FRIDAY...
- By sonia40 · New reply November 15, 2009
- 7 replies
- Hello to all the wonderful people who have been following my posts....as you all know i am awaiting surgery for a partial nephrectomy and a gallbladder removal.....but i have also a few gyno problems ...
Hurry up and wait
- By michmarra · New reply November 13, 2009
- 2 replies
- It's been a while since I've last posted here. In 2007, I was treated for both CINIII and uterine polyps. I had a LEEP (positive margins) and an endometrial ablation within weeks of each other. The past ...
supposed to have ECC, every 6 months after cone was done.. so scared!
- By ccubberly · New reply November 13, 2009
- 3 replies
- Soo, I had a cone biopsy done 8 months ago.. i was supposed to have an ECC done every 6 months with my pap, but due to loss of insurance.. AND trauma from pain I had due to cone, i did not do the ecc ...
Important Service Available to Cancer Patients
- By mp327 · New reply November 12, 2009
- 3 replies
- THIS IS AWESOME………… What a wonderful way to serve…. You never know when you or someone you know or someone may know someone else who might need this service. Cleaning for a Reason If you know ...
Cancer Free! Praise God!
- By funshine16 · New reply November 12, 2009
- 4 replies
- I had my radical hysterectomy on Thursday. The doctor seemed very pleased with the outcome and said we would get pathology results sometime Monday or Tuesday. Well, Anne called from the Oncologists office ...
Fertility after Cervical Cancer
- By Sam77 · New reply November 12, 2009
- 1 reply
- I was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma cervical cancer stage 1B1 aged 28. Had an ART in Aug 2006 removing all of cervix and a little more. Was a very long and hard recovery and took me 6 months to start ...
LEEP!
- By miss_kate · New reply November 12, 2009
- 1 reply
- I had my LEEP done this morning. Pre-op jitters were definitely alleviated by the 5 mg of Valium I took about two hours beforehand. My anxiety peaked during the 10 or so minutes my SO and I spent in the ...
Back on the road
- By yesshecan · New reply November 11, 2009
- 6 replies
- There was a moment of complete joy. Running with old friends. Warm sun burns through self consciosness as I re enter the group I left a year ago. People hug and comment. On my hair. On their pleasure ...
RENAL ANGIOLIPOMA ANYONE???....
- By sonia40 · New reply November 10, 2009
- 12 replies
- Hello everyone..... as you all know me for those people who are following my posts....i have been told that i have a 5cm Renal angiolipoma on my right kidney....(have not had a biopsy as yet)...i also ...
Thanks
- By Waivie · New reply November 8, 2009
- 2 replies
- Thanks guys,,I just keep hopeing & praying. I had stage 2b cervical when they founf it. No lymph node involment thank God ...
