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Thanks
- By Waivie · New reply 5:54 pm
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- Thanks guys,,I just keep hopeing & praying. I had stage 2b cervical when they founf it. No lymph node involment thank God ...
Dancing on the abyss
- By yesshecan · New reply 1:51 pm
- 21 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 ...
Hysterectomy
- By inspiredbyu · New reply 10:06 am
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- Dec 1 - Having a complete (robotic) hysterectomy...the daVinci hysterectomy ...
Two years
- By Waivie · New reply yesterday at 11:24 am
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- Hi all, it has been forever sense I put a post on here but I still stop in and check things out from time to time. It has been two years sense I found out I had cancer and this group which im still thankful ...
IVF just not going according to plan
- By mobilis · New reply yesterday at 10:07 am
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- Got the fert report for our first "real" IVF today. Of the 12 eggs retrieved, only 9 were mature, and only 5 fertilised after ICSI, as the HBA test on the sperm was poor and sperm count was only 3 million ...
RENAL ANGIOLIPOMA ANYONE???....
- By sonia40 · New reply November 5, 2009
- 10 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 ...
My silver lining
- By Jincha · New reply November 5, 2009
- 1 reply
- So, on October 23, 2009 was when, while at work, I received the news that what I thought was pre-cancerous cells, moderate dysplasia, was actually cancer. I am the type of person that tends to hide tears ...
LEEP!
- By miss_kate · Posted November 5, 2009
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- 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 ...
14 YRS SINCE MY BROTHER PASSED AWAY...
- By sonia40 · New reply November 4, 2009
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- Hello all the wonderful ladies and gents on this wonderful site.... Today is a sad day for me....today is my brothers anniversary....he passed away exactly 14yrs ago of pacreatic cancer..he was only 28yrs ...
Inspire members featured
- By Brian · New reply November 4, 2009
- 29 replies
- Today Massachusetts General Hospital's Proto Magazine published a wonderful profile of nine Inspire members. Each of these stories underscores what we all know to be true -- that Inspire is a special ...
after cervical cancer got an all clear. but now what?
- By OXFORDCLAIRE · New reply November 3, 2009
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- my story: i had two abnormal pap smears, six months apart, previous clear pap 3 years befor. then a colposcopy,had cin 2/3. i had no symptoms. doctor wanted to perform a leep. had appointment a month ...
Worried and Stressed Out
- By rene89 · New reply November 3, 2009
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- I was with this guy for about 8 months and we stopped you using condoms 4 months into our relationship. I began to cheat on him because I found out he was cheating but with 3 of the guys I didn't use ...
my sister in law
- By beebeee · New reply November 2, 2009
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- i have a sister in law who has cervical cancer and no means of getting the help she needs she was refered to the cancer scoiety but she still has to pay 70 to 80 dollars every visit something she doesn't ...
Waiting and waiting
- By jo34 · New reply November 2, 2009
- 4 replies
- I had a biopsy and pap done 3 1/2 weeks ago and the results have still not come in. The longer I wait the more screwed up mentally I become. I went in because I was bleeding heavily during my periods ...
A CYST ON MY OVARY....
- By sonia40 · New reply November 1, 2009
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- Hello everybody.... for those wonderful people who are keeping up with my posts...(LOL)...im just wondering if anyone can claryify this confusing situation....i was diagnosed with CIN1/HPV...so back in ...
Lower Back Pain/discharge/spotting
- By Dres12 · New reply October 31, 2009
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- I have question about pain as well. I also have a discharge constantly during the month and its coloration ranges from light to medium brown plus it does not have a pleasant odor. I also spot during the ...
Severe Dysplasia
- By Dres12 · New reply October 31, 2009
- 4 replies
- I initially visited my family doctor due to spotting between periods and lower back pain that last the entire month before and after my periods. This doctor immediately made an appointment with an oncologist ...
Coping with radiation side effects
- By MaNoodleKat · New reply October 30, 2009
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- My body is sore, at times I can hardly get up. I just want to be able to cross my legs without pain in my hips. Exercising only makes it worse. I am hoping that as I heal the flexiblility will return ...
Diagnosis Day
- By Tissotsgrl · Posted October 29, 2009
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- So today was the big day. Arrive at the doctor's for my 10:30 appointment, wait in the lobby for an hour while beautifully plump, pregnant women surround me. I, of course, am not pregnant (it's difficult ...
Dont know what happens next ....
- By akis17 · New reply October 29, 2009
- 12 replies
- I just got the call from my doctor that my pap came back abnormal and may be positive for hpv considering that i have only had one sexual partner the past 3 years it came as a surprise when all my othe ...
