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Nearly51
  • By Nearly51 · New reply September 14, 2009
  • 9 replies
  • I have had no contact with any other ladies who have had a radical hysterectomy, chemo and radiation. Looking forward to sharing experiences. A (*i ...

First Entry-Introduction

Heather83
  • By Heather83 · New reply September 14, 2009
  • 3 replies
  • Well hello there. It's 2am on Wed May 30th and yes I am still awake. I'm 24 years old, became sexually active at the age of 18. I have had 5 partners I believe. I am engaged and have been dating the most ...

It's waiting time again!!

bethieboo
  • By bethieboo · New reply September 13, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • Yesterday was my first pap since my 2nd cone biopsy. In January I was told everything was healing fine but it appears as though I have cervical stenosis... could be from multiple procedures but whatever ...

CIN3

Littletess
  • By Littletess · New reply September 13, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • Hi i got news today that i have CIN3, Had colposcopy 4 weeks ago, now have to go for LLETZ. I am very worried & confused, my doctor tells me this is a lazer treatment. I didnt like the colposcopy, fainted ...

Draft of my narritive essay, Expecting the Unexpected

Duesterhoft138
  • By Duesterhoft138 · New reply September 12, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • It was one of the rather warm days in December, I found myself sitting outside of the doctors office, on the phone with one of my closest friends. “They said it’s cervical cancer, but she will be fine ...

Cervical adenocarcinoma stage1B1

3lovebugs
  • By 3lovebugs · New reply September 12, 2009
  • 30 replies
  • Hi everyone, does anyone else out there have cervical adenocarcinoma? I was diagnosed with stage 1B1, with my last pregnancy. I have not yet decided to go through with the hysterectomy. I've been taking ...

Cervical cancer/tumors

Ellice
  • By Ellice · New reply September 11, 2009
  • 3 replies
  • I went un- diagnosed for 3 years for a cervical cancer a tumor at stage 3. I am a survivor of this disease, some call remission, I call it living life. I went through a grueling combo of radiation and ...

cone biopsy

butterflyangelia
  • By butterflyangelia · New reply September 10, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • i have had a cone biopsy 4 days ago, not bleeding heavy, just spotting. but i feel swollen or bloated and my ovaries hurt. anyone experience this or should i be concerned ...

Single Egg Aspiration

mobilis
  • By mobilis · New reply September 8, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • After the laparoscopy last month that showed that only one of my tubes is working, I went for my CD12 scan yesterday, and I'm ovulating on the wrong side this month. Apparently it is possible for the ...

My natural health approach

mcnavarro33
  • By mcnavarro33 · New reply September 7, 2009
  • 11 replies
  • I was diagnoised with CIN2 and CIN3 in April of this year. My gyno wanted me to have a cone biospy immediately because she found CIN2 in the canal and wanted to biospy further up there. I decided not ...

minimal bleeding after menopause

girlwithnolife
  • By girlwithnolife · New reply September 6, 2009
  • 3 replies
  • My doctor wants to do a D & C because I have had what amounts to a period a year. They were like normal periods so I just thought it was transition to menopause. I am 50. My trans vaginal ultrasound was ...

went to the doctor today . . . .

amazingme
  • By amazingme · New reply September 3, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • hey . . well today i was suposed to go get a colpo , , and thats what i went to the docotor for but the doctor did me a pap smear instead she said i didnt need to do a colpo because they really dont do ...

getting ready

yesshecan
  • By yesshecan · New reply September 2, 2009
  • 13 replies
  • Driving through misting splatters of rain, then realize I'm all hunched up and tilted forward. Defensive posture. Tight. Take a few deep breathes and uncoil. Trying for lighter, softer strength. Strength ...

HAD MY COLPOSCOPY...NASTY DOCTOR..

sonia40
  • By sonia40 · New reply September 1, 2009
  • 16 replies
  • Hi all you wonderful ladies.. i had my colposcopy yesterday and i must say i didnt get any straight answers from the doctor..first of all my husband and i were treated like crap..not a kind bone in their ...

CIN2

ski8606
  • By ski8606 · New reply September 1, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • well... I heard back from my doctor... she said its at CIN2 but she would rather not do a LEEP because I'm young and healthy. So now I go back in six months... I'm really looking forward to that visit ...

the internet

yesshecan
  • By yesshecan · New reply August 31, 2009
  • 11 replies
  • So I'm trying to be a good consumer and check everything out. I google and avoid sites that don't have reputable sources. Then I get scared. So I walk outside with the dog.Or I go read a good book. Or ...

just got my colop waiting :/

akis17
  • By akis17 · Posted August 31, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • Just got back form the doctors had my first colop done and now i ahve to just wait. i hate waiting! one week i pray its not that bad ...

My life with Pain

nadia222
  • By nadia222 · New reply August 29, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • I am 35 years old and have suffered with massive pain for the last 18 years. Its been so hard dr. after dr. telling me that its all in my head and there is nothing wrong with me. Well come to find out ...

im going in for my colpo next week . . .

amazingme
  • By amazingme · New reply August 28, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • The doctor told me I had the hpv virus a month ago & then she went on vacation so I had to wait at the end of this month to make an appointment for a colposcopy and its finally next week sep 2nd at 4 ...

can't get there from here

yesshecan
  • By yesshecan · New reply August 26, 2009
  • 15 replies
  • The house will empty out in September as youngest daughter leaves for college. I'll take her there, and dread coming home to the dog, the cat, and the quiet. I have been parenting solo for the last sixteen ...

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