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Cervical cancer stages and treatment
Discuss information on current treatment options, including chemotherapy and radiation, as well as emerging treatments and quality of life issues.
HPV + clear pap smears
- By kcbumpkin · New reply 10:14 pm
- 1 reply
- Here is my story. I was diagnosed with HPV in 1998. I was diagnosed with cervical cancer stage 2B in July 2008 after 3 months of intense bleeding. My gyno mistakenly thought I had fibroids that were causing ...
scared
- By nicole_505 · Posted yesterday at 12:07 am
- 0 replies
- hi Im very scared because I had a leep with cin2 cells about a year and a half ago then a follow up pap that came back clear. I wasnt aware that I needed to go in every 4 months because I missed the following ...
scan results
- By Beege · New reply November 18, 2009
- 4 replies
- Ok..so I had my scans in march following an abnormal pap. I repeated my pap and it came back normal. I haven't heard AT ALL from my onc staff regarding the results of my scans!!! ( I was to scared to ...
pelvic exenteration
- By Formomwithlove · New reply November 18, 2009
- 2 replies
- My mom was diagnosed with cervical cancer IIB 14 years ago. She was treated with radiation. She is now 62 years old, and cancer is recurred. Doctor recommended Pelvic Exenteration with radiation. We are ...
what are options for recurring abnormal paps?
- By ravenreddawn · New reply November 18, 2009
- 7 replies
- Hi, I am 28 years old with one child. I was diagnosed a few years ago with recurring extensive sqamous metaplasia, endometriosis and uterine fibroids. They tried all the usual treatments with pills and ...
Chemo and Radiation Questions
- By RKOGirl · New reply November 18, 2009
- 17 replies
- I am starting external radiation this Thursday and I start chemo on Friday. What can I expect? I have never been through this before and I'm kinda scared. I have to have 5 weeks of external radiation ...
Small Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma.
- By Momma24boys · New reply November 17, 2009
- 117 replies
- On the 31st of October I was diagnosed with cervical cancer... 7 days later I already had an appointment with a Gyn-onc and he made me aware that it was a pretty serious type of cervical cancer known ...
Here Are My Results & Treatment Plan
- By RKOGirl · New reply November 17, 2009
- 16 replies
- I had my "exam while asleep" on 11/6/09, where my GYN-Oncologist wanted to check my bladder and rectum as well as get a biopsy of my cervix. I first went to him on 10/29/09 after my OBGYN did a endometrial ...
Had a cone biopsy, waiting for results
- By LaLa1982 · New reply November 16, 2009
- 1 reply
- Hi, I had a cone biopsy the other day. I know for sure that i had cin3. Im waiting for the results. I was looking at cervical cancer stages and read something about it spreading to the upper vagina. It ...
Pregnancy after an abdominal radical trachelectomy
- By Diana76 · New reply November 16, 2009
- 49 replies
- Hi, about 2.5 years ago I was diagnosed with cervical adenocarcinoma stage 1b1 and went through an abdominal radical trachelectomy. Now we are trying to conceive (half a year we tried naturally and now ...
Pain management- help?
- By LaLa1982 · New reply November 15, 2009
- 1 reply
- Should I still be in pain from my cold knife conization, it was 5 days ago? Its all around my pelvic bones, its throbbing pain. She gave me motrin 800's, then the next day I called and said I needed something ...
Chemotherapy and radiation therapy side effects
- By kctammy · New reply November 13, 2009
- 2 replies
- Hi. I had a hysterectomy two weeks ago because of cervical cancer/HPV. They called and said that i will most likely need 5 weeks of chemo/radiation therapy. I would like to know what kind of side effects ...
burning question?
- By colabella · New reply November 13, 2009
- 6 replies
- my wife had a total hysterechtomy and is in treatment with cistplatin and radiation.she still has her hair after 5 wks, and the hard thing for her to deal with is burning in and around the vagina.can ...
Hysterectomy Questions and Emotions
- By caprimm · New reply November 13, 2009
- 6 replies
- I finally spoke with my doctor the other day and found out that I have stage IA2 cervical cancer. He says I need a cone biopsy first then a hysterectomy. I don't understand why I would need a cone biopsy ...
CMS Posts final Decision on FDG-PET!!
- By aileen · Posted November 13, 2009
- 0 replies
- CMS Posts Final Decision on FDG-PET for Cervical Cancer Staging Effective November 10th, 2009 On November 10, 2009, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) posted a final decision memorandum ...
Is Hysterecotomy my only option??
- By nmjp · New reply November 12, 2009
- 13 replies
- 2 weeks ago I got a news from my gynecologist that I have cancer. I immediately tried to get into a Gyne-Oncologist and was told it's probabaly stage 1b. He's having his pathologist looks at the films ...
16 with HPV stage 2 cancerous cells
- By l0vsey · New reply November 9, 2009
- 15 replies
- i'm 16 and found out that i have hpv and theres per-cancerous and there at a stage two i cant afford to get test done to see how deep in my skin or how far along it is so the doctor said all i can do ...
what now! need some help girls!
- By crickett305 · New reply November 9, 2009
- 13 replies
- I'm gonna try to just keep this short and give as much info as i can. I was diagnosed with sage 1b1 cc in November of 2008. I began treatment in late January of 2009. I did the chem and radiation. I finished ...
Do I seek a 3rd opinion nothing is getting done?
- By STellak511 · New reply November 6, 2009
- 10 replies
- I have been going through this experience for so long now! I am going through a clinic, so appts. are scheduled weeks in advance, and only done 1 or maybe twice a month. I origanlly went to the Dr. because ...
Whats next? Bad pap - everything looks bad about it
- By DunesGal · Posted November 4, 2009
- 0 replies
- Ok, this has been a rough month for me. Im in my mid 30's - usually the picture of health. I had a pap about 3 weeks ago - 3 days later wake in great pain and find out I have kidney stones (big one and ...
