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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.
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 ...
A bump on my cervix?
- By Jade-81 · New reply November 2, 2009
- 11 replies
- I've had two paps in the past year that both came back LSIL. I now have a colposcopy booked but that's not until April and trying desperately to expedite the process. The problem with Canadian health ...
Any Stage IV folks out there?
- By yesshecan · New reply November 1, 2009
- 15 replies
- Seems to be no place here for those dealing with advanced CC to team up and share. I'll start. Just finished running the Pikes Peak Ascent in August'08 when noticed changes. Went to MD . Although clean ...
Diagnosed with Microinvasive Cervical Cancer
- By CowgirlCaz · New reply November 1, 2009
- 17 replies
- Some of you may have read a past post of mine regarding my leep procedure ... I came home from the ob/gyn yesterday - as we got the results back from the leep pathology. Prior to leep all the ob/gyn told ...
side effects
- By taleia139 · New reply October 31, 2009
- 6 replies
- I had stage 1b2 cervical cancer and had a radical hysterectomy last month. I now have to do chemo and radiation can anyone tell me the side effects for them and what I should expect ...
Radiation for cervical cancer
- By aileen · New reply October 31, 2009
- 23 replies
- Some of you may not be aware how hard it can be for a women to have internal radiation for cervical cancer. There are real issues related to what the radiation can do to the women as it impacts on the ...
What does this mean? "Not cancer but close"
- By aea77 · New reply October 31, 2009
- 6 replies
- I was recently pregnant that ended in miscarriage, where my pap (again) indicated dysplasia, although this time much more significant. So after I healed from the miscarriage I had a LEEP done and my dr ...
high grade adnormal pap
- By phoenixaz · New reply October 26, 2009
- 14 replies
- Hi has anyone been told that they have had the high grade adnormal cell count highest cell count on there thin prep when they got there annual pap smear? i go tommrow for a colpscopy not sure what all ...
laser and leep procedures
- By rzak1963 · New reply October 26, 2009
- 9 replies
- I had a hysterectomy years ago, so what I have isn't cervical, its actually vaginal, but anyway.... my story is like many, abnormal pap ; colposcopy w/biopsy ; and it came back with what he called "very ...
Anyone have DES info?
- By jayelleye · New reply October 26, 2009
- 8 replies
- Hi, I had a radical hyst due to Cervical Cancer 1a1 last week, My oncologist never mentioned the HPV thing, until I asked, and then he basically said all cervical cancer is caused by the virus. With all ...
Side Effects after Treatments
- By Annie_ · New reply October 21, 2009
- 10 replies
- Hi Ladies, I was diagnosed in August 2008 with 1b2 squamous cell. I started treatments in November 2008. I had 5 rounds Cisplatin, 25 External and 5 Internal High-Dose Radiation Treatments. I recently ...
Cervical cancer during pregnancy
- By kgage97 · New reply October 20, 2009
- 28 replies
- Hi I was wondering if there is anyone out there that was diagnosed with neuroendocrine small cell carcinoma of the cervix during pregnancy? I am almost 15 weeks pregnant with my second child and at 9 ...
Mother In Law with complications from treatment
- By ChristineNYC · New reply October 18, 2009
- 11 replies
- My mother in law was diagnosed on May 12th. She began treatment two weeks ago today. The reason for the delay was because she needed a blood transfusion because of the hemorhagging she experienced right ...
adenocarcinoma tumors
- By aileen · New reply October 13, 2009
- 12 replies
- I read the treatment of cervical cancer varies with stage and not with cell type. Squamous and non-squamous (Adenocarcinomas) tumors are generally treated similarly although some feel that non-squamous ...
Cervical cancer and PCOS
- By Jenna_Can_Conquer_It · New reply October 12, 2009
- 13 replies
- Does anyone on here also have PCOS along with cervical cancer? PCOS is Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. Im wondering if it effects the cervical cancer at all and if I am the only one on here with both ...
supporting my daughter
- By maggieg58 · New reply October 6, 2009
- 7 replies
- I'm the mom of the patient. My daughter is 25 and had a very abnormal pap smear--out of the blue. I think it's level 4 HSIL. So she had a followup, they did a colposcopy and the dr said it's definitely ...
In need of support
- By jmeloni · New reply October 4, 2009
- 3 replies
- How fast can CIS come back after a cone? I had a cone procedure April 24 this year with unclear margins. Now I am going for a 2nd colpo. I'm scared of getting full blown cancer. If I need another cone ...
Is Carcinoma en Citu the same as Cervical Cancer???
- By bigredsteph0109 · New reply October 4, 2009
- 6 replies
- I was diagnosed with carcinoma en citu after i delivered my 3rd child and I was wondering if that was actual Cervical Cancer....Thanks soo much ...
