Discuss physical challenges that occur six months after treatment and beyond, and help others understand the ongoing dynamic changes caused by radiation to the pelvis and chemotherapy. These chronic and often permanent changes continue to manifest for years after treatment and it can be difficult to understand the changes going on in ones body.
Discussions
- By jessir
· New reply April 12, 2013
- 1 reply
- Hi Everyone, I am so glad to have found this site. I have been reading your posts for awhile but this is my first posting. My background: I had stage 1B cervical cancer. I had a radical trachelectomy ...
- By Nevathadiva
· New reply April 10, 2013
- 7 replies
- I just found out on April Fool's Day that I am pregnant. By my calculations I am around 6 weeks. I am very worried since I had a radical trachelectomy with node dissection last May to treat my 1B1 Cervical ...
- By Shantasurvivor
· New reply April 5, 2013
- 9 replies
- I can't take it anymore. Can someone please offer a solution. My feet really hurt mostly at night ...
- By garrisonbest
· New reply March 8, 2013
- 1 reply
- I had a cone biopsy and LOOP about 8 months ago. Margins came back clear. Six months later, a PAP showed inflammation but a colpo came back clean. My doctor says everything healed nicely, but I am having ...
- By UGAgirl
· New reply March 8, 2013
- 2 replies
- I am a 23 year old college student who just had a LEEP procedure 2 weeks ago in which they high-risk cancer causing cells were removed. My story is similar to everyones: slight discharge/bleeding for ...
- By AlmostGrace
· New reply February 11, 2013
- 3 replies
- Ladies, I'm so thankful this forum is available to me! I'm 41, never been pregnant or tried to get pregnant and was just diagnosed with 1b1 cervical cancer with a 1.2 cm tumor per the results of a cold ...
- By meggy40
· New reply February 4, 2013
- 20 replies
- I had the Leep procedure three months ago and ever since my periods have been lasting anywhere from 10-14 days. I start spotting lightly for about five days with brown spotting and then my real period ...
- By meggy40
· New reply December 31, 2012
- 4 replies
- Hi everyone. I had LEEP August 31, 2012 and ever since my period has changed from a normal 7 day period to 14 days which consist of 7 days of spotting to a full 7 day period. It has stayed this way for ...
- By nikibore39
· New reply December 13, 2012
- 1 reply
- I had cervical cancer 3 years ago, went through both treatments. This year had CAT scan and regular doctor's appointments. All was good until last month. I had my first spot bleeding, just one day, three ...
- By toots61
· New reply December 2, 2012
- 22 replies
- I had a radical hysterectomy in dec 2011 and 25 pelvic radiation treatments and 3 brachytherapy. I feel great other than my legs ache so bad and no one has any answers for me. Anyone else experiencing ...
- By btherese
· New reply October 1, 2012
- 8 replies
- I really didn't know which topic to put this in, but here's my question/theory/predicament; if I am battling dysplasia (in a clear period right now after LEEP and Cone), and my spouse/partner is a smoker ...
- By toots61
· New reply September 28, 2012
- 10 replies
- I had a complete hysterectomy in Dec 2011 and had 25 pelvic raditation treatments and three brachy therapy. I have leg pain in both legs since about two weeks after finishing treatment. No one has any ...
- By So-confused
· Posted September 26, 2012
- 0 replies
- I had my leep on July 18, 2012 roughly 2-1/2 months ago. Didn't bleed long. 6 week looked good she said it is healing good. Well I'm still bleeding after sex. Not every time & not a lot anymore just spotting ...
- By Nevathadiva
· New reply September 17, 2012
- 2 replies
- 5 months ago I had a radical trachelectomy and had my lymph nodes and cervix removed. I had stage 1B1 adenocarcinoma. My husband and I have begun talking about conceiving and my doctor has given me the ...
- By westermeyer
· New reply September 15, 2012
- 3 replies
- It has been 3 weeks since I have had my LEEP done. When I first started having problems was around 2 weeks after I got married. I went to the er because I was in such pain but the er doctor told me that ...
- By Sibasis
· New reply September 15, 2012
- 1 reply
- She has been treatmenting in tata memorial hospita. In near past We had gone to tata hospita. They had given us 3 chemo. As prescribed by doctor. The time gap between two chemo was 21 days. We were wanting ...
- By zyzzx
· New reply September 9, 2012
- 1 reply
- Radical hyster in Oct 2012, 6 weeks of radiation and chemo, ended in Jan 2012. Sluggish recovery and ct, pets, etc all came out clear. First pap a month ago, hpv positive and abnormal pap/cin1. Going ...
- By cecilia001
· New reply August 8, 2012
- 3 replies
- WELL I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CERVICAL CANCER ON SEPT 22 OF 2011. I AM FINISHED WITH MY TREATMENT, CHEMO AND RADIATION AND HAVE PASSED THROUGH MOST OF THE AFTER PAIN. SOME DOCTORS TOLD ME I WOULD GET MY PERIOD ...
- By cum
· Posted August 6, 2012
- 0 replies
- I was given the "ok" after my 6 weeks to have sex and i noticed afterwards the semen had a little red discharge and when i wipped myself ther was a brownish discoloration. i didint have a total hysterectomy ...
- By bhunny
· New reply July 7, 2012
- 4 replies
- I had LGSIL last year, met my husband, and now have CIN 3. My husband has been on Enbrel for a couple of years. Does anyone know if it's more difficult to clear the active HPV if one partner is on an ...