How my diagnosis changed my life

Talk to others about how your diagnosis made you feel and how it has impacted your life.

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WANT TO GET PREGNANT

kadene29brown29
  • By kadene29brown29 · New reply April 9, 2013
  • 1 reply
  • am trying to become pregnant 9 years now and it cant happend last two years i found out that i have cin 1i need help please give me your advice i also found out that i have hormane imbalance ...

Tongue/Mouth pain

Anne034
  • By Anne034 · Posted April 8, 2013
  • 0 replies
  • How I Was Cured. I NEVER...had a history of geographical tongue. Then suddenly, I had strange symptoms of TMJ appear a little over a year ago...the pain spread to my tongue, and before I knew it, I was ...

pre cancerous cells

sezlar2013
  • By sezlar2013 · New reply April 7, 2013
  • 5 replies
  • Opening my test results after having my first smear at 25 I became very hysterical to find out it had come back abnomal with CIN 2 changes. I went for a colposcopy and again waited for results from that ...

My oncology practice is closing its doors

Opportunity
  • By Opportunity · Posted March 16, 2013
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  • Cancer equals change. There is no way to go about a cancer diagnosis any other way. My ovarian cancer diagnosis taught me that 10 years ago and change continues to be a big part of my life. Today I am ...

colorectal cancer, pain, and social security

Dianehurts
  • By Dianehurts · New reply February 25, 2013
  • 5 replies
  • I had colorectal cancer stage 3 in 2004. I was 48 at the time. They did surgery and removed my sigmoid colon-about 10” leaving very little rectum. The radiologist did external beam radiation from left ...

about me

christine47
  • By christine47 · New reply December 5, 2012
  • 1 reply
  • I hope I'm posting this right,I'm new..lol..,well,cervical cancer changed my life by:I don't sweat the small stuff anymore ...

I'm surviving...period!

Opportunity
  • By Opportunity · New reply November 25, 2012
  • 2 replies
  • I am trying to understand how it is that I’m alive…I have had the same cancer, the same cell type, the same staging, the same surgeries, the same chemotherapy, etc., etc. for a gynecologic cancer (ovarian ...

scare

Dimples64
  • By Dimples64 · New reply November 7, 2012
  • 1 reply
  • I was diagnosed with CIN 3 - cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade. 3. Now what is it and how did I got it and how can I get rid of it. Some doctors forgets that we meaning me did no t go to school ...

Happy to be Cancer free!!!

Jill916
  • By Jill916 · New reply November 1, 2012
  • 15 replies
  • After 5 months of biopsies and a radical hysterectomy, I'm happy to be cancer free! I just recieved they great news from my pathology report yesterday! I'm happy to share my story, offer advice and support ...

HPV is totally messing with my life

liabug
  • By liabug · New reply October 24, 2012
  • 2 replies
  • So I know I have dysplasia so I know it's HPV. I had to do leep back in March but I first found out I had HPV about 3 years ago. Kind of sucks because the nurse at my doctor acted like I got this because ...

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/DES

naturalway
  • By naturalway · New reply June 23, 2012
  • 3 replies
  • Here is some info as to why the problem exist. It has also gone to the male organs also. Please read ...

Questions about cervical caner

margomall
  • By margomall · New reply May 20, 2012
  • 4 replies
  • I recently have been battling cervical cancer. I am only 24 year old, and I started my journey with a hysterectomy. Recently I finished chemo, and my Dr told me that things were looking so great that ...

whats going on ?

Sunnysky07
  • By Sunnysky07 · Posted May 7, 2012
  • 0 replies
  • I had cryosurgery last week on monday ,i was supost to get my period apirl 25th and I'm late and Havent had sex since apirl 29 , and before cryosurgery i was not able to have kids .Every since i had cryosurgery ...

Reading "How I lost my Uterus and Found my Voice" book,

flower44
  • By flower44 · Posted March 2, 2012
  • 0 replies
  • It's a must read, I just started it tonight and I'm almost half way through it already ...

Sometimes I feel...like I am in a dream

DVenus21
  • By DVenus21 · New reply November 5, 2011
  • 9 replies
  • Sometimes everything around looks so surrealistic. I feel like the world goes on like it was and I am on a space ship. Or I am having a dream, soon I will wake up and everything will be the way it was ...

Glad there IS a silver lining in every cloud

qualityoflife
  • By qualityoflife · New reply September 21, 2011
  • 1 reply
  • So as some of you may know, I discovered I had HPV 16 fall 2010, went for laser vaporization surgery Dec.2010, went back April 2011 for a check-up after surgery and paps, hpv test all come back clear ...

Starting a run in New Orleans,LA for cervical cancer awareness

trixienola
  • By trixienola · Posted August 28, 2011
  • 0 replies
  • Hi, I'm interested in starting a local run in my community to reach out and grab more attention to cervical cancer awarness. I already participate in several others fundraisers for cancer awareness, and ...

CIN 3, HPV, PCOS, help?

gordygirl90
  • By gordygirl90 · New reply August 12, 2011
  • 1 reply
  • Hi all. I'm 21, and 2 months ago received an abnormal pap smear result. My last pap smear had been 18 months prior and came back fine. This pap smear came back with high grade squamous lesions, and I ...

Symptomatic of cervical cancer?

prettygirlNga
  • By prettygirlNga · New reply July 17, 2011
  • 7 replies
  • OK here is my hystory..HPV (treated 19yrs ago with no outbreaks since)..cryosurgery for precancerous cells on cercix due to HPV (18yrs ago), 2 pregnancies 2 live births, i had annual pap smears for approx ...

please help me

imsonervous
  • By imsonervous · New reply July 5, 2011
  • 10 replies
  • hi im only 20 years old and i have a baby..now im so nervous about my condition i had my pap-smear last month and the result its moderate to severe inflammation in my cervix means its going to be cervical ...

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