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dem_greeneyez
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Just Found Out I Have Cervical Cancer...
Posted: 07-17-07 11:26am
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I found out Friday that I have cervical
cancer. my doctor is referring me to a
specialist to find out if it's
precancerous or already is cancer &
everything else that follows with it. she
told me close to nothing (via phone  ).
I'm pretty much lost to all of this. I've
read a ton, but 1) don't understand most
of it & 2) since I don't know know
what stage I'm in (if any), it's hard to
know which parts to pay attention.
what were y'all experiences like? from how
old were you when you found out? to, what
proceeders did you go through? are you
able to have children now? & any
information that would be helpful.
I appreciate it greatly!
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Posted: 07-17-07 12:13pm
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I have not been diagnosed with cervical
cancer, but rather with the cells that
could become cancerous.
I can't believe that your doctor told you
over the phone. My doctor refused to give
me the results over the phone and wanted
me to come in. I was trying to get out of
the copay, so I was hoping she would just
tell me over the phone...Nope!
Anyways tell me more about how your doctor
came to this conclusion. Did you have a
bad pap? Did you have a colposcopy?
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LADYBUGDRU
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U Can Still Have Kids
Posted: 07-17-07 13:28pm
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I HAVE CERVICAL CANCER AND I'VE HAD IT
SINCE I WAS 18 AND IM 25 NOW..THE LAST
SURGERY I WENT THROUGH THEY TOOK PART OF
MY CERVICALS AND MY DOCTOR HOLD ME I CAN
STILL HAVE KIDS BUT I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO
HOLD THE BABY THE FULL 9 MONTHS..WHEN I
FOUND OUT I THOUGHT MY LIFE WAS OVER BUT
NOW THAT I KNOW I CAN STILL HAVE KIDS ITS
NOT SO BAD 
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Re: U Can Still Have Kids
Posted: 07-17-07 13:48pm
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| LADYBUGDRU
wrote: | | I HAVE CERVICAL CANCER AND
I'VE HAD IT SINCE I WAS 18 AND IM 25
NOW..THE LAST SURGERY I WENT THROUGH THEY
TOOK PART OF MY CERVICALS AND MY DOCTOR
HOLD ME I CAN STILL HAVE KIDS BUT I WILL
NOT BE ABLE TO HOLD THE BABY THE FULL 9
MONTHS..WHEN I FOUND OUT I THOUGHT MY LIFE
WAS OVER BUT NOW THAT I KNOW I CAN STILL
HAVE KIDS ITS NOT SO BAD |
First... Please do not post in all
caps...it is hard to read
Second...My sister in law had cervical
cancer and had half of her cervix removed.
She was told that she would have a hard
time carrying a baby to term. She got
pregnant and they labeled her as high
risk, but she carried her second child to
full term. In fact she had to have an
emergency c-section because she never
dilated because of so much scar tissue.
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Posted: 07-17-07 13:58pm
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OK, were you diagnosed with Cancer or
Dysplasia? It sounds like you have
displasia (since they don't diagnose
cancer with a pap smear, they do the test
it sounds like you are going to get where
it tells you if it is precancer or
cancer.).
I have had cervical cancer and, sweetie,
relax this is just the very begining.
Cervical abnormalities are so very common.
It sounds like you are turning cervical
dysplasia into 'cancer' when it is very,
very far from it! In fact, it can take
decades for dysplasia to become cancer -
if it ever does. It isn't a guarantee that
it will become cancer but it can.
That said, you'll now go in for a
colposcopy where they numb your cervix,
put some stuff on there (similar to
vinegar) that turns the 'bad' cells white.
Your doctor will take samples of these
'bad' cells and send them off to be
tested. When they come back, a decision is
made whether they'll be removed or if that
is even necessary. Some doctors use a
watch and wait approach. Some dysplasia
can go away on it's own.
What has caused this? Human Papilloma
Virus. It is the high risk type of HPV.
The lower risk kind causes genital warts.
Neither can be gotten rid of, but they can
be controlled by your body.
Cervical abnormalities do not effect your
fertility. The only thing that potentially
could would be if there was
signifcant scarring on your cervix,
causing it to close up. Though that is so
rare it isn't worth worrying about.
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dem_greeneyez
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Posted: 07-17-07 14:53pm
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wrote: | I have not been diagnosed
with cervical cancer, but rather with the
cells that could become cancerous.
I can't believe that your doctor told you
over the phone. My doctor refused to give
me the results over the phone and wanted
me to come in. I was trying to get out of
the copay, so I was hoping she would just
tell me over the phone...Nope!
Anyways tell me more about how your doctor
came to this conclusion. Did you have a
bad pap? Did you have a
colposcopy? |
trust me, it caught me wayyyyy of guard
when my doctor told me over the phone.
when she recieved my std/hiv results, she
refused to give them to me over the phone
(I too, was trying to avoid copay). then
of all matters, she tells me this over the
phone! and doesn't even give me time to
discuss it with her.
so i barely have any information besides
from what she vaguely said to me, but the
results were from a pap test.
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dem_greeneyez
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Re: U Can Still Have Kids
Posted: 07-17-07 14:54pm
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| LADYBUGDRU
wrote: | | I HAVE CERVICAL CANCER AND
I'VE HAD IT SINCE I WAS 18 AND IM 25
NOW..THE LAST SURGERY I WENT THROUGH THEY
TOOK PART OF MY CERVICALS AND MY DOCTOR
HOLD ME I CAN STILL HAVE KIDS BUT I WILL
NOT BE ABLE TO HOLD THE BABY THE FULL 9
MONTHS..WHEN I FOUND OUT I THOUGHT MY LIFE
WAS OVER BUT NOW THAT I KNOW I CAN STILL
HAVE KIDS ITS NOT SO BAD |
I'm glad it all worked out for you.
my doctor didn't give me enough
information about my condition. I'm
terribly worried I won't be able to have
children 
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dem_greeneyez
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Posted: 07-17-07 14:57pm
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| Ingi
wrote: | OK, were you diagnosed with
Cancer or Dysplasia? It sounds like you
have displasia (since they don't diagnose
cancer with a pap smear, they do the test
it sounds like you are going to get where
it tells you if it is precancer or
cancer.).
I have had cervical cancer and, sweetie,
relax this is just the very begining.
Cervical abnormalities are so very common.
It sounds like you are turning cervical
dysplasia into 'cancer' when it is very,
very far from it! In fact, it can take
decades for dysplasia to become cancer -
if it ever does. It isn't a guarantee that
it will become cancer but it can.
That said, you'll now go in for a
colposcopy where they numb your cervix,
put some stuff on there (similar to
vinegar) that turns the 'bad' cells white.
Your doctor will take samples of these
'bad' cells and send them off to be
tested. When they come back, a decision is
made whether they'll be removed or if that
is even necessary. Some doctors use a
watch and wait approach. Some dysplasia
can go away on it's own.
What has caused this? Human Papilloma
Virus. It is the high risk type of HPV.
The lower risk kind causes genital warts.
Neither can be gotten rid of, but they can
be controlled by your body.
Cervical abnormalities do not effect your
fertility. The only thing that potentially
could would be if there was
signifcant scarring on your cervix,
causing it to close up. Though that is so
rare it isn't worth worrying
about. |
my doctor told me I have cervical cancer
(though she didn't specify what level).
she told me I would have to go to another
gyno for more tests to be done (she didn't
specify which tests). and she didn't
mention anything to me about HPV, though
I've done all my reading on it.
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Posted: 07-17-07 18:10pm
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wrote: | | Ingi
wrote: | OK, were you diagnosed with
Cancer or Dysplasia? It sounds like you
have displasia (since they don't diagnose
cancer with a pap smear, they do the test
it sounds like you are going to get where
it tells you if it is precancer or
cancer.).
I have had cervical cancer and, sweetie,
relax this is just the very begining.
Cervical abnormalities are so very common.
It sounds like you are turning cervical
dysplasia into 'cancer' when it is very,
very far from it! In fact, it can take
decades for dysplasia to become cancer -
if it ever does. It isn't a guarantee that
it will become cancer but it can.
That said, you'll now go in for a
colposcopy where they numb your cervix,
put some stuff on there (similar to
vinegar) that turns the 'bad' cells white.
Your doctor will take samples of these
'bad' cells and send them off to be
tested. When they come back, a decision is
made whether they'll be removed or if that
is even necessary. Some doctors use a
watch and wait approach. Some dysplasia
can go away on it's own.
What has caused this? Human Papilloma
Virus. It is the high risk type of HPV.
The lower risk kind causes genital warts.
Neither can be gotten rid of, but they can
be controlled by your body.
Cervical abnormalities do not effect your
fertility. The only thing that potentially
could would be if there was
signifcant scarring on your cervix,
causing it to close up. Though that is so
rare it isn't worth worrying
about. |
my doctor told me I have cervical cancer
(though she didn't specify what level).
she told me I would have to go to another
gyno for more tests to be done (she didn't
specify which tests). and she didn't
mention anything to me about HPV, though
I've done all my reading on
it. |
So you had the colposcopy then? A pap
smear does not detect cervical cancer. So
I'm confused.
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Posted: 11-15-07 00:04am
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A Pap smear can detect cells from mild
dysplasia to atypical glandular cells,
which are most likely already cancerous.
The Pap looks at the cell structure under
a microscope; the more atypical these
cells are, the more likely it is that they
are cancerous. Of course, the
confirmation of this diagnosis is done by
colposcopy.
I would suggest writing down a list of
questions and calling your doctor's office
and requesting to talk to a medical
assistant, nurse, or doctor with access to
your medical file. They can give you the
answers on what your Pap smear revealed.
My doctor told me over the phone as well;
I was so shocked that I didn't ask a
single thing, and I really kicked myself
afterwards. I called back a day later
with several questions that at least made
things slightly clearer.
Good luck!
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Posted: 11-15-07 11:41am
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years ago I pre-cancer cells frozen off my
cervix.. I had had normal paps every
since. I have a new doctor and yesterday
when I had my pap test she said she saw
some brownish colored spots on my cervix.
She said it might be from pre-cancerous
cells that where removed. She said she
would let me know when the pap test came
back if anything was abnormal or not.
Now I'm confused. If pap doesn't show
cancer (as some posted in here) what is
it.. And what are they looking for in a
pap test? per canerious cells? And does
anyone know what these brownshish spots
might me.. Slightly worried here..
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Re: U Can Still Have Kids
Posted: 12-15-07 09:49am
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| dem_greeneyez
wrote: | | LADYBUGDRU
wrote: | | I HAVE CERVICAL CANCER AND
I'VE HAD IT SINCE I WAS 18 AND IM 25
NOW..THE LAST SURGERY I WENT THROUGH THEY
TOOK PART OF MY CERVICALS AND MY DOCTOR
HOLD ME I CAN STILL HAVE KIDS BUT I WILL
NOT BE ABLE TO HOLD THE BABY THE FULL 9
MONTHS..WHEN I FOUND OUT I THOUGHT MY LIFE
WAS OVER BUT NOW THAT I KNOW I CAN STILL
HAVE KIDS ITS NOT SO BAD |
I'm glad it all worked out for you.
my doctor didn't give me enough
information about my condition. I'm
terribly worried I won't be able to have
children |
If I had cervical cancer and they have to
remove my cervix it would hurt my feelings
not being able to have children of my own
but to be "dead" I much rather live
infertile. I would be happy to adopt a
baby.
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Posted: 04-28-08 23:39pm
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I have not been offically diagnosed with
cervical cancer but i do have it. and my
mom did and she has had a hysterectamy...
if you need anyone to talk to i am here
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Posted: 04-29-08 12:38pm
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wrote: | | I have not been offically
diagnosed with cervical cancer but i do
have it. and my mom did and she has had a
hysterectamy... if you need anyone to talk
to i am here |
How you do know you have cervical cancer
if you haven't been diagnosed with it?
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Posted: 04-29-08 20:16pm
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Inherited through genes...
Everywoman has it. literally they all have
it in our family
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Posted: 04-30-08 09:41am
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You dont' inherit cervical cancer.
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Posted: 04-30-08 10:20am
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Who told you that you inherit cervical
cancer?
If you are pregnant(which you stated in
previous posts), they would have given you
all whole bunch of tests if you had
cervical cancer.....
I'm confused now.
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Posted: 05-12-08 19:40pm
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I only meant that every woman in our
family seems to have it. And i havent been
to doctor for it in a year so yea
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Posted: 05-12-08 20:01pm
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How rude to tell someone how to post or
not to post their message! I was shocked
by your reply. She is reaching out for
help on cervical cancer, which she may
have, and your first thought was "ALL
CAPS"! I normally do not reply to other's
posts, I address the person seeking help,
but I could not believe what your reply
was.
Hopefully, it was just a bad pap test, and
the problem can be corrected. If not, you
can deal with that after you see the
specialist. Sorry you are having to deal
with this. My thoughts are with you. How
old are you? Since this does seem to be
an inheriated pattern, keep seeking
doctors until you find one that you feel
is right for you, and is reputable.
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Posted: 05-14-08 23:18pm
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Yea see the thing is it normally and
usually isnt inherited but it is in our
family. i can not literally name one woman
who is blood related to me on my mother
and fathers side who does not have it or
had it.
We are literally a strange family... we
have many medical problems...
I barely missed kidney failure a few years
ago... and now facing a few other problems
but not getting into that.
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