Cervical Cancer

[tcaswell]

So here's my story.... I am 27 yrs. old w/ three children & a wonderful hubby. I just had my yearly pap smear about a month ago (last yrs. was normal) and it came back abnormal w/high grade cells. So they did a colposcopy... came back CIN 3.... so I was scheduled for a cone biopsy last week. And now my results have come back CIN 3, & Adenocarcinoma of the cervix (in situ). I am so confused! My gyno has reffered me to a gyno oncologist but they can't get me in for 2 weeks (he's on vacation, UGH!) So now my hubby & I are worried, w/ so many unanswered questions... My gyno said that I have a glandular cancer, so I asked her if that meant it could be elsewhere in other glands? -She wasn't sure. I asked her if because my pathology said "in situ" did that mean they got it all with the cone biopsy? -She didn't know.... I asked her about my margins coming back clear, did THAT mean they got it all? -and AGAIN she didn't know.... I can't sleep/ or eat. I'm worried out of my mind! I just want to get in and have my questions answered! Does anybody else have this cancer? If my margins were clear & it was in situ, could there be other cancer further up into my canal since there are more glands up in that area? I am trying to be strong for my family, and I keep telling myself I need to be positive.... but it's so hard with a house full of kiddos, kwim? They are my life & I can't imagine them w/out me, their mommy :(

[sandyberry33]

I just found out i have the same thing last week i was at work started to bleed real bad, i was sent to the er and they kept me. My ob gyn did surgery to see what was going on. I am scheduled for surgery this friday. They worked really fast and the oncologist is ready to do the surgery. So in the last week I found out I have cancer and now they are going to do a radical hysterectomy. I am 38 and scared out of my mind. I have to meet with the Doctors this week so if there are any other questions you have aside from mine please let me know and I will ask. All I got so far is surgery is a must. I am in stage 2 ( not really sure what that means?) and 3 days after surgery they will be able to tell if they got it all. If so every 3 months I will have to have a pap test for at least a year and then 2 a year for five years. They say that if nothing shows up during this time period then you should be cancer free. That is the good news. If after the test come back and they were unable to get it all chemo and radiation will be necessary. I too have kids four to be exact. They are older yet while around them and my husband I act like everything is ok. Yet it really is not. Hope you get answers soon and take care.

[reyz_rj]

Whats the real reason having a cervical cancer?
This question is a big deal for me.

[pale_white]

hi! i'm 29 and having my 2nd child and just heard the bad news from my gyno oncologist. i didn't have any symptoms but my sister who was just visiting at that time (Nov) noticed that i had a very foul smell down there coz she can smell me a mile away. she suggested that we go to our obgyn to have it checked. when we went to the obgyn, i found out that i was pregnant. she advised me to have an ultrasound to check how far im with my pregnancy. i didn't know i was pregnant coz i still had regular menstruation. anyways, it came out i was 3months pregnant and the result of the pap smear was negative but my obgyn said that i have to be checked by an oncologist for colposcopy with biopsy coz she has found on my cervix something that doesn't quite add up. my obgyn gave me a suppository so i used it. since after using the suppository, the foul smell went away so i kinda neglected the oncologist suggestion. but as days progressed, the foul smell came back so i decided to go to an oncologist. i had the colposcopy with biopsy last dec16 and heard the results last dec22. its already Carcinoma in situ. im scheduled for cervical LEEP conization this coming jan5 to check if the depth of the affected area and if it is already in the cancerous stage. im so scared coz i don't want to loose my baby... im also scared coz i still want to live... am i being silly for feeling like this? i need words of encouragement.

[mkeeth]

okay, two years ago my ob thought I had a csyt so I had an ultrasound. Then they said it was just normal from menstration. They wanted to check it again in 3 months. They still were not concerned, but I was told because of family history that they wanted to keep an eye on things again in 3 months, then 6 months, and then back to yearly. I have had severe pains all my life. I have gone to the ER for back pains several times. Nothing has ever been found. This time I went for a PAP and ultrasound (PAP was normal) and they asked strange questions. I told my husband and was a little concerned. The next morning MY DR, not his nurse, called me. He said they did find a mass - the size of a plum or little larger. They are sending me to an oncologist, but no one has given me any more information. What are they going to do at the oncologist? What should I be prepared for? Should someone go with me? WHaT? I am so worried and scared. I try not to let on because 1 I do not want my children to worry and 2 my husband gets frustrated because I worry. I only have 1 more week to wait, but I am going crazy waiting. The other bad part is that my dr moved 5 days after referring me to the oncologist. I knew he was moving, but wanted my visit to be with him and would have a year to find a new dr - I never imagined I would have bad news. What do I do?