Cervical- just diagnosed- 33 yrs old- what’s next?

Hello, 

im just curious to see if anyone is in a similar position to me or is a bit further along and wants to give me any advice on what to expect etc. 

a bit more about my situation is that since January I’ve had symptoms- lots of discharge and bleeding- I attended gp immediately and was referred and seen my a consultant who told me I had ectropian of the cervix and not suspicious and discharged me. 

issues persisted so I used private healthcare through my work and saw a consultant thinking I needed some treatment for the erosion. He did a colposcopy first as he noted nhs had not done any biopsies. The colposcopy went terribly and he sat me down after and told me he thought I had cancer but we needed to wait for biopsies and he hoped he was wrong. I got the biopsy results and it is cervical cancer on 5th July Friday

I know my consultant referred me on the two week pathway before the results even came in on Tuesday 2 July. I’ve not heard anything yet. He assures me it’s all treatable and he hopes caught early. Wt’s next? The limbo and waiting is terrible. He mentioned likely treatment is hysterectomy. Which I guess I’d be fine with if I must as I’ve never been entirely set on having children. I’m really scared about needing chemo though. Also I’m terrified of my vagina being affected, like if they take my cervix and womb, please let me keep my vagina argh. My mind is a complete mess. I just want to be ok

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  • Hiya, not sure if I can help, x things normally move pretty fast one diagnosed..I was given an mri lst, then had meeting with surgical team, I was diagnosed feb, hysterectomy march back to work end April..being that I had my kids hysterectomy didn’t worry me, everything depends on stage and grade I think to what treatment is offered..I didn’t need chemo, just hysterectomy, I know u must be pretty scared right now, but take a deep breath, once ur appointment is here u can discuss everything with ur team..not all cancers need chemo, get ur results then take each day as it comes. Cancerchat is a good place for advice and talk about how u feel, xx

  • Hello. Thank you so much for telling me a bit about how it went for you. I’m glad everything went fast for you and it sounds like you’re on the other side of it now. 
    I will do my best and take lots of deep breaths xx

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