Good morning minska, I'm so scared I've been crying for days while I'm waiting for these biopsy results, could you run me through your symptoms please, it really helps to talk, I'm frightened it's gone past the stage of no help even though my symptoms are very mild, you never know x

Morning Dawnann

I’m sorry you’re getting yourself in such a state about this, without a diagnosis yet. I was post menopausal, so my symptoms are going to be different to someone who isn’t. I said to a previous poster that I don’t think it’s very helpful to compare symptoms, especially as you are so anxious. I’m not here to frighten anyone further or help them to self diagnose-I’d rather be positive along the lines of no news is good news! Until someone tells you that you have cancer, it isn’t cancer.

Let me first reassure you that there is no stage where there is no help. You seem to be already writing yourself off here! Even advanced cancer is treatable, and I am not for a moment suggesting you have advanced cancer or even cancer. The nurse has already told you that she believes what she saw is something treatable, so I honestly think you should hold onto positive statements like that.

The mild symptoms you are experiencing are not indicative of advanced cervical cancer-I know what that feels like because I’ve experienced it and it’s very tough. You will only scare yourself further reading horror stories and I really don’t think that would be helpful for you. I just don’t want to be a source of further anxiety for you-it’s not that I’m not trying to help, but if you’ve been crying for days already it wouldn’t be useful to make that even worse for you. We have all had to wait it out for biopsy results and it’s not easy, but personally I didn’t make any assumptions until the doctor told me my diagnosis. From then on, I adopted a positive mindset, and was determined to be well. Tomorrow is 3 years from my diagnosis, and I’m here enjoying life! I don’t want to minimise your fear in any way as I understand it, but you don’t know what’s wrong yet, so try not to overthink everything at this stage.x

Thank you so much, every bit of groin pain, a twinge in my back and even going for a wee I'm focusing on and then I'm on google and it's becoming an obsession, hopefully I can adopt your positive mind set when I know for sure x

Hi Laura and [@Minska]‍ 

I finished my treatment yesterday. 4 chemo didn't manage 5 as my platlets were too low. 25 radiotherapy and 3 brachytherapy. All in all I was pretty well throughout just a bit of heartburn twice and was pretty tired at the end.

I'm not going to lie the brachytherapy lying on your back not being able to move for 36 hours was tough my back hurt like mad. But the other parts were fine. I dreded the rod removal part but a couple of deep breaths and it was done.

Consultant said my tumour had reduced prior to the brachytherapy so that was good news. My tumour is adenocarcinoma and they don't react as quickly as squashamous cell so I was quite pleased. 

Next scan December until then it's rest and recuperation.

Hope you are both well xx

Hi AMF

Great to hear you are done! I only had 4 out of the 5 chemos too for the same reason as you. Mine was also adenocarcinoma but the good news is that radiotherapy keeps on working in your body after treatment is finished so just rest and recover now. Radiotherapy made me very tired! xx

I didn’t go on google at all...it’s honestly a way to drive yourself crazy with fear. I’m so glad I didn’t when I see how it affects others on the forum..thinking all sorts of awful things. When it comes  to symptoms, what I can say is that having cancer is painful, so try not to overthink twinges. And I would recommend not googling without a diagnosis, because you’ll honestly make yourself feel more anxious. I’m just trying to advise as someone who has been through this cancer twice twice now, and from learning so much along the way. x

Hi AMF,

Great news, glad you are through the treatments. I also only had 4 of 5 chemo treatments, same reason as you and Minska, low, low blood counts. Yes, the internal radiation is hard and very tiring, but you will bounce back eventually. Rest, do what you can when you feel up to it and keep us posted!

Laura xx

Hi Dawnann,

Sorry I am behind on responding. Yes, I did have pain, it was in the same area as period cramps, but it was more of a stabbing dull ache. It's so hard to compare symptoms, though, we are all so different.

Keep us posted on how things are going.

Laura xx

Hi Laura I had to go to the doctors yesterday as the pain was back and pretty bad, it had eased off while in the antibiotics, when i went for coloscopy on Tuesday the consultant said the infection on my cervix was very angry, doctor gave me another weeks cause of antibiotics last night and the pain has eased a lot already plus I'm drinking loads of water which ha really helped, I'm praying that my cervix looks so bad because of infection and if it is cancer the infection is making it look a lot worse x