Hello everyone.
I feel super scared and worried at the moment.
sorry it is a long post!
Back in August I was diagnosed with cervial cancer, stage 1b1.
I was told I would need a radical hysterectomy - which oddly at 33 years old I wasn’t too mortified at (the C was my only concern). They took part of the vagina, womb, cervix and some lymph nodes but left my ovaries - to prevent menopause.
After surgery, I was told the docs did really well and were confident they got all the cancer... the margins were good.
I was allowed to go home a few days later and my only issue has been bladder retention. Possibly nerve damage from surgery but only time will tell.
About a week ago, the specialist nurse rang and confirmed surgery was successful. And lymph nodes were clear. But because I had two “minors” they recommended 5 weeks of radiotharapy with a chemo day each week.
I was so depressed upon hearing that, I stupidly thought the surgery would be done and that would be it.
The nurse streased I didnt have to do the adjuvent therapy.. but obviously I am extremely scared of recurrance.
My minors were the size and the fact there was very slight evidence in my LVSI
So I’m totally freaked out as nearly everything I read suggests thats bad and I’m medium-high risk of it coming back.
I’m just so scared.
Had anyone else had both surgery and radio/chemotherapy after?
