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?