Hello Jen, 

Thank you for leaving a message. My appoitment is next Wednesday so im guessing with it being iver a week wait its not anything to worry about. However i am going to give them a call first thing in the morning to see what the appoitment is for and to change the date to sooner rather than later. 

cross fingers its just a smear repeat and nothing else. 

TIna 

Hello Tina

I can fully understand your worry since you have previously had cervical cancer, but reading back on your other posts it appears this was a very small cancer which was successfully removed in a lletz procedure. Forgive me if I have understood. 

It may be that you are going to have a colposcopy appointment for a closer look at your cervix as a smear does not give definitive results-it is a screening for abnormal cells. Or you may have some cell changes. At my hospital, this department is located in the gynae oncology department but it doesn’t mean that everyone who goes will have cancer. The lead person in this department is the gynae oncologist who was my surgeon for extensive surgery for recurrent cervical cancer, but this does not mean to say other ladies are in the same position. What I’m trying to say is not to read too much into the location of the department at this point. 

It would be highly unlikely to have a recurrence of stage 1a1 cervical cancer, though of course not impossible, but it’s too early to say what’s happening without attending the appointment. 

Treatments for cervical cancer can be very effective, if this is your ultimate diagnosis,and although I appreciate that you have lost your dad to cancer, the two are very different in terms of treatment and potential outcomes, though I can understand your fear, having lost both my parents to cancer. 

You don’t have long to wait for your appointment, and I hope things are not as serious as you fear. But please come back here if you have any other questions or need any support. x