Cervical Cancer fears

Hi all

Hope someone can shed some light on my post to give me a bit of reassurance. I'm 42 with 4 children aged from 23 to 12. After my last child I had CIN3 and I underwent laser treatment to remove it. Delighted They caught it in time was an understatement as I had 4 small kids and the baby was only a few weeks old. I had to stay on the coil and contraception pill as I was bleeding so heavily for 12 months after the last child but thankfully all calmed down. Then 3 years ago I had 13cm cyst on my right ovary so it was removed. After the op I got sicker and my gynae examined me by trying to drain to see if I had infection and by doing so he hit my bowel which caused further complications. A week later I ended up getting my tubes and left ovary removed as I bleed out into my stomach with another 14cm cyst on left ovary. They left my womb behind why I don't don't as it wasnt any advantage to me with the state I was left in. From when I had CIN3 I had yearly smears and all was normal . I've had all clear smears so I didn't have to go only every 3 years. Last week I went for my routine smear for the nurse yo tell me I had an abnormal result 3 years ago but nobody informed me. I am having horrendous back and pelvic pain for about 3 months now and I was prescribed pain relief for acute lower back pain. I'm just worried that the abnormal smear I didn't know about has something sinister in it now. So sorry about the long post ...had a smear 1 week ago and will have the result in a month or so. 

  • Hi Red77,

    Welcome to Cancer Chat. I'm sorry to hear about the issues you've been going through over the recent years - it sounds like you've been through quite a lot.

    I'm sure that was understandably worrying to find out that there was an abnormal result at the last appointment. It may not be very helpful advice but the only thing to really suggest now is to try not to dwell on those previous results or on any what ifs.

    Try to keep yourself busy and distracted ahead of finding out the results in a month or so. And once you get the results, you will have some clearer knowledge and next steps to take. Try to stay as positive as possible in the meantime.

    Do let us know how you get on, if you would like to of course. This forum is a very welcoming community of people.

    Wishing you all the best,

    Ben
    Cancer Chat Moderator

  • Thanks so much... I'm trying to put it to the back back of my mind.