My hysterectomy for cancer – Carol ’ s story

In March 2013 I went for my routine annual smear, I have been on yearly smears since the birth of my last daughter in 1997. Two weeks later I received a letter with an appointment to attend the colposcopy clinic which was scheduled for two weeks later (end of April). I attended this and was told I had cin3 pre-cancer cells on my cervix. They tried to do the leep whilst I was there but were unable to do it as the pain was horrendous. So I was advised it needed to be done under a general. The end of May I had my leep done. I took a week off work to rest, then went back to work to await the results. On June 27th I went to my local hospital to see a gynaecologist. My appointment was the last one of the day. This is when he told me I had cervical cancer stage 1a, and we discussed me having a hysterectomy and to remove the Fallopian tubes and ovaries at the same time. I left stunned with appointments for an MRI scan and a CT scan for the beginning of July. Three days after the scans were done I returned back to get the results. MRI scan queried my stage and a couple of other things. My oncologist was on holiday so my hysterectomy was scheduled for the 20th August and I was first on the list. My pre-op was done the week before and then on the 20/8/14 I arrived at the hospital for 7 am I had bloods done, changed into one of the sexy hospital gowns, spoke to a junior doctor and signed the consent form. I then, with my middle daughter, and a nurse walked to theatre to have my operatio...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - Category: OBGYN Authors: Tags: Health cancer cervical cancer hysterectomy stories Source Type: news