Abdominal Radical Hysterectomy and Cervical Cancer – Amy’s Story

Hi, I am 43 and live in South Wales, I have 2 children 16 and 22, a hubby and my 2 dogs My story started late in November 2012, when I decided to make an appointment at our local surgery to have my Mirena Coil changed, as I was there and my smear was due within the nest few months, decided to get it done at the same time (hating the speculum only doing it once seemed like a good idea). This is where my head spinning journey started. I had the procedure done on the 19th November, within a week I had a call from the hospital saying I had to go to the well woman clinic at the Royal Gwent Hospital for a colposcopy on the 29th for check up and possible treatment for CIN3 (which meant nothing to me at the time). Dutifully I turned up for the appointment, making sure I had a driver with me as they said that if I had treatment folliowing the examination then it would be wise to have someone with me. SO I sat in the waiting room feeling, nervous/scared/nauseous as to what to expect, I am not very good at these things at the best of times. The staff were fantastic and the Gynae Specialist drew me a graph showing me qwhere I was in the CIN3/Cervical Cancer scale, following the smear results, this alone was a lot to take in before having a test done, what followed was a bit more of a shock. I laid there dreading the speculum as normal, but she was amazing, hardly felt it at all, unlike the doctors where I nearly hit the roof in pain. She just sat there looking at the screen on my left,...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - Category: OBGYN Authors: Tags: Cancer Your Stories cancer rage cervical cancer CIN3 Source Type: news