Cervical screening: Millions missing smear tests
Health data shows a lower proportion of women have been having the test when they should. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - October 22, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Emotional roller coaster of cervical cancer and hysterectomy – Christine ’ s story
I was diagnosed with cervical cancer after a smear test showed abnormal cells. At a young sixty year old this came as a complete shock! I have always been fit and well. After various tests I was graded at stage 1b and told I would need a radical hysterectomy followed by possibly chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
I think I went into complete denial, it didn’t feel real. In a matter of weeks from diagnosis to surgery it didn’t feel like it was happening!
I woke up from my op to find my expected keyhole surgery had not gone to plan. The initial camera incision had pierced my bowel. I ended up with a vertical incision from ab...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - October 10, 2018 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health cervical cancer hysterectomy stories Source Type: news
Emotional roller coaster of cervical cancer and hysterectomy – Christine ’ s story
I was diagnosed with cervical cancer after a smear test showed abnormal cells. At a young sixty year old this came as a complete shock! I have always been fit and well. After various tests I was graded at stage 1b and told I would need a radical hysterectomy followed by possibly chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
I think I went into complete denial, it didn’t feel real. In a matter of weeks from diagnosis to surgery it didn’t feel like it was happening!
I woke up from my op to find my expected keyhole surgery had not gone to plan. The initial camera incision had pierced my bowel. I ended up with a vertical incision from ab...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - October 10, 2018 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health cervical cancer hysterectomy stories Source Type: news
Irish smear scandal: Woman who highlighted failures dies
Emma Mhic Mhathúna was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2016 after receiving two incorrect smear test results. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - October 7, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
