Hi,
In Jan 2018 I went to the doctors with only a little brown spotting that occasional happened over the previous 2 months. & Not having a Pap smear for a while it was time to go. Not my usual doctor I sent this one into a spin, she sent me off to a gynecologist who organized a D&C.
My sample came back positive for Uterine cancer. Scariest time of mine & my husbands life as we sat there trying to absorb what he was telling us. Living in a small town it was off to Melb for surgery. I was referred to the Mercy for Women hospital. I had a radical hesterectomy. Unfortunately the carcer had grown backwards through the lining of the Uterus, I was told the cancer may have spread. Because the surgery was radical the only part left was the top of the vagina.
4 weeks after surgery I started High voltage Brackytherapy. This is radiation done in the vagina targeting the scar of my surgery, there are complication connected to this but I was not not having this treatment. I now have 3 monthly visits between my surgeon & Oncologist, I have some side effects from the radiation which have effected the lining of my virgina but I can live with that, using estrogen medication inserted in the vigina in tablet form.
I am a Cancer Survivor, I will continue my appointments for the next 5 years. Everyday I am so thankful forthe people around me & the staff at the Mercy for Women, Olivia Newton- John centre & the nursing staff that did follow-ups with me knowing I was struggling.
