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I am 20 years old and i have had female problems for as long as i can remember. When i was 15 i had a laproscopy due to a period that lasted about 5 months. I've never had normal periods. I was also on the shot for about 2 years and i worry about my fertility, and now this. In Aug of 2007 i had a miscarraige and a D&C and then in Sept i had a pap test that came back normal. I went on about my business and in June of 2008 i had a second misscarraige with D&C and a pap on the 30th of June following. My doctor said i am positive for HPV high strains and he wanted to do a colposcopy and biopsy. After the procedure i wait about a week to get the results. The doctor called and told me that i needed to come to the office. My results showed severe displaysia of the cervix and the canal. the doctor then said he needed to do a leep/cone procedure and he only needed to take two sections. I had the procedure done on the 26th of Aug and i am now awaiting the results from the pathologist. After surgery the doctor said that my entire cervix was diseased. I don't know really what to do or what to expect. he told me if i wanted to have kids i need to start in about two months as long as the reports come back ok. if they don't does anyone know what i should expect next? I went from having nothing wrong to severe displaysia in about a year and it is progressing very fast. I don't have any idea really what do to or think. All i know is i want to have a child and i don't know if i'll get that chance.

I am 36 and have no children, no pregnacies. Had ASCUS in 2006, PAP II in 2007 january, HSIL/CIN III in 2008, july. Colposcopy and biospy were done and diagnosis is the same: CIN III, atypia epithelii coilocytotica, epithelii gravis III. Had HPV test and it was positive, type 16. I have no faimly history of cancer. I smoke (trying to quit).My doctor recommends cone biposy ASAP (Sept 5). I read from internet that LEEP is less invasive procedure and has less probability for premature birth etc. I want to have children and am worried that if I will undergo cone biopsy as more radical method I may lose ability to get childre. On the other hand, my doc perfers cone bipsy to LEEP, because it allows to remove more and analyse removed tissue better. Can anyone help me with advice? With my diagnosis what is the preferred method if I want to have childern in the future? Is there a huge difference bwt the two methods (electrical knife for cone biopsy and electric loop for LEEP) in terms of likelyhood to have children?Please help, I need to decide fast, as I have less than week until the operation.      

Hi Everyone,   My name is Debbie and I am 29 years old and in Pennsylvannia. I was looking on the internet about cervical cancer and found this site. At the end of July I had a pap test and was diagnosed with mild dysplasia. Today I had a biopsy done. I'm very scared but everyone in my family acts as though I have no reason to worry. I have alot of cancer in my family. My mother died from cancer, my grandmother and great grandmother also died of cancer as well as my Uncle. Although my mother didn't have cervical it still worrys me. I would like to talk to people who have been through this and can understand how I feel. thankyou

hi my name is Vanessa im 25 years old. it all started when i went to the gyno  2 years ago this october. i went to the dr for my annual exam and she felt a lump in my lower amdomen, kinda by my ovary. she told me to go to a specialist right away. so i did. i didnt get in til december 07.. i found a dr and everything and wen tin and she felt a huge lump. she then sent me to have an ultrasound. i went in and they said that i have a cyst on my ovary, it was about softball size. immediately the following month i had to go in and have it removed. i had the surgery in january and had it removed. it had bascically taken over my ovary so they had to take my ovary out with it. i only hav eone now yay! jk! then after that sometime i forgot when it was i went back for my annual exam a few months later and it turned out to be be normal. this was a few months after my surgery had healed and everything. then again sometime after that i had to go in for my first colposcopy. i had no idea what it was, i was freaking out. i used to call my mom and cry to her cuz her and my dad didnt live here, and plus we werent telling my dad, about it anyways. abd i thought iwas cancer too, i used to tell her what if i have cancer, blah blah blah. we did tell him about the surgery but thats all. not about the pap and other procedures. after the results came back from the colposcopy it showed that they were abnomal and had to have a  LEEP procedure. this was january 08. i was even more scared than when i had to have the colposcopy. now the though to wires and burning off tissue just freaked me out. i would still just cry to my mom all the time, but she would always say  you just have to do whats best fo rme right now, and its to have these procedures done. so i had the leep. it was painful and afterwards i had bad cramps and bled. but i made it thougth that. so then i went back for my regular exam a few months later and didnt get in til may 08. went in, my pap was abnormal again. I WAS LIKE WHAT!!??! i thought this was supposed to cure this shit!!!!!!!! once again my dr tol dme i had to go back and have another colposcopy. once again after i got the results, it was abnormal cells again, but they called dysplasia. im still not even sure what it i s. after this i was told i have to have another LEEP procedure. my second one. now this august 08 when i had the LEEP i was super scared again but it was only painful during the procedure this time. afterwards i barely  had any pain.and some run off. lol. i go back on sept. 2nd for my follow up appt. and then im sure i will have to come back in a few months and have amy annual exam. only to find out that its abnormal again, then the whole damn process happens all over again. it really sucks. it takes about a 6months each time ive come to discover. i guess i am wondering after my huge story i had to tell, is that hpv is an std, because it is what causes genital warts,  correct? cuz i was telling my bf about all thsi stuff and all the procedures and everything, and we were looking up articles about the leep procedure and stuff and one article said that hpv is an std. my bf read that and freaked out about it. i had to calm him down and tell him that its not that theres 2 kinds and one of them can cause cervical cancer and thats the one that i have. how does an std, if thats really what it is, how does it cause cancer? im conused. sorry if im wasting your time! thanks in advance!  Vanessa

I just had a cone biopsiey last thursday,and just found out the week before that i had the cone biopsiey that i had severe dysplasia carcinoma in sti.I get the results sep 5 and am extemly nervous,my stomach has been bloated for a bit over a year now, and i am praying it's not because i have invasive cervical cancer...  and it has spred.But i'm just expecting to hear the worst so if something is more wrong with me i won't be so shocked.I'm 31 with 2 smalls babies this all just feels like a dream and i'm scrared.

I am a 32 y/o with some questions about possibly having early ovarian cancer.  In April 2008, went to dr for annual and complained of having some pain in my left ovary that felt like severe ovulation pain.  Thought nothing of it, but my gyno sent for a transvaginal ultrasound.  They found a "1.8 x 1.7 x 1.5 septated cyst on my RIGHT OVARY."  I thought this was weird since I was having pain on my left.  Anyway, went back in June 08for follow up.  Cyst still there and now pain on my right ovary but gyno didn't feel it was anything to worry about.  Now in August 08, severe pain in right lower area and stomach all the time, indigestion, sometimes constipated, sometimes go alot in one day, alot of false alarms bm, pee alot, and pain shooting down right leg.  I am concerned.  Also, in the past two months have had reoccuring fever last weeks at a time.  Extreme fatigue, night sweats, etc.  Every blood test done you can think of. done.   I had a  positive lyme test with a negative western blood, positive ANA and been referred to a rhum.  Could any of this be related to this cyst and being cancerous?  I am getting a tubal ligation 9/4 and the gyno is going to look at my right ovary then.  But I am freaking out b/c I am still having all these symptoms.  Any advice? 

My Mom was diagnosed 3 years ago with Stage 3 Ovarian cancer.  Has gone through 6 rounds of chemo 4 times in the last three years.  She has just started her fourth round of 6.  She has recently been on Toptecan (sp?) and it did not work.  The lesion that was there before is gone, but more popped up elsewhere in her abdomen lining. So now she is back on the Taxol combo.  (she doesnt remember the other name)My question is...how does one keep a cancer patients spirits up?  I feel like I need to wear a cheerleader uniform and grab my pom poms.  She is my Mother yes, and I know what she is going through is difficult.  But how can I make her feel better?  It is so easy for us on the outside of this to say "buck up camper" when we have NO clue as to what its like.  Her emotions are very strong.  She cried the other day when I noticed dust on her leather furniture. "See how trashed my house is??" she tells me with tears streaming down her face.  "I just have no strength." And my Father has COPD, and can barely walk from one room to the other without losing his breath, so he can't do much to help.I just need some ideas on how I can help her.  I have told her today that tomorrow when she goes to see her doc to TELL him of her feelings, that he needs to address them.  And if she doesn't tell him, he can't help her.  But anything I can do on the homefront????Your ideas are greatly appreciated.  Staci~*~I wear teal for my Mom and her incrediable bravery~*~

I'vedone 2 rounds of chemo with taxol/cispatinin but only got 5 months of remission each time. So now the doc wants to start me on gemb. or topecatn...has anyone gone this route and had longer remission times? The doc said I might get 2 months remission from these drugs, like a knife in the heart, anyone do immunotherapy and get good results? Would appreaciate any info you would like to share, 

I went for a 3 mo. Fu with my oncoc dr....i expressed my concerns about symptoms i have been having since july of 2008...which are nausea, bm problem, gas, lack of appetitie. Lack of taste...back pain...pain in center of stomach and right lwr. Pain....but the symptoms for now have disappeared...the dr. Sd it was probably gastritis..something i ate...i know how i feel when something i ate feels like....which i tried convey..but w/o sucess...i told her that the other dr. Who sd i was in remission as of 1/08...advised what would be the symptoms if it were coming back...this dr. Said...no, that it was coming back i would feel pain and it would be in my pelvic area not stomach...( hmm i think cancer going to go where it darn feels like it)  she, the dr. Said she was concerned about my level of my liver which i'm scheduled for an ultra sd of abdomen and pelvic...again... I need advise....if you have had a reocurrence..what were your symptoms and where did the cancer come back and what was the treatment course you took...Martha 

Hi DotThanks for replying to my message.  I had a total hysterectomy and the dr found cancer on the omentium.  He tried to scrape as much off of it as he could but the tumor was lodged in between the colon and liver and stomach. He said it was to dangerous to do. I have had 8 rounds of chemo now and the tumor has shrunk.  I believe it was stage 1 only because it did not spread anywhere else and was contained in that area.  What are the lesions from?  Are you in remission?  The dr tells me I am in partial remission.  I would love to continue hearing from you.  I am suppose to have chemo on Friday of this week again.  They are giving me texall and carbo.  Hope your results come back good.Donna