Fighting cervical cancer
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I went to regular doctor for my yearly pap smear everything seemed to be ok. Then I got the call from my doctors office, that I needed to come in to see my doctor,because my pap smear was abnormal. I was scared. I always thought abnormal pap smears happend to other wemon, that it couldn't happen to me.
The days went by and all I could do was sit & think about what could possibly be wrong with me.
I was hoping it was just a yeast infection or a STD. I went to my appointment and sat down and my doctor told me I had a abnornal pap . I asked her ' what does that mean'?
She told me that I had the HPV virus.
And that I had pre cancerous cells developing.
I was devistated. She told me that most cases of HPV leave the body narurally & that there was no medicines out there to ' take it away". There was no cure for it.
I asked her' what if it don't go away' She told me it would make my body develop cancer.
I was scared to death. But I figured it would leave my body in 6 months like most wemon.
I went back to my doctor again about a year later for another pap smear.
And once again my pap smear came back abnormal. So my doctor sit me down and explained she was going to do a coloscopy on my cervix.
I went home that day & knew I was experiencing something that was life threatening.
She called me back into her office within the next week & told me that I had a cancerous spot on my cervix.
She referred me to a gynecologist in town & told me she was the best one in town.
I went home and made an appointment with my new gynecologist, hoping for more answers & a cure.
Months later I went to my gynecologist & she done a pap & informed me that I still had the HPV virus & that my cells had tuned into cancer. She told me I had stage 0 cervical cancer. She also told me she was waiting for the HPV to leave my body & to come back in a year for another pap.
I went back in a year & laid on the table, with no hope what so ever.
I got my pap smear & went home.
In the winter of 2016, I went in for another pap & she told me that my HPV went away, but that I now still have cervical cancer.
She pressed on my stomach & asked if there was any pain. I said no. She asked if there was pain during sexual inter course, I told her I wasnt experiencing any pain.
She sent me home without a follow up for a hysterectomy . But mentioned the possibility of doing a cone cut if and when needed.
It's now October of 2017 & Lately I've had a urinary tract infection, blood in my stool, irregular & heavy periods, pain in my central lower stomach & sickness.
I made a appointment with my gynecologist for January 2018, but I feel the cancer spreading inside my cervix. I'm in pain not only in my stomach, but I've also been having upper & lower back pains.
I know this winter I'll be getting a hysterectomy & more than likely chemotherapy. I have all the symptoms of cervical cancer stage 1.
I'm terrified for my life. I have 2 children that I don't want to leave behind.
I'm in need of a car to get back & forth to my doctor appointments, I need help in paying for my co payments from going to the doctor's for symptoms that I experience from cancer growing inside me. My co pays are $ 25.00 each visit.
I'm in need of extra hygiene products each month from all the blood loss that I expreience.
I have to buy new underwear each month from the blood soaking my underwear. I have constant UTI problems, that leave me wetting myself numerous times a day.
I can't afford depends or pads . So it leaves me just having to change my pants numerous tmes a day & doing laundry all day, just to keep dry.
I have pain all over my body, sometimes it even hurts to lie down, pain runs through my back and legs & rib cage.
I'm hoping to round up enough money for transportation throughout the coming years of me going into the deeper stages of cervical cancer.
I'll also be using the donated money to buy all the cancer medicines that I'll be taking in the future.
I'll be using the money for what my insurance won't cover in the future on medical bills.
The donated money will also go towards food, shelter, clothing, gas, car insurance, car plates, hygiene products, utilities, rent, life insurance,
I want to go somewhere special to make one of my dreams come true,in the later stages of my fight against cervical cancer.
I have no family to turn to or depend on. All I have are my young children.
Please SHARE!
Forever your friend: Shelley
The days went by and all I could do was sit & think about what could possibly be wrong with me.
I was hoping it was just a yeast infection or a STD. I went to my appointment and sat down and my doctor told me I had a abnornal pap . I asked her ' what does that mean'?
She told me that I had the HPV virus.
And that I had pre cancerous cells developing.
I was devistated. She told me that most cases of HPV leave the body narurally & that there was no medicines out there to ' take it away". There was no cure for it.
I asked her' what if it don't go away' She told me it would make my body develop cancer.
I was scared to death. But I figured it would leave my body in 6 months like most wemon.
I went back to my doctor again about a year later for another pap smear.
And once again my pap smear came back abnormal. So my doctor sit me down and explained she was going to do a coloscopy on my cervix.
I went home that day & knew I was experiencing something that was life threatening.
She called me back into her office within the next week & told me that I had a cancerous spot on my cervix.
She referred me to a gynecologist in town & told me she was the best one in town.
I went home and made an appointment with my new gynecologist, hoping for more answers & a cure.
Months later I went to my gynecologist & she done a pap & informed me that I still had the HPV virus & that my cells had tuned into cancer. She told me I had stage 0 cervical cancer. She also told me she was waiting for the HPV to leave my body & to come back in a year for another pap.
I went back in a year & laid on the table, with no hope what so ever.
I got my pap smear & went home.
In the winter of 2016, I went in for another pap & she told me that my HPV went away, but that I now still have cervical cancer.
She pressed on my stomach & asked if there was any pain. I said no. She asked if there was pain during sexual inter course, I told her I wasnt experiencing any pain.
She sent me home without a follow up for a hysterectomy . But mentioned the possibility of doing a cone cut if and when needed.
It's now October of 2017 & Lately I've had a urinary tract infection, blood in my stool, irregular & heavy periods, pain in my central lower stomach & sickness.
I made a appointment with my gynecologist for January 2018, but I feel the cancer spreading inside my cervix. I'm in pain not only in my stomach, but I've also been having upper & lower back pains.
I know this winter I'll be getting a hysterectomy & more than likely chemotherapy. I have all the symptoms of cervical cancer stage 1.
I'm terrified for my life. I have 2 children that I don't want to leave behind.
I'm in need of a car to get back & forth to my doctor appointments, I need help in paying for my co payments from going to the doctor's for symptoms that I experience from cancer growing inside me. My co pays are $ 25.00 each visit.
I'm in need of extra hygiene products each month from all the blood loss that I expreience.
I have to buy new underwear each month from the blood soaking my underwear. I have constant UTI problems, that leave me wetting myself numerous times a day.
I can't afford depends or pads . So it leaves me just having to change my pants numerous tmes a day & doing laundry all day, just to keep dry.
I have pain all over my body, sometimes it even hurts to lie down, pain runs through my back and legs & rib cage.
I'm hoping to round up enough money for transportation throughout the coming years of me going into the deeper stages of cervical cancer.
I'll also be using the donated money to buy all the cancer medicines that I'll be taking in the future.
I'll be using the money for what my insurance won't cover in the future on medical bills.
The donated money will also go towards food, shelter, clothing, gas, car insurance, car plates, hygiene products, utilities, rent, life insurance,
I want to go somewhere special to make one of my dreams come true,in the later stages of my fight against cervical cancer.
I have no family to turn to or depend on. All I have are my young children.
Please SHARE!
Forever your friend: Shelley
Organiser
Shelley Bray
Organiser
Lafayette, IN
