My stepmom was recently diagnosed with Cervical Cancer. She had a pap, it was abnormal, she had surgery to remove the effected tissue and was told it would be gone and that a hysterectomy was optional and precautionary if she chose to do it. She did this and pathology tests came back saying she should have her lymph nodes checked to jsut to be safe and make sure nothing had spread into her lympatic system. Just two days ago this surgery took place and it has spread into her lymph nodes, which the doctor removed all the enlarged ones he could find. Now she just came home today but has been diagnosed with Stage 3B cervical cancer. In amount a month she needs to have a Pet Scan (I believe thats what its called) to make sure no other organs have been effected, in which case the doctor says it wont be curable. If they arent effected she has 40-60 percent chance of beating the special 5 yr cancer mark. The doc thought it was caught early but it really tricked them. Any thoughts??? =(
2007-12-06
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