Hi, I’m Mindi. I’m not sure where to start or end this story about the journey that I’ve been going through. So I’ll start from the beginning. On April 6th 2014, I was diagnosed with stage 4b metastatic cervical cancer. All I could do was cry. I just knew I …
Read More »Dymon’s Story (Cervical Cancer)
Two years ago, my sophomore year, I got diagnosed with cervical cancer. I thought my life was over. It felt like my heart dropped as the doctor told me, “There’s a tumor.” So many things ran through my head. Was I going to die? Was I going to lose my hair? …
Read More »Courtenay’s Story (Cervical Cancer)
Tuesday, April 1st, 2014, less than 2 months after my fairy-tale wedding, I received the news. I had cervical cancer. “I’m a healthy, newlywed, 25-year-old student. 25 year olds don’t get cancer!” But reality quickly set in after countless referrals, tests and scans. This was really happening. My doctors all …
Read More »Emma’s Story (Cervical Cancer, PCOS, Ectopic Pregnancy)
I am a 30-year-old newlywed. I’ve been married for just over a year, and in the last year, I have experienced things I never thought would happen to me. You hear stories of things happening to other people, but never expect to be the one writing a story about yourself. …
Read More »Bethany’s Story (Cervical Cancer)
I always wanted to be like my older sister. She was my everything. My parents got divorced when I was very young so my sister basically raised me since age eight. I was in a very abusive first marriage and wasn’t able to be closer to her or the rest …
Read More »Shannon’s Story (Cervical Cancer)
Hi my name is Shannon Anderson and I am happy to say I Fought Like a Girl and won. I had not been to the OB doctor in eight years because I had no insurance. I started having a pain of what I thought was a cyst. I went to …
Read More »Autumn’s Story (Cervical Cancer)
My story began in September of 2012. I was 30 weeks pregnant with my daughter Avery. While getting ready for work one morning I noticed I was bleeding. I had some bleeding earlier in my pregnancy so I was a little nervous but they could never find anything wrong before …
Read More »Orlean’s Story (Cervical Cancer)
I have had heavy periods for months which led to anemia. I went in for my regular pap and it came back with abnormal cells. After having a colonoscopy and biopsies done, my came back positive for stage 1 cervical cancer. Being in my late 40’s and already a grandma, there was …
Read More »Katherine’s Story (Cervical Cancer)
Hi, I was diagnosed with stage 4 cervical cancer on October 18, 2012. I was 56 years old at the time and had NEVER been sick (other then a small cold that I got over in a few days) in my life. So being that age I did not have …
Read More »Beki’s Story (Cervical Cancer)
I was diagnosed with cervical cancer in August of 2013 at the age of 67. I had low dose chemo for six weeks and five weeks of external radiation followed by three doses of brachytherapy radiation (internal). My tumor reacted very well to the treatment but I suffered from dehydration, …
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