Survivor Stories & Information

In March 2015, I went to the local ER for what I thought was a really bad cold. I had been very short of breath for weeks, so I figured an antibiotic would fix it all. After having some blood work done, I was found to be in acute kidney …

I was diagnosed with aggressive stage 3 cervical cancer on May 21st, 2012, after being misdiagnosed earlier in the prior year by another doctor. I remember that day vividly. My whole world changed in an instant. The drive home was silent. I felt like I was in a music video …

This will be a shortened version of what I’ve been through this past year. In May 2014, at the age of 24 (I’m now 25), I was diagnosed with stage 1 B1 cervical cancer. The doctors kept telling me how rare it was for someone my age, and a non-smoker, …

Hello Everyone, My name is Ann, and on the 31st of April, 2010, I was diagnosed with inoperable Cervical Cancer. We had a family wedding the following day, and all the family were asking how I got on. I told them there was nothing there, lying through my teeth as …

When I found out I had cervical cancer, I thought I was just gonna die. I came to find out it was deep in my uterus. I have had 3 babies and didn’t want any more anyway, so they burned out that part, and when they told me no more …

I will never forget Dec. 24, 2014, when the doctor I was referred to from my regular clinic called and said to come in. I was at work. I called my boss and told him I had to go to my doctor because he asked me to come and it was important. My heart rate was …

On Nov. 12, 2014, I had a simple hysterectomy with the removal of one ovary after having several years of problems unrelated to cancer. Two days later, I received a call from my doctor that the pathologist had found endocervical adenocarcinoma. The doctor explained that the reason it was never …

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 …

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? …

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 …