Re: ONCOLOGY: need advice!!cancer?
From: Garry Siegel, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:35:53 -0600 (CST)
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Cervical cancer is not common in young people, so hopefully the worst
you will have is dysplasia, not cancer.
I hope that you hear relatively good results.
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Garry Siegel, MD
Roswell, GA
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At Thu, 29 Nov 2007, tara wrote:
>
>hi this is my first time to the forum so i'll give a brief background. i
>have 2 children ages 4 and 8. i had pregnancy induced hypertension with
>both pregnancies that required emergency induction. i had gestational
>diabetes with the last one and found out i had cervical dysplacia. since
>i was pregnant when dysplacia as found, they did a small biopsy and said
>id hafta wait til after pregnancy for further treatment. i have not
>been back since until yesterday. i've had heavy vaginal discharge that
>looks like mucous and has a strong odor for about a year now. during my
>pap yesterday, the doctor said that i had heavy bleeding and a cervical
>tear. she said that she could see an abnormal area at the mouth of the
>cervix. basically she said, she does not expect good results and we
>will need to plan a biopsy. i am very concerned because it has been so
>long since i followed up and im afraid that it has progressed to cancer.
>my doc said that since i smoke, it puts me at a greater risk. is the
>excessive bleeding during my pap a sign of cancer or just lesions that
>got irritated. what about the discharge? i am taking this okay because
>luckily i already have 2 children(boy and girl), but i always looked
>forward to having more in the future. my doc says that not only should
>i probably not get pregnant because of my problems i have while
>carrying, shes not even sure i can carry a baby with the cervical tear.
>would a cervical cerclage do the trick and if it is cancer, is a
>hysterectomy the best treatment?also im narcoleptic so im on adderal and
>sodium oxybate, would this effect treatment?thank you so much for any
>help and answers you may have.
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