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- happygranny
- Experience with Vaginal Cancer
Money
Oh No
Worried about the cost over and above the insurance. Not being able to get any grants as this is not a very common cancer so I am ...
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- Horselover
- Experience with Adenocarcinoma, Vag...
I decided against chemo immediately after hysterectomy because it was for precautionary purposes.
Decision Point
I have fibromyalgia, bad knees, and feet that need surgery due to increasingly intense pain...and I own a trail horse that I practic...
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- Horselover
- Experience with Adenocarcinoma, Vag...
Surgery
Procedure or Surgery
They thought the cancer was limited to the cervix & uterus, but once the radical hysterectomy was done, the pathology showed it orig...
Went as Expected: Strongly Disagree Minimal Recovery: Disagree Minimal Side Effects: Neutral/NA Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Neutral/NA -
- Horselover
- Experience with Adenocarcinoma, Vag...
Cancer is back/Recurred
Oh No
I want to get a second opinion about whether to do chemo or to wait and continue to monitor. My GYN oncologist wouldn't give her re...
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- Blue_Sky
- Experience with Squamous Cell Carcino...
External radiation
Radiation
I had minimal side effect from both internal and external radiation. The main one that was extreme though was sever fatigue. That...
Painless Experience: Agree Minimal Side Effects: Neutral/NA Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Neutral/NA -
- Blue_Sky
- Experience with Squamous Cell Carcino...
Remission
Celebration
I am still in the healing phase, but what is left is no longer cancerous! I get the news about 1 month ago. While it was a huge re...
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- Blue_Sky
- Experience with Squamous Cell Carcino...
Weight loss
Side Effects
Due to nausea and vomiting I lost 20 pounds. However, after about 4 months after treatment the pounds started to return to me.
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- Blue_Sky
- Experience with Squamous Cell Carcino...
Vaginal stenosis
Side Effects
This I am not totally sure of. During intercourse, I can't say it feels like the vaginal wall is thinner or tighter. But certain s...
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- Blue_Sky
- Experience with Squamous Cell Carcino...
Pain
Side Effects
I pain before diagnosis. I had been working with my doctors to figure out where the pain was coming from, but no one checked my vag...
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- Blue_Sky
- Experience with Squamous Cell Carcino...
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- Blue_Sky
- Experience with Squamous Cell Carcino...
Infertility (unable to have children)
Side Effects
My hormones and eggs were dead after treatment.
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- Blue_Sky
- Experience with Squamous Cell Carcino...
Hot flashes
Side Effects
I was told that because I did not have surgery and instead was having extensive radiation that I would shortly become post-menopausa...