Hello -

My name is Jennifer and I am 32 years old. I am a mother of three
children, Devin who is 13, Joey who is 5 and little Ava who is 3. I
also have cervical cancer - papillary squamotransitional cell
carcinoma to be exact. I am told that this is a rare morphologic
variant of the traditional cervical cancers. Is there anyone else
out there with this type? I can find little information about it on
the web and would appreciate anyone who could share their
experience. I have an appointment with a gynecological oncologist
this Thursday and I suspect that she will schedule a cone biopsy to
determine my stage. I am so afraid.

I am also angry because I have never missed a pap smear and was told
that this would not happen because of that. But apparently this
type I have is not often caught on pap smears - has anyone else been
told this? Having said that - mine was caught by pap smear which
showed abnormal results in Nov. I was scheduled for a colposcopy on
Dec 13th and got the results on Jan 6th, 2005. 7 pathologists in
Boston reviewed the specimen before coming to the diagnosis. Why is
this version so hard to diagnose?

I have so many questions..............Thanks in advance to any one
who is able to share experiences with me.

Jenn

MOTHER of Devin 13 Joey 5 Ava 3