Hi Everyone,
I am a 44 yr old mother of 4 (ages 25,23,21 and 2 yrs old). I was
diagnosed with stage IIIB a year ago. I have undergone chemo
(Cisplatin), radiation, and Brachy Therapy.I also kad a
Ureatorecotmy (sp?) - they cut off the ureator from my kidney to to
bladder and reconnected a small piece from my kidney to the top of
my bladder to remove the cancerous part. I wish they would do a
hysterectomy but they say it's out of the question for someone in my
stage. I don't understand how I passed all my pap smears, was 6
months late for my last one and in that time develop cancer to the
IIIB stage.
I have a question - I was given a dialator and was told to use it to
streach myself back to normal size (it had shrunk inside) and I
haven't been good about using it. Now, between the opening of my
vagina and my cervix there is like a wall blocking out like 90% of
the area and the tissue bleeds very easily. I asked my Doc's nurse
and she said that it was because I hadn't been using the dialotor.
(I didn't know about the easy bleeding then.)Have any of you
experienced this? If I try to use the dialotor it is very painful
and bleeds all day afterwards. Is this normal?
Thanks for all of you being here. - Linda