--- In Cervical-Cancer@yahoogroups.com, "dtsetsa" <dtsetsa@...>
wrote:
>
> 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
>

I too hate using the dilator, 2x the doc had to open up the vagina
to be able to do a pap. i even hear a pop when he did this,he said
the mucus gets thicker and cause the walls to stick to together. you
nedd to have your paps done every 3 months so i urge to to use the
dilator. they gave me 3 different sizes to use. also i found a good
gel from specers or olive oil. i bled a little I had a
hysterectomy after chemo/rad. beth 2a