I was digonosed with cervical cancer stage 1b I have a appointment to see a specialist at MD Anderson in Houston texas has anyone gone thru this stage and if so what treatment did they do? I am scared to death the fear of the unknown is the worst please help!!!! :confused:

Unfortunately I'm newly diagnosed myself so I don't have anything to share as far as what to expect, but I can let you know that you are not alone (and I'm now glad to see that I'm not alone, either!).

I met with a gyno oncologist last Thursday, he also diagnosed me with cervical cancer, stage IB2. He's scheduling me for a CT scan and further biopsies to get more info (still waiting for them to be scheduled - insurance company red tape is so lovely), said that will determine if our first step will be a radical hysterectomy or radiation (from what I understood this mainly depends on whether or not the lymph nodes have become involved).

I so completely understand everything that's running through your head right now... and waiting for appointments and tests is almost unbearable. Although I've done a lot of research over the past couple of weeks and I know that this stage has a 90% success rate with treatment, it's still quite scary and I keep going from one extreme to the other - from "I'll have a little bit of surgery and enjoy being off of work for a couple of weeks" to "OMG what is going to happen to my 11 yr-old son if I'm not part of that 90%."

When is your appt with the specialist? If you don't mind, I would be very much interested in staying in touch with you through this, we can compare experiences, knowledge from both of our docs, etc...

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Well I am sorry I cant give you my email address but sure i would like to correspond Noone understands what is going on here,Its like the fear of the unknown I will keep you updated with whats going on daily if I can. I go to MD anderson On Thursday the 6/24/05 I have had a Biopsy and a MRI done so I am going to FINALLY HOPEFULLY find out whats going on and how are they going to treat me !!! You keep me posted on how you are doing We will get thru this the hardest part is trying to maintain a positive attitude when you are waiting and fearing the unknown the emotions are horrific!! I am a rollercoaster BUT when its all said and done I am planning me a cruise I am going to try to start saving up for it lol SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO!!! You need to think what you are going to do to treat yourself to after we get thru this.ok take care Ginger