5 Cervical Cancer Symptoms You Need to Know

it’s true – there are few symptoms of cervical cancer, and that is why screening with the best and most effective tools is essential for cervical health!
one thing to take note – the pap test is NOT 100% accurate – only 50-80% depending on the type of pap. that is why we are lucky to have the HPV test – to let you know if you are carrying the virus that causes cervical cancer BEFORE it becomes invasive, even BEFORE it causes abnormal changes and can lead to a LEEP, cone biopsy, or worse yet – hysterectomy, chemo, radiation, internal radiation……. which is what i had to go through, despite my history of NORMAL paps.
so i applaud your effort to increase awareness of the pap, but i think it is important to talk about ALL the tools available – the vaccine, the liquid pap AND the HPV test – if we want to truly eliminate this cancer we must unify the message and get it out to all women. because we can. and we should.

My friend was diagnosed with cervical cancer 10 years ago – while she was pregnant! As you could imagine, her pregnancy was stressful and she was ordered to bed rest. She couldn’t get any treatments for the cancer b/c she was “with child.” After the birth of her healthy son, she had surgery to remove part of her cervis and underwent radiation treatments, which mader her extremely ill – but it saved her life, thank goodness. I am very aware of cervical cancer now, since it hit so close to home. I am trying to absorb a lot of information about Cervical cancer.

was just told today that I may have cervical cancer and am 15 weeks 5 days pregnant….dr than went to hear babys heart beat and couldnt find it….have to wait until thursday to have an ultrasound have never been so scared in my life

i have at least three symptoms of the cancer and i got hpv cuz of rape and gang activities and i actually got it when i was being let in the gang i didint even kno until 5 months later when i went for a pap and i found out for the first time that i got hpv and i had it for awhile so a week of pills and it was gone but i cant belive all that has happend in two years and until now and i never thought id see this kinda drama but i should of known better now i choose my friends wisely and i cut out almost all my friends and its safe to say im almost pretty much friend less but thats not a bad thing if i do find out i have it idk if im even gunna get treatment or tell anyone but newayz all the nurse told me is theres abnormalities and im too scared to go Back to the doc to see for sure but since i already have 3 of the signs thats really scary and no one knows this i have one cousen and my bf who knows i MIGht have it but no one knows i have any actual signs or anything much else so i dont think theyre taking me serious and thats fine im just idk messed up on the inside really confused ?and i havint talked to anyone about it really this is my first time venting if anyone cares so idk if anyone knows what im going through it would be nice to get a reply no info exchange just venting to eachother cuz idk..im just not the type of person to tell ppl who i have to see everyday all this horrible crap im very private so thats why im venting on here and i dont wanna bother my fam or my bf cuz they go through theyre own junk and they dont need mine so if anyone cares i need sumone who at least understands a lil of wat im goin through? and if na than thats cool too later

To Comment #4…Dear Girl, you need to go back to the doctor, please. Don’t let the past haunt you- believe in yourself and in your future. You have been through so much and have survived- this tells me you are a strong woman. Take control of your future and be who you are meant to be. It is not too late.
Blessings of Love and Peace to you.

Message for . You should go to the Dr. It is better if you know about the symptoms, when I went it wasnt because I was aware of all the symptoms and I had something, it was ok I didnt die but atleast I went. You will feel better when you go, because if you do not go then you will be like, “I wish I went earlier” and then you will feel even worse. Go now find out and if you do have something they can help you like they helped me. Once they took out what was bad in my system my next exam came out normal, I went 6 months after that and it was abnormal again I was scared but I went thru the same process again, now it is 2 yrs after and I dont have nothing. Believe me its better to know and get it fix the quickest you can. other females arent so lucky and go too late. You are in time.

#4 I am sorry I dont mean to be rude but you are being soooo dumb. I am 24 with 2 kids and now I have cervical Cancer. I never would have guessed in a thousand words that this would happen to me. Your not the only one with a bad past belive me. I cant stop thinking about whats going on i mean i want more kids and I want to be healthy and you should to. oh yeah one more BIG thing you need to talk to some one I dont care if you call a cancer hotlinre but you just cant ignore this. There are hospitals willing to help if you dont have money to cover the apts. I dont get Medicade and I dont have insurance so I went strate to the hospital and they have a program that will go bassed off your income. This is for everyone here who needs some kind of help dont keep it inside you gotta let it out!!!!!

I haven’t been to the doctor yet, but I have four of the symptoms and felt a bump on my cervix. I have been wondering what’s been up with my body for a while now, but figured it was just different now after having a child. My son is now a year and a half, I’m 22 and I haven’t been in for a pap since having him. I’m getting really nervous about this. I suspected all of my symptoms were from the birth control pill I am on, but my body never regulated with it. I have my appointment next week, but I’m also concerned that the symptoms I tell the doctor about will be brushed aside (since this is all I’ve experienced with doctors in the past and even through my pregnancy when it turned out I had preeclampsia that went unnoticed). I’m not the type to worry about health things all the time, so when I looked this up I was a little shocked. We’ll see what the doctor says. But can that much happen in just a year – year and a half of not having a pap? Everything in the past has been normal.

I am about to maybe get my jab and i am wondering, is it safe has it made your life better or worse? I am not sure what to do.

Hi im 16 and i was diagnosed with precancerous cells in my cervix about a week ago, and i am VERY scared of whats going to happen. It doesnt help that i am stressing that school is starting in a couple hours and the stress of my mom being sick. Remember, early detection is the key. -thank you.

i had genital warts before and undergone surgery to remove it, i also had gardasil vaccine but until now i am worried, i might have cervical cancer too because of the genital warts i had…one thing more, a year after removing the genital warts, i had sex with my bf (who has infected me with the virus) though i don’t see/feel warts anymore..i know i was stupid to do that even after knowing i got infected from him…. my worry is about this cervical cancer, i am afraid i might have it in later years…help pls, what do i need to do? i broke up with my bf already and don’t have bf anymore,i’m afraid to have sex again becaus eof this experience, afraid i might infect others or i might catch one agin…

i had sex 8 months ago unprotected and im sceared that i may have a STD or curvical cancer, would i have symptoms by now if i had curvical cancer? x

Hello. How can you be positive about the cervical cancer? I am having abnormal bleeding between periods. I had my period about 3 weeks ago, then about 2 weeks ago, I’ve been bleeding once again, and it has yet to stop. I do smoke cigarettes, and I have had sex at a relatively young age. Do you think I could be cervical Cancer positive?

Hi I’m Edna I’m 14 and I have most of the symtoms of cervical cancer……..after I have sex with my boyfriend I bleed but I bleed like a normal period I’ve gotten my cervical cancer shot but I heard it doesn’t help prevent it my boyfriend has had sex with many other partners but hes positive he doesn’t have a STD but I don’t know I’m very worried how could I know if I have it? I can’t go to the doctor because then my parents will find out my mom begged me not to have sex after I had sex if she would have told me before I had sex I wouldn’t have sex I don’t want to tell her if I get worse I’ll tell her but for right now it seems like nothing’s wrong

I just found out I have HPV, and to tell you the truth I never in a million years thought I’d have this. Honestly when I went to get checked for stds, I was so happy I didnt have the curable ones or HIV, that I didn’t even care about my pap smear. I didn’t even know that HPV was a std, i thought it was only the cancer. BOY ; was I very wrong. I am so scared, and yet so mad at myself for being so stupid. And all though I am in a healing process with forgiving myself, I have to move on, and really take care of myself, and I advise that to the other young women who find out the same thing. I am heart broken only because I broke my own heart. this hurts me. I don’t even know how long I’ve had HPV… so there is no telling that I have alot of this sysmptons && abnormal pap. so wish me luck. and I wish everyone here luck GOD BLESS !

Im 17 years old and have been having many of these symptoms…I had an abnormal pap last year and it runs in my family. I was wondering if anyone can give me some insights on more symptoms to look for…I have a doctors appt coming up soon.

Hi, my names Amanda. I just turned 21 and fearfully all my symptoms have returned. I had my yearly pap smear last Sept. and I came up abnormal, I didn’t think anything of it ontill my doctor called me her self and told me that she had called the hospital and that they would be expecting me there the next day at 7am. That’s when I started getting scared. I stayed up the whole night learning all I could about the cervic and how things can go wrong. For me though it’s a little bit different. I’ve never had a period so when the bleeding started I was so happy that I was going to be like a normal young women, but I was wrong. My mother having been a vet for over 30years could tell that I wasn’t acting my self and that I would not even call to talk (I had moved into my first apt. only three monthes befor I got the bad news, so my not calling was a big sign to her that something was wrong) finaly I told her, we cried and held each other, cried some more then finshed off a pint of ice cream. After endless tests for weeks straight I thought that I’d be fine, ontill now. All my symptoms are back and the pain is worse than ever. I only wish that I would have agreed to a hysterectomy. I wouldn’t because I was only 20, young and in love. I wanted a “home grown” baby, not a petree dish baby, I wanted one from my own body then I would be more than happy to take any I could have into my home. But now I’m soooo scared I just want everything that makes me a women out. This time though I can’t say anything to my mother no matter how close we are. My mom’s on the verge of having a stroke and she’s already had five heart attacks the next on could take her away from us. I can’t lose her, she’s my life, I even moved back home mostly to take care of her and my step-father. What’s worse is that I can’t afford any of the co-pays let alone the test. The main thing is that I’m scared of lossing what makes me a women. I already lost my hear and I got through that with firends and family, I’m just so scared. I’m that strong girl who works fulltime and is cutting back on my spending just so I can go back to college, who takes care of her parents, who’s alwasys there for her friends, I can’t get sick again.

To all of you strong girls, young ladys, women and mothers, you give me strength. it’s you that I get the power from to get myself out of bed each morning. It’s you who gives me the courage to grin and bear it. And to the young girls and lady’s you must take care of yourselves first, how can you help anyone if your not ok? It took me a long time to understand that. Please get your yearly pap smear, and make sure that the one your with is safe, physicaly and mentaly. The guy I was dating at the time when I first got sick left me cause he said that I was freak, that I’m unclean. I didn’t have HPV or any of that. Please simpely be safe with your body. And I ask you not to pray for me but for my mother who I know will try to muster all her strength and will-power to be strong for me.
(sorry if I sound kinds preachy, I don’t want to come off as bossy, but I wish that someone would have told me, or preached to me. God bless and be strong, we are women after all, the strongest thing there is.

Find a good doctor who really care and you will feel less stressful.

HI, I am a mother of three grown sons. They are 21/20 and 18. Two years ago, my pad smear came back qith high squamous cell. At the time I was going thru a divorced too…everything came crashing down….my doctor said it cannot wait and that we have to treat it right away…we did D&C and complete hystermy…he told me everything has been scrape away that he will see me in a year. I got divorced, lost my job, my health insurance and didnt go back to get check until last month. MY doctor appearantly retired…so I have to go to the doctor who my previous doctor transfer my files to. That new doctor did a pad smear…and went on his way…his nurse called me back the next day to say the doctor wants me back in office because now that he thought about it he thinks he felt something. I went back, he checked me again…and said it was just stool in the colon. then they called me again a week later to say my pap smear is adnormal and it might be cancer cell but they wont see me until February of 2010. By this time, I was more mad at the doctor then what they find. First of all, The doctor never even review my file, they made a new file for me…he was not even interest when I tried to explain to him about my last treatment with the old doctor…and I also told him I want to make sure this exam was thoroughly perform due to my medical history. He never said a word to me…SO after the nurse’s call, I starteed looking for a different doctor. I read reviews and check on credentials…I made appt with a diffrerent the same month in the same building as this no good doctor…I went to my appt, I took with me copies of my medical records and diagnose, have a conference with the doctor, he have me signed a release form, his nurses walked over to the no good doctor office to pick up my files, and we access my hospital records on the last surgeries…and review the new pad smear results together. It was low grade…but the doctor did a biopsy anyway…and other blood tests. He told me to have a good holiday and he will call me after the the biopsy result came back…

He called me yesterday….he called me himself…and assure me that the result did came back and he was a bit surprise about the find..and it is not cancer but it is too close to cancer…so we need to do laser surgery next friday….to prevent it to grow into cancer.

I am scare but I am thinking the retired doctor may have left something in there last time…because he did said he still saw something there before…and he suppose to take out my left ovary too but he did not and it cause me having to go to the hospital to remove a cyst and the left ovary this past July. hopefully this time we will get it right.

I am writing this because this is a serious condition and it is very very stressful too. So please get a good doctor who really care about treating you. It will make you feel a lot better. You dont need the extra stress. I feel like this new doctor really care….he sat down with me and he even called me himself to give me the result and assure me of what we need to do next…

I want to live a long time for my sons, I want to become a grandmother, and grow old with someone I love…so taking care of my health is my goal…
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im 24, mother of two young boys and im pregnant with my third child. Last week, i recieved a letter from the gyno saying i have abnormal cells in nmy cervix. Today is Tuesday, and im going in for a ‘Colposcopy’ on friday. I have never been more scared in my life. I have been crying everynight, losing sleep, trying to figure out what exactly is wrong with me, and just the thought of losing my life to this disease truly frightens me. for gods sake im 24 with two kids ! i am trying to remain calm and collected because of my childrens sake, i just cant help but wonder, what if i do have cervical cancer? what will happen to the baby? to myself? its best not to jump the gun, but if the doctors had no reason for concern, they would not had sent me an urgent letter.

i am not afraid to die. its just the thought of me leaving my kids that will truly leave me heartbroken. God Bless.

I’m 19 years old and recently just got my first pap smear in which they found abnormal cells. I went back 3 months later and took another pap smear, only to find that the cells were still there. One month later, I went to a gynacologist (sp) and had a biopsy of my cervix taken which is when they found low grade cancer cells. The doctor I’m going to told me to come back in 6 months and she would take another look at me. She didn’t prescribe any medicines or advise me to eat any cancer-fighting foods, or recommend any treatments. I’m getting sick of waiting and want to deal with this early before it gets worse. I’ve been eating healthy foods and trying to keep unstressed, although it is hard when I work 40 hours a week and go to school full time and now am stuck with doctor bills that seem to be unjust when they have done nothing but take samples and poke at me for the past few months. Is there anything I can do to stay healthy and fight these cells?? Also, how serious are low-grade cancer cells??

Im 17 about to be 18 and i just had a baby 3 months ago.I had just went for a pap, which my doctor wouldnt give me because i go on the military base, and they do not do paps for girls under 21 anymore. But the doctor who i had seen said that over a year ago when they did do a pap they seen abnormal cells and that i should go get a shot to prevent cervical cancer. then she said ” well it already probably already progresses into cancer but im still not allowed to do the pap because your under 21. Im going to go to another doctor off base to get it done. I dont have any bleeding but i have pain in my cervic. Can it still be cervic cancer?

I had sex when i was 17, i’m turning 18 this feb. I have lamp in my inside my vagina (correct me if i’m wrong but my middle finger can reach it) and also a genital warts in the opening.
I feel pain during sexual intercourse (i think because of the lamp). I haven’t been to a doctor yet. I don’t want to, i’m scared. Do you think i have a cervical cancer?

PLS reply..
(BTW my English is so bad isn’t it? i apologize, i hope u nearly understand what i’m saying)

hi I had sex when i was 17, i’m turning 18 this feb. I have lamp in my inside my vagina (correct me if i’m wrong but my middle finger can reach it) and also a genital warts in the opening.
I feel pain during sexual intercourse (i think because of the lamp). and why in 9 months i did not have mentreysion

to the lady who got hpv through gang related rape.i feel you.i know how it feels to not be able to talk about it especialy to family.its a great start venting out on this page.never be alone.do not know bout you but i believe in God.I will pray for you.soilder on.

Hi My name is Simran and I am 23 years old. from past 2 years i have experiensedmost of the symptoms in my body like foul smelling, watery, thick, or contain mucus,Bladder pain or pain during urination and also i fequently go to pee say after 10 mins. I try to comtrol but not possible my stomach starts paining. also i feel very thursty every now and then if i dont drink water then my chest starts paining.
I dont no wht to do. i hav done so many test and meet so many doctors but they are not able to find why it is happaning.
I dont no wht to do next. I am so tiered and fed up of my life. I am married and because of this problem i become so irritated and dont allow my husband to touch me. It started when we started having sex.

i have all of those symptoms but i asked my docter and she told me i didn’t it runs in the family and i am scared i dont kno wat to do i am only 15 years old

I have never had sex before but i have these sort of pimples that come out around mu virganal area. They develop pus and then end up looking like soars. They can stay like that for about 1week. when that one heals another one starts or can have two of those at one go. I’m scared to visit the doc or even to tell her of this. They dry up after a while but another one can still come out on the same place. I’ve never had sex so i doubt its an STI. Could it be cervical cancer. No one has heard that in our family history except for breast cancer. I have had my pelvic scanned but nothing was detected, my blader and ovaries were ok. Could it be cancer. What could it be.

To Mutsa:
What you call pimples on and around your virginal area are a build up of toxins from your body. I get them sometimes too, they go away on there own but can get very painful. I’ve gotten rid of most of mine by cleansing my body of most toxins. Eating better and drinking more water. You can also get the pustules under you arm pits and on your thighs, and under the breasts, really anywhere that there is a large amount of blood flow, and or sweat build up. The part the sucks is that no matter how clean you keep the out side of your body you can still get the pustules because it the toxins built up in one area and pushing out on your skin for release. They’ll pop on their own but if they get to large for you to stand or to painful, by all means you should pop them your self. Just be sure that the skin is cleaned first and whatever you use is sterile and then clean the area after wards very well. In time and well care I have faith that you will feel and get better, you sound like a nice person and its unfair that you have to deal with this and be scared like this. Have faith and keep getting your self checked up some times toxin build up can be due to other things going astray in the body. Have faith and God bless.

I was just diagnosed with Cervical Cancer. I don’t think it’s anything to be afraid of. I want to encourage you girls that say you’re afraid to go to the doctor to go and tell them everything, be very descriptive. Also I had a PAP in 2009 and there were no abnormalities but this year there was and a large MASS on my cervix.

I’m ready to fight this thing. I started my supplements and I’m eating healthy to organic foods. Life is too short so let’s makek the best of it.

i got mollescum on my vergina few months back, i got them laser and it didnt come back on me…but soon after that my bf faced mollescum on his genital area as well and despite getting laser it keeps coming back to him. in few months time i exprience pain in my lower belly other than my mensurational periods and a smelly discharge that itches me. one more important thing, i have never done a proper intercourse with my bf, however its eveythnig but not an intercourse and eversince my mollescum we alwayz use condom. do u think i shall be worried? should we both under go some test? please advice… do u think the the lower belly pain and smelly discourge is normal? plz suggest

I’ve been trying to figure out whats wrong with me, beacuse I know something is wrong, and cervical cancer symtoms fit all the symtoms Ive been having. I have gone to the doctor, they told me I’m pregnant. But I know Im not, Im a vergin, now they want to put me on birth contol for 6 months and see what happens. I think checking for more serious problems besides hormon imballence is a good idea too, but idk. My hormons have never been out of ballence. Im not sure if I should say what I think is wrong, because I am youung and to my doctor I will sound stupid and silly.

In 2007 i was raped !like others i was happy that i didn’t get hiv,hep-b&c,but to come out to find about sexual cancer ! to me it’s like having hiv waiting for the full code aids,ive been in remission but got alot of pain ,discharge etc…… ladies educate each other.watch the company u keep!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! because this opens the door easier for us to contact AIDS!!!!!GOD BLESSon.

Hi I have a questions i have been having these pains in my bladder for as long as i can remember. I am not a person who has period pains but lately i do and they are so severe.

After my periods, i have smelly blood coming out. not heavy though, could I have cervical cancer?

Hi I just found out about two weeks ago that I have abnormal cells that could lead to cervical cancer. Like many of you I have been sick for along time. I have all the symptoms of cervical cancer. I have three children that I’m mostly worried about. I have to go back to the doctor in 3 months. They told be be that I’m like in the middle stage but like most of you my doctor didn’t give me anything for pain. Sometimes after have sex I might spot bleed for a few days, or I can be standing up washing dishes and feel like a little discharge past. I also have the pain in my legs and everything.

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I was diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer in April 09… In May i underwent a radical hysterctomy with removal of limphnoids in the abdomen. I had chemo and radiation and also brachotherapy.. for awhile i went to dr. just as i was supppose to but i had an ill mother that i was taking care of and haven’t been back in about eight months. Right now i am having really weird feelings in my stomach. Pains in my lower abdomen. sharp pains. leg and back cramps. I made an appointment with my dr. but it isnt until March 7th and I am horrified of what may be going on…. please tell me if any of u have felt this…………ty

hi i’m worried dat i may hav cervical cancer.the thing is i hav kids and i dont want to b stressin out and wondering wats nex for me i took a pap smear already but still waitin on da results hope all wil b ok

Hi I’m 16 I have been sexually active and now I’m experiencing cervical cancer symptoms I’m bleeding heaps when I’m not on my periods I am on the pill I have irregular bumps inside my vaginal they are huge and I get sharp pains Adn I’m very moody can some one help me I don’t want to worry my boyfriend

hi i’m 19 years old. i have a 2 year old son and i am 5 months pregnant. i went to go get a pap and my results came up negative hpv and mild dysplasia. i can’t sleep and i’m nervous because my doc told me she can’t give me treatment because i’m pregnant and have to wait. she also said that she isn’t too worried about it and she’ll check me again in 3 months. i’ve remained faithfull to my bf and am now getting the hint that he gave it to me. I know it could get worse overtime and i’m so worried that i won’t be able to fight it because my immune system is so low right now. I didnt think this would happen to a lot of people my age and now i see that it does. it makes me feel better that im not alone in this world and that i should be strong and try to get through this.

tania…is ur baby okaaay? <3

It has been over a year and a half ago since i was diagnosed with stage 3 precancerous cells. I had the biopsy and the doc took the cells out, but he told me to cme back every 6 months and it been a year and a half. Now i’m afraid because i have the signs of cancer and a lot of pain during sex. I know i need to go back but i owe my doctor a lot of money!!! I don’t know what to do!! Is pain during sex a bad sign???

I just watched a programe on tv about a woman who has cervical cancer and she has three daughters aged from 5 to 18! She has been told that she only has less than 3 years to live with treatment, but she decided to stop her treatment so she can have quality of life. I balled my eyes out!

im 18 and i just found out i have cervical cancer. i made the wrong choice and had sex with a guy that had many sexual partners.i cant have treatment yet because im 5 months pregnant.