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Age: 40-49
Kathleen
cervical cancer
stage one

I was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 1995 at the age of 35. I was not at all expecting this since the symptoms that sent me to the Doctor were or didn’t seem to be related. One abnormal pap led to several procedures later, and one warm spring evening the phone rang and I knew before I answered it what it was, I don't know why but I knew it was the Doctor and the news wasn’t good. Suddenly, her words and my world became a sudden blur of far away voices from her voice to my husband's voice it felt as though I had entered some dark existence and more frightening was that I knew I was going there alone. I wanted to distance myself from my loved ones in case the worst should happen. My doctor set up an appointment to give me my options and we decided a hysterectomy was my best bet in my case. It has been five and a half years since that awful time and now I am battling headaches daily. My secret fear? Has this monster returned and possibly metasticised? Will my fear ever leave completely or is this the road I will travel daily. My faith has gotten me through some rough times as did my family. But with each ache or pain I will always wonder is it back to invade my world again.

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