Whilst the leaflet mentions trans people, the letter is strictly gendered to women. I'm a non binary guy. Was surprised and expected it the language in it to be inclusive. Did a quick Google and it seems the terfs got it changed from being inclusive back to being gendered.

Thanks terfs for making me feel awful. Just wanted to rant here about it :(

Last year I was diagnosed with cervical cancer, so far I have seen 4 oncologist, and the four have said the same thing, I’m to young to be going through this ( I’m 30) and I need to get a hysterectomy. I’m in Mexico and have free healthcare, that means not always I will have the same doctor on my case, today I was assigned a new doctor because the other one was going on vacation and he advised to do the surgery with this other one available, I said yes because I just want this nightmare to end.

Today I when to my appointment to pick the day of my surgery and to meet the new doctor, he was an older guy and asked to speak with me alone, so I did, then explained the procedure (a hysterectomy plus other things) and everything about the surgery, everything was fine until he asked me if I had children and I said no.

So then he goes like:

Dr: so you haven’t had kids, this procedure will leave you sterile, are you aware?

Me: yes, I know.

Dr: so are you sure you want to proceed with the surgery?

Me: yes, of course.

Dr: well, I’m going to call your husband in, so I can explain this to him, then both can decide if you want to proceed.

Wtf?? I’m the one sick, why do I need my husbands opinion on this?? I was absolutely shocked, because I have read a lot of stories of woman not being able to sterilize themselves because they don’t want (more) children. But this? I have cancer!! I need this, it’s necessary, I dreamed to being a mom, I don’t want to, I have to do it.

Obviously I told him that my husband was aware of my sickness and treatment, and that I didn’t need his opinion or approval on this. He said ok and continued with the appointment as normal.

Sorry if this is not permitted, I just needed to vent.

Edit: Formatting and, For the people asking, my surgery is this Thursday, and thanks for all your good wishes and positive thoughts.

Edit2: I understand that my husband should hear what is going on with me, but as I said this is the fourth doctor I see (all male), my husband already knows all the implications of my surgery, he already hear 3 times before yesterday, we were there just to choose a date for it. But this is the first doctor to ask me to discuss with my husband if he agrees with it, the first three doctor just asked him if he understood what was being said, but they never asked him if he agreed with me about doing the surgery. “Saving your life is what’s important right now” was said several times. That’s why I feel baffled about this doct

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I'm 40.I'm done. I'm the loneliest person I've ever met. No friends, no family. All the lonely stories always include words 'friends and family'. You don't know what real loneliness is. Being fundamentally alone means having literally zero people in your life. It's not speaking to anyone ever except maybe at the stores. It's being so desperate that you repel people in real life, I try to hide it but it shows. I don't understand why people don't like me.. Online friends are not real in the same way than in real life. And I'm pretty, like very pretty which somehow makes it worse. Ever since I was small I knew my only use in life is to please men. Of course I've never had sexual pleasure. I hate that I'm so weak I can't even do sex work bcs I'm so naive and weak I'd probably get into a dangerous situation. I want to die, not be raped lol. I had a good family, good upbringing and I wasted it all bcs I'm human garbage. So pathetic I can only feel sorry for me even though I have everything most people want : good job, nice rental controlled place and savings. I had Hpv, w a high cancer marker. I hope I get cancer bcs I can't kill myself, but cancer can. Cancer is my friend, will be my friend my only friend. The only other thing I have. I didnt ask to be born, I am so worthless. I hope cancer doesn't reject me like everyone else. I hope every day Ill die somehow but I don't, but I have hope that displasia will turn into pre-cancer, will turn into cancer, will spread to my body and take me

Yeah- seriously though WTF?

The good news is it’s a quick surgery and the cancer was caught early...

So. Mom (50) was diagnosed about a month ago with this, we call it Wilson. Mom is super optimistic... maybe too much? I feel like her optimism is blinding her to the importance of her current situation. I.e waiting 5 days to go to the hospital because your kidney stint is no longer working and is been 5 days since you've urinated.. >.<

She hasn't ever had a major medical issue she has had to deal with so I don't think she realizes what this really is yet.

I am already anxious because there is nothing I can DO to make her better, but add to it that I don't feel like I can trust her to say when she's getting worse because she has such a phobia of going to the hospital or being told anything else is wrong.

I'm angry that she has waited this long to do anything about this. Oh yea, she knew there was SOMETHING for years before the tumor caused enough complications to literally put her in the ER..

and of course I am so unmeassureably saddened at the aspect of not only watching my vibrant, effervescent mother deteriorate and most likely succumb to this vile disease 😔

On top of all of this I am probably in the lowest valley of my life after falling down a pretty steep hill. I have always been able to put my shit aside for a loved one in need. And I am doing my best for my mother. But I am falling a part and the few others I have are either involved as well or don't have enough of the right life experiences to know how to help.

Not even sure what in looking or asking for. I'm just overwhelmed and I guess needed to get something out.. if you're still reading, thank you and Bless your patience.

https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/n0dk6h/80_of_those_diagnosed_with_oropharyngeal_cancer/

Cross posting. Saw this on the front page and thought it relevant to our poly community's discussion on STI education and prevention.

36, Female Caucasian, single, no children (did see them in my future), smoker (10-20 day x 15 years), moderately athletic, 174cm and 55.6kg

Presented in emergency with extreme amount of irregular bleeding and clots, no pain, this was last Saturday, and hospital gyno onco unit found 7.5cm x 5.5cm x 4cm mass. Biopsy confirmed SCC small cell tumour covering cervix, growing into uterus and wrapping around urinary system causing mild incontinence. PET still to be completed.

I cannot see any positive in moving forward with suggested treatments so far. Why should I choose to do chemo radiation / brachytherapy, remove eggs and fry all of my lady parts if it’s not going to guarantee that I’ll be cancer-free afterwards? I’ve read there’s a pretty great chance I’ll just get CC again or even other cancers from the radiation treatment - likely in few years’ time and then I’ll have to repeat the chemo process. Sounds like a shitty life moving forward.

So what’s the point? Why can’t I continue living like I have been and just let it take me out when it chooses, so I can at least keep my dignity? Or can I choose this? It feels like I’m being pushed straight into treatment and no one has actually asked me if I want to have all of this done. Being told that you are considered terminal but curable is confusing.

Pretty please don’t just suggest therapy etc. I’ll snap. I’ve had it all offered. I will talk to someone soon. I guess I’m just confused and in shock for now. I like black & white, direct answers and I don’t feel like I am going to get those from those treating me because they aren’t in a position to give guarantees or confirmations on anything (I do understand this).

I lost my baby around 10 weeks. I know it’s not as significant of a loss as others and I’ve been grieving it’s death for about as long as it was inside of me, and I can’t help but think I’ll never get over it. I’ve never been happier in my life, it was absolute bliss, my life was falling apart in every other way but none of it mattered because I had my baby. A little back story, I had stage 1b1 cervical cancers the beginning of 2016, the tumor was removed with surgery but we weren’t given the all clear until the end of 2017 to try and conceive. We’ve been trying ever since to get pregnant. We did a few rounds of fertility treatments and nothing stuck. Finally, I became pregnant all naturally. I thought this was it, an absolute miracle, it came at a time where my father almost died from Covid and my brother was finally seeking help for his alcoholism and we had a little glimmer of hope in this baby. As quickly as it came, it was ripped away. I don’t really know how to move on. I immediately wanted to get pregnant again just so I could get that feeling back and get over this awful pain. But so far, no luck, and I’m stuck thinking it will never happen again with our track record. Any similar stories and maybe some hope? I’m supposed to be ovulating this week but all of my tests keep coming back negative. I’m really not in a good place mentally tonight. I just want to give up on everything.

Last year the WHO started their first ever campaign to rid the world of cervical cancer.

I believe VGX-3100 will one day be a part of their plan.

WHO's plans to create a 'cervical cancer-free future'.

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-04-cervical-cancer-free-future.html

(26F on continuous combined BC) I found some lesions on my cervix that I was certain were nab cysts, but I went to see a general practitioner to get a pap smear and general checkup just in case. He found what he thinks are maybe 2 nab cysts, but also cervical erosion (T zone) that in his opinion is more extensive than normal?

He also said that as a general practitioner, he wasn't so used to seeing abnormal cervices, and that he was referring me to an OB/GYN, but with what he said, my fears went from "it's probably just nab cysts" to "oh boy do I have cervical cancer?!". And now, I have to wait about month to get any sort of follow up. He also told me he was gonna ask to fast track my results, which made me feel like it was a big scary thing.

Now, I do want to add that I've been having pelvic pain that were ruled as an ovarian cyst (possibly endometrioma), and that because of those pains, I've had many a'doctor take a looksie at my cervix in the last year (including pelvic, endo-pelvic, and transvaginal ultrasounds, and gono/chlam screening that came back negative, and I haven't had a sexual partner since), but my last pap smear dates back to about (maybe over) 3 years ago. If I DID by some change develop cervical cancer, could it even had progressed to a point of being visible to the naked eye to the point where doctors examining me in August wouldn't have noticed anything (either visually or on an ultrasound)?

I just really want to at least feel like there's a chance there is nothing.

TL;DR Please help calm my nerves lol

My best friend has stage 3b cervical cancer. She starts chemo in two weeks. Her husband is, thankfully, very supportive. Despite always wanting children more than she did, he’s 180 and happy with whatever happens. She lives nearly an hour away, so I can’t attend her as much as I wish. All of the ideas I’ve found are so very not her. She loves sports, horses, outdoorsy kind of girl. She likes houseplants, but I don’t want to get her something else to take care of. Same with other pets. Other than flowers, what can I get her that will help at all?

Please pray for my friend if you have a spare moment. She’s on anti-tumor medication and will soon have surgery to remove her cervix, but cancer is just so unpredictable that I’m scared there’s still a chance it could spread.

https://twitter.com/KiriAllan/status/1388725895209242625

" Just ya average day on NZ SM... " [Pakeha, British Colonial Overstayer Racist Thieves]

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/labours-kiri-allan-reveals-racial-abuse-while-undergoing-cervical-cancer-treatment

"Labour's Kiri Allan reveals racial abuse while undergoing cervical cancer treatment

Taking to Twitter, the East Coast MP posted screenshots of a man’s comment on Facebook that said “Māori women will assist their cervical cancer issues by abandoning promiscuity rates”.

“Just ya average day on NZ SM [social media],” Allan wrote.

There is no evidence of differing promiscuity rates by ethnicity. Māori, however, have the lowest immunisation rate against HPV, a virus that is linked to abnormal cell activity in the cervix, which can increase someone’s risk in developing cervical cancer.

Some Māori women may also choose to put off smear tests for cultural reasons.

Another man’s Facebook comment stated: “Get over yourself Kiri. There are 71 people a day diagnosed with cancer and it sickens me to see you paraded in front of the media/by the media … the Labour Party uses other people’s pain and suffering to promote their party.”

Allan’s diagnosis has prompted a renewed push for accessible cervical screening, especially among wāhine Māori."

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/family-planning-appalled-but-not-surprised-sexist-racist-abuse-aimed-mp-kiri-allan

"Family Planning 'appalled, but not surprised' by sexist, racist abuse aimed at MP Kiri Allan

Sexual and reproductive health provider Family Planning says it's "appalled, but not surprised" after Labour MP Kiri Allan revealed the sexist and racist abuse she has received on social media while undergoing treatment for cervical cancer.

Taking to T

20 years of you and your boyfriend smoking a pack a day each in the house around me, in the car, probably didn't help.

After an odd pap in January of 2020, they scheduled me for a minor procedure to cut out a small bit of confirmed cancer cells found in my cervix. I told you on March 19th that this surgery was a week away, and the only thing you responded was "wow, ok", and its been a complete year. You never asked about any follow-up, you never asked how I was, or how it was. This surgery went off great, except for the 4 weeks of complications afterwards and no other woman around to talk about it with. The constant fear that there was still potentially something very serious wrong with me, week after week of complications.

Mom, tomorrow I go back, because they want to confirm its gone, and this time I have triple the fear and anxiety I had the first time. They may have to cut again Mom. This time, thinking of sitting in that chair all by myself, before, after - and then rushing to work afterwards because I need to continue to support myself. It feels like too much Mom. I wish you were here to hold my hand.

You're all the way across the country, but any kind of message would've been nice. I guess I just have to stop expecting so much of you. Wish me luck.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcngTdHPL48&t=10s

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So there’s a YouTube influencer called Keith Wareing whos channel Keiths Crypto Trades has created a new coin called MoonCunt which supports Cervical Caner. It’s just started and when the reach 5k holders they will burn 50% of all tokens! It will be the biggest burn in history! Check out his youtube channel and get some $CUNT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcngTdHPL48&t=10s

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcngTdHPL48&t=10s

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So there’s a YouTube influencer called Keith Wareing whos channel Keiths Crypto Trades has created a new coin called MoonCunt which supports Cervical Caner. It’s just started and when the reach 5k holders they will burn 50% of all tokens! It will be the biggest burn in history! Check out his youtube channel and get some $CUNT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcngTdHPL48&t=10s

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcngTdHPL48&t=10s

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcngTdHPL48&t=10s

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