#CERVICAL CANCER

[odinsblog]

🗣️This is important!

America’s puritanical, homophobic, anti-vaccination, anti-sex education, “morality” mentality is killing people.

This information could literally save someone’s life. Please share.

Links:

👉🏿 https://www.businessinsider.com/oral-sex-is-the-leading-risk-factor-throat-cancer-expert-2023-4

👉🏿 https://www.nbcnews.com/health/cancer/hpv-can-cause-cancer-many-people-dont-realize-rcna79597

👉🏿 https://www.gardasil9.com/adults/hpv-faq/

👉🏿 https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hpv-infection/in-depth/hpv-vaccine/art-20047292

[alwaysbewoke]

[cisplus]

Something I'm learning about having symptoms of cervical/vaginal cancer is that doctors literally do not give a fuck.

I have been having these symptoms for a decade. I saw so many doctors who just shrugged their shoulders and told me not to worry about it. I had to advocate for myself *so hard* to even get myself the ultrasound that showed I had a mass. And then when I tried to get a biopsy of it, the nurse practitioner actively stopped me and told me to just wait and see if I got better.

This is a summary, by the way. This is the short version of what I've been through. I have seen so many doctors who heard me describe clear symptoms of cancer, multiple times, over a decade, and did not give a single shit.

If you have any symptoms of cervical cancer, vaginal cancer, or any other kind of cancer -- including a lot of bleeding, or a lot of discharge, or anything like that -- please advocate for yourself too. And don't stop advocating until you get the treatment or testing you need.

Because I'm going to bet your doctors won't care either. But you matter and your health is important.

[yautjalover]

Not only do I have my former stalker slandering my name, again, but my mother was just diagnosed with cancer…again. She was in remission after fighting Melanoma (Stage 3 when they found it) and now she’s been diagnosed with Cervical cancer. 😔

As if everything wasn’t already going wrong in my personal life, this has happened, too. It apparently has spread to her abdomen and leg. She moved away a few months ago, that’s another story in itself, so I have no way of getting to her if it turns for the worst. I can’t afford to fly, much less Amtrak or Greyhound.

She’s all the way on the East coast now.

Fuck cancer, man. I can’t even be there for her. I already missed out on nearly 15 years growing up without her because she left and it’s like the universe wants to take her away.

She’s nowhere near a perfect mother, but at least she’s still here, alive.

This just sucks so bad. 😢

[frameacloud]

Harriet Williamson (April 29, 2023). "Trans-inclusive cervical cancer campaign defies anti-LGBTQ+ hate: ‘We deserve to be screened.’" PinkNews. https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/29/cervical-cancer-screening-smear-test-lgbtq-inclusive-remove-the-doubt/

Update: This news article is about a campaign for cervical cancer screening, called Remove The Doubt. The UK charity running the campaign was called Live Through This. Later, the charity changed its name to OUTpatients, so the campaign moved to their new site. Since then, you can visit the Remove The Doubt site here, which explains to anyone who has a cervix what they need to know about cervical cancer screening and HPV vaccines.

[bitterbloodypettybetty]

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[bauliya]

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[latent-thoughts]

Hi! hope you are well, I've been so ill this past few weeks and been hospitalized because of medical concerns. Found out that I have a tumor and it was already malignant. I have stage 2A cervical cancer and need help ASAP.

I am personally unable to afford the medical expenses at this time, Please I am asking for sponsorship with a small donation.🙏

NB/ Donation & reblogging will be greatly appreciated; Goal $1800

Signal boosting.

[thatsalotofsemen]

I hate to ask of this, but I need some help. My mother has terminal cervical cancer and we are extremely behind on medical bills. She requires pinpoint radiation treatment and scans every 3 weeks, and our insurance doesn't cover nearly close to enough of it. On top of it, they are refusing to pay for quality of life medical supplies, since they say its "not necessary," so we are forced to pay out of pocket because we refuse to allow her to be uncomfortable since her treatment takes an extremely hard toll on her. It leaves her bed ridden and in pain for a week or more after. I go into better detail on the gofundme, if you'd like to read, since i don't want to bloat this post.

I've included pictures down below of some of the bills as proof.

These bills are EVERY 3 weeks. Not just once in a while unfortunately

She has been fighting this since 2020, so the bills are terrible. I appreciate any help. Even $1 would be amazing

[facts1590]

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[thirddeadlysin]

hey friends! have you heard? public health scotland announced that they've found no cases of cervical cancer in women who were fully vaccinated against HPV

great news for those scottish women, but it's great news for people of all genders! because all genders can be vaccinated against HPV, which causes head, neck, mouth, throat, cervical, anal, and penile cancers, and this specific vaccination prevents something like 45-100% of HPV-positive cancers

in the US, all genders are eligible for vaccination to age 45 (and you may be able to be vaccinated beyond that by a well-educated and understanding pharmacist or doctor). you can be vaccinated even if you've had HPV because the latest shot protects against 9 different strains!

most insurance in the US will pay for the vaccine (it's 3 jabs over 6 months or so) because it's preventative and preventative treatment coverage is mandated by the ACA/Obamacare

this verywell health post is a good resource if you have questions!

unfortunately i don't know much about eligibility or availability in other countries but would absolutely welcome more info from people who do!!

cervical cancer is one of the leading causes of death in young people with cervixes worldwide, but HPV also causes debilitating and fatal cancers of the mouth, throat, ass, and penis. since nearly three out of every four people will contract HPV by age 40, with this one vaccine we have the ability to basically wipe out almost all of the cancers it causes

[ghostlystarlightbluebird]

Hi Everyone! I have some very upsetting news to share with you all. As some of you may know my mom was recently diagnosed with Stage 4 Cervical cancer. Unfortunately on top of this news we found out that her type is neuroendocrine, a very rare cancer type that only affects 1.5% of Cervical cases. We have no other choice but to look into extra treatment on top of her chemo as well as treatments, tests and medications in America which we will have to pay all out of pocket. If anyone has anything to spare or even rebloggjng!! Reblogging is so crucial to help! It would be so greatly appreciated!

[rimbaudofficial]

the cancer i have is symptomless and quite early-stage (i'll know which exact stage sometime next week or the week after when the results of the biopsy come in), so i don't think i should complain much.

THAT SAID, turns out having cancer fucking sucks?

i'm constantly outing myself to other people by specifying the type of cancer (that's a choice that i made, but i still kinda hate it), i'm waiting to be anesthetized and biopsied next week so i can know what is going on, and then waiting til mid-November so i can learn what the treatment plan is.

not knowing the stage is getting to me. could be way worse than i think!

inshallah this will just be a great reason for a hysto and that's it. but radiation is apparently likely as well. hooray.

and because of all this i am not leaving the country in February as planned but next September. :<

[sapphic-sex-ed]

i'm at a certain age (early 20s) where i keep getting messages from my doctor saying i should come in and get a pap smear. the thing is, i'm still a virgin. do i actually need this test if i haven't had sexual contact with another person before? if not, is there some way i can get my doctor to stop trying to bring it up other than just lying and saying i'm waiting for marriage?

I don’t know how it works internationally, but in Sweden you start getting pap smears at age 24 and then with a few years’ interval until it becomes yearly in your 50’s.

Now, cervical cancer is commonly caused by HPV and part of the reason for smears, but you can also develop cancer without an infection so if the screening is free (like it is here) or very cheap I would recommend going just to be sure, just like how when you get older (40’s-50’s) you should start looking into getting regular screenings for colon cancer (most common cancer after breast and prostate and maaaaybe lung, don’t remember if lung or colon was more common) and how you should go to mammography screenings too.

It can be scary to get a pap smear when you haven’t had it done before, but in my experience it isn’t painful, just slightly uncomfortable. If you’re under 24 I’d say hold off until then.

As for automated texts/letters, I’d say contact your doctors’ office admin department and ask about it. They know the systems and can help you with those questions.

-mod liz

[snackerdoodle]

(Inspired by this post, but separate to avoid derailing.)

I’m going to get more personal here than I would really like to, but I know a lot of other people have had awful gynecologist experiences, and I hope sharing both the negative and positive experiences could help.  

I have had three Pap smears. The first two were traumatic, not in a hyperbolic way but in an “I cried about them to my therapist when trying to face the idea of having to get another one and she specifically called it medical trauma” kind of way. 

For me, they were extremely painful, and I was told “no it isn’t,” both by the doctors in the moment and by everything I was able to look up about Pap smears afterwards. Counterintuitively, I was also told that if it was painful, it was because I was doing something wrong. The only people I saw saying Pap smears hurt were other women who had had terrible gynecologist appointments and who were also planning on never going back.

After my first experience, I did what you are supposed to and warned my next doctor that my last experience was painful. Some warning signs that I should have left and found a different doctor include that she acted inconvenienced by that idea, and then was actively annoyed by my admission that I’d never had penis-in-vagina sex, because that would presumably have made it easier to insert the speculum. I went through with the procedure with her anyway, and she somehow couldn’t reach my cervix at first and guilted me for it while actively rooting around in my vagina. I felt like I had to go through with it once it had started, but I kind of wish I had exercised my rights and called it quits. Which is something you can absolutely do. If you’re uncomfortable with the way your doctor is talking to you, or if you think something is going wrong and your doctor is ignoring your needs, you can call off the whole thing and go somewhere else.

Aside from the physical pain and misplaced blame, in both of my bad experiences I was explicitly told that part of the problem was that I wasn’t having “real sex” (referring, of course, to penis-in-vagina sex). If anyone ever asks, I will confidently tell them that the most homophobic experiences I’ve had have been in the gynecologist’s office. 

After years of being nagged by my primary care doctor and multiple therapy appointments, I researched my options and was able to find a specifically LGBTQ+ aligned clinic. In my research, I also found that, while gynecologists seem to understand and discuss the need for trauma-informed practice, it is hard to find gynecologists who describe themselves as trauma informed.

At my third Pap smear, I explained my past experiences to the doctor. After listening, the doctor gave me a list of options that could suit a variety of comfort levels. These included a traditional Pap smear, the doctor trying to swab my cervix without using a speculum, and me self administering the test in private, also without a speculum. I chose the last one, and she gave me a swab and detailed instructions on what to do. The only risk to this approach was the possibility that I might not get a usable sample. In that case, I would have to come back to the office to try again. I was able to get a usable sample on the first try, and it was so quick and easy that I’m honestly baffled that this isn’t how Pap smears are usually administered.

Some green flags at this appointment included that I was given space to explain my past experiences, I was not criticized or judged for those experiences, and the conversation about what I needed happened before any move toward the exam table. In fact, that doctor never even touched me. I was also given clear explanations of my options, and the doctor explicitly included the option of leaving the office without getting a Pap smear at all.

Pap smears do not have to be painful or traumatic, and I’m angry that I had to have the first two experiences before the third. I understand that there is probably a reason the traditional method is preferred, but I strongly believe that by actually presenting patients with options and treating us with respect, getting a Pap smear can become a significantly less awful experience. And if patients don’t feel dehumanized and abused for experiencing pain during an objectively unpleasant procedure, they might actually get the tests done. 

I have been one of the women who considered just never getting any more Pap smears, in spite of the risks, and I’m glad I had an experience that changed my mind. I hope others who have had negative experiences, or even who are worried about it, are given the choices I was and are able to advocate for themselves and be heard and respected.