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Carcinoma

I am going to live afterall! Woot!

by shannon July 29, 2009 Cancer

I have the most wonderful of news. The nurse from Dr. Kelly’s office called today, and the prognosis is fan-tab-u-lous. This is going to sound bad before it sounds good…so, just know this has a happy ending…
The results are back from the cone. I have stage 2 squamous cell, invasive cancer, with involved positive margins. [...]

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A Cone By Any Other Name is Simply Torture

by shannon July 29, 2009 Cancer

So, I had my lovely cone surgery on Monday afternoon. Let me preface this post by pointing out the hilarity of the little pamphlet that they sent in the mail that suggested a single biopsy, and that also suggested that most women tolerate the cone procedure much better than the colposcopy itself. That, my dear, [...]

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Monday Morning: Surgery this afternoon

by shannon July 26, 2009 Cancer

When I finally talked with the Doctor on Tuesday afternoon, she told me that she was going to work me in, in between surgeries on Monday for a Cone Procedure. A Cone Procedure is where the doctor takes a cone shaped, large sample of your cervix. For me, it would be a little different. Her [...]

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