Hi all. I recently had my first smear (32 years of age) yes I know I know i should of had one sooner. I only went and had it because my Auntie recently died of cervical cancer. She was all happy fit and healthy until she had a bad result, then started treatment for her cancer and passed away 6 months later.
My experience on cancer seems to be people are fine until the doctors find something, and as soon as the treatment starts they get really sick and/or die. What’s not to say they would of continued a happy healthy life without the cancer result??
I’ve recently been diagnosed with CIN3. The doctor was less than helpful, and when I told him I couldnt afford the $2500 fee for the surgery in a private hospital, he basically passed me a book and some papers and told me I’d have to wait 6+ months at the public hospital and told me to go and book in. No real concern that it needed to be rushed etc - so aside from being very confused it’s left me thinking, is it even necessary?
With doctors making so much money off Cancer and treatments every day, I legitamately feel that this is just a money making ploy?
I’ve googled and googled and googled and there are 100s and thousands of women who all have this CIN3 which requires costly surgery - CIN3 is not cancer, but it MIGHT lead to cancer in 10-15 years. Key word, being MIGHT.
So I sit here typing with with my hospital papers in front of me where they have sat for a month now. I just can’t bring myself to go and book in because i’m so skeptical on the whole thing lol.
