Hi everyone! My name is Whitney Serpas, I am 22 years old and a resident of a small town near New Orleans. This post is about my journey of being the youngest patient my obgyn has seen with Endometrial Cancer. After having an immediate laperoscopy and D&C on January 13, 2014 I received the results on [...]
June 26, 2006, I left work early with extreme stomach and lower back pain. I tried a heating pad, I tried a bubble bath, until I finally reached a point where I knew with the amount of pain I was in, and something had to really be wrong. I had my boyfriend at the time, [...]
On the picture, you see a mother with a daughter. You may not know, you are also looking at a patient with her doctor. When I first heard of the news that my mother was diagnosed with endometrial cancer, i was shocked, even as a doctor. Never had I realized that the cancer could be [...]
Cancer is a word, not a sentence. ~John Diamond When someone is told that they have cancer, the whole world changes. Up is down, left is right, black is white. When women hear this diagnosis, numerous feelings and thoughts come flooding in. But, after letting those feelings and thoughts happen, one feeling rises over the [...]
We are pleased to share this story from Argentina's country captain Adriana Bermudez, MD in both English and Spanish. En español Terminé mi escuela secundaria cuando tenía 17 años. Era la mejor alumna de la clase así que to-das las materias me resultaban interesantes. Tenía que decidir lo que sería por el resto de mi vida, no [...]
In 2008, after twenty years of service with the New York City Police Department and ready to enjoy my retirement with my husband, I got the most unexpected shocking news. My doctor diagnosed me with stage IIB cervical cancer. What? I didn't have any symptoms!!! Where did it come from? How did I get it? So [...]
