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vulvar cancer and VIN III
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Mar 07, 2006 - 3:41 pm
For several years I have suffered with severe itching and burning around the area of the vagina. I had a hysterectomy in Nov. 2004, my Gyn. said that there was a white patch there, I went back for my yearly in July 2005, he gave me a steroid creme for the irritation, I went back to him in Nov. 2005, he did a biopsi, called me a week later end told me that it showed vulvar cancer. He made an appt. with Onc. for Dec. 2005. The onc. did a second biopsi, it showed VIN III. I had surgery in Jan. 2006, a partial vulvectomy. The Onc. said that he "got" it all and I was clear, no treatments, didn't have to remove lympnodes. It is now 5 weeks post-op, took forever to heal, very irritated,NOW, the itching and burning is back. I don't go back for a checkup until June! Is there a chance that it could come back that soon! If anyone is experiencing the same issues, I'd like to hear from you. |
Joined: Feb 2006
I am into 8 weeks of recovery and still not completely healed. I have noticed a little itching but just in the area that is not completly healed. June is to far a way. I am scheduled every three months for the next year because of reoccurrance. Get back into the doc's and tell them you want to be looked at every three months to catch it early if it does reoccur. There is only so much they can take from us in this area. So we have to be aware and tell them how to treat us.
Joined: Mar 2006
I'm glad they got it all, thank God it didn't reach your lymph nodes!
I have no idea what the timeline is for recurrence but better safe than sorry.
Make an appointment with your gyn-onc asap.