Cervical Cancer Warrior! Continuing to Fight!

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my Name is Amanda I am the mom of three teen boys an up till now have worked 3 full time jobs own my home and get absolutely no help from the dad of my children I've been totally independent and one day I got really sick and passed out at the gas pump in Dublin on my way to one of my jobs when I got to the hospital I was told my hemoglobin had dropped down to 5.4 and I would need to be admitted to receive blood and to find out where the bleeding was coming from after doing a lot of tests they told me I needed to go to a obgyn bc I had fluid in my endometrial lining and a mass in my cervix so the next week I went in for my female ck up where they done biopsies and the following week I was referred to Dr Burke at the Anderson cancer center in Savannah where I was diagnosed with stage 3 cervical cancer. I started radiation and chemo as well as internal radiation which is a horrific experience if u have ever been through it my heart really goes out to you it isn't a pleasant experience what so ever for those that don't know they put you to sleep long enough to place a robot inside your lady parts then wake u up immediately after while it's still in place move u from one bed to another bed with a block an board on it in order to prevent movement of the robot as u try to make urself comfortable until they can remove it then they do a scan while ur back breaks from the block ur wedged onto then u remain in the same block and position awake with no pain meds an are wheeled to a room in the unit which is dark an closed off so no one hears u cry or beg to be sedated or have any form of relief for another hour or 2 until the scan results prove the robot has been placed in the correct spot for internal radiation to take place then they come in and wheel u back to the scan room where the Dr comes in attatches a computer to the robot tells u itll be over soon and walks back out the room and then u are zapped 5 or 6 times on the inside then the dr comes back in with a team of nurses tells u to take a deep breath in which u do three times bc each breath in hes gonna snatch a third of the robot out of ur cervix by this point your in agonizing pain an still on a block to prevent movement so ur back is seriously about to break at this point then u get wheeled back into the dark room ur helped off the block and told to get dressed so u can go home and that happend to me 2 times a week for 6 weeks it was a terrible experience needless to say i was not feeling the urge to fight the fight much after that especially with the knowledge of even if remission was possible id still more likely than not be experiencing that on an off through out the rest of my life bc with the stage of cancer I have I will not be cured however regaurdless of my recent urge to give up on my life and stop the rest of treatment all together i had a mom dad brother an three kids at home who needed me so i was forced mostly by my mom to continue on with my fight she was so consistant and so determined to get me better if i said im not going to treatment today she would show up at my house an hr early just to fuss with me n even dress me as i told her i was not going she would bribe me like a child with ice cream an poweraid she would tell me to hurry so we could call my dad n brother on the way to my treatments an that they were waiting for my calls bc she knew that would get me excited one time she even tattle tailed on me to my dad to get me in trouble for wanting to stop treatment an though he didnt fuss at me i was told giving up wasnt an option bc i am not built like that so i pushed forward an can say that bc of all of those who loved an fought for me and with me i finished treatment an found out on November 14th i have no active cancer cells at this point in time an i go in february for another scan to keep a ck on everything and to make sure if anything does show up abnormal they catch it in a early stage so treatment isnt so hard on my body if i ever do need to have treatment again i am however still unable to receive child support an get no disability i am unable to work an until my body bounces back as my mind has finally done work wont be an option i have had help from churches who offered a one time financial blessing to me an my boys an ive appreciatively accepted the donations from a few family an friends who helped with what they could i still would like to provide a Christmas for my children I've applied for some charities to help but have gotten no response i have 3 boys ages 16 14 an 13 if anyone can help i know christmas is a tuff time for anyone to help someone they dont even know or don't know very well and i dont ask that u take from yours to give to mine i just ask that if u have anything at all u could help with even if its a prayer for my kids to be happy on christmas id really appreciate it very much thanks to anyone who has made through this long passage of me blabbering ull have to excuse the length i don't talk to very many ppl anymore bc of being stuck at home
Hope everyone has a very merry Christmas!