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Subject: Re: Vulvar Cancer......feeling alone

Author:
Michelle

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Date Posted: Friday, September 01, 08:30:36am
Author Host/IP: 65.23.63.200
In reply to: Cheryl 's message, "Vulvar Cancer......feeling alone" on Wednesday, August 09, 03:42:45pm

>I had a partial radical vulvectomy in March of this
>year, I searched the web, not finding any support and
>even when I asked my doctor for someone who was a
>survivor, he could give me nobody. I went into my
>surgery feeling all alone and the only one with this
>type of thing happening. My cancer is vulvar
>cancer/melinoma....only about 3% out of the already
>rare vulvar cancer. I am still needing support and
>have started going to the only thing close to me or
>that I could find... a womens support group, all of
>these ladies that I have meant have had breast cancer.
>Talking to them does help, but I still need to have
>someone who knows and understands what I am going
>through.

Please do a search through Yahoo Groups - there are a few that are just filled with the most wonderful women that have been through this. You are NOT alone.

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