My Story: Video Form

Today I am pleased to share with you a video of my cervical cancer story.  Through a series of people I was connected with Roche.  Roche was looking for a cervical cancer patient or survivor to come and tell her story.  This story is going to be used to help advocate for women's wellness and the use of the HPV test which can identify if a woman is carrying the strands of HPV which are known to cause cervical cancer:  16 and 18.  This test will be an integral piece in woman's health!  You may have forgotten, although I'd had several abnormal paps leading to my diagnosis the pap I had when the cancer was found was actually a normal pap.  Let that sink in for a minute, I had CANCER on my cervix and the pap came back normal.  This test could have caught the HPV and told me I had those high risk strands.  If we knew sooner which strands I had, my doctor could have taken the time to educate me on what to look for.  I could have taken the time to education myself about what to look for.  Education and knowledge are power!