Shen Qiao Yun, or better known as Sheylara, blogs at http://sheylara.com

Sheylara.com is about living life to the fullest and not being afraid of trying new things. Here, she talks about Cervical Cancer and her take on it.

My oldest friend has breast cancer. I’ve tried to describe it in other ways: a lump in her breast…a scare…a…but it’s breast cancer. Stage One, but breast cancer all the same. From when she first discovered a lump over the weekend, she’s had a painful biopsy, the terrible wait for the results, an appointment made for a CAT scan next week, and then surgery. The surgeons will decide then whether they have to remove her breast, and the probability is great that they will.

She’s not yet 43, and she has 3 children. Her mother died of breast cancer, and she’s been very good about her screenings. And she has breast cancer.

I’m ashamed to say that I do not know what cervical cancer is all about. 

But after attending the POCC event, I learnt that cervical cancer is a common and preventable disease. Power Over Cervical Cancer (POCC) is a campaign to help women in Singapore to protect themselves against cervical cancer.
Cervical Cancer is…

Nadia, better known in the bloggersphere as Nadnut blogs at www.nadnut.com

Hear her take on Cervical Cancer here!

Today I’d like to blog about something really, really important really… not about work or play, but about LIFE.

Not anymore. Not after my doctor discovered pre-cancer in my cervix. I was terrified.
Luckily for me, it was detected early.

In the past, I never thought of going for a pap smear test. What was the hurry anyway? I was young, healthy, I felt great – so there was nothing to worry about, right?

I had never heard of cervical cancer before. So, when I was diagnosed with it, I did not know what to do, or expect.

There were no warning signs. I was shocked to find out I had first stage cervical cancer.

My daughter was taking her JC examinations and was traumatized when I broke the news to her. We were both in tears. Thankfully, my daughter became my pillar of strength. It was she who accompanied me to see the doctor during my treatments.