article_snippet.sent: The kind of cancer I had - despite it being in my cervix - would not have showed up on a smear test. '
article_snippet.sent: abdominal bloating, swelling or pain and a change in menstruation.
article_snippet.sent: By last summer these symptoms had become worse and intense pain and lots of bleeding.
article_snippet.sent: But now I wouldn't be able to carry a child. '
article_snippet.sent: I couldn't believe that I had cancer in my cervix for all that time.'
article_snippet.sent: When I was finally diagnosed it was more of a relief than anything to know what was wrong. '
article_snippet.sent: It was when I was told that I would need a hysterectomy that when I would need a hysterectomy hit me, and I became really upset.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Was forced to undergo a hysterectomy but managed to freeze some eggs .
  