January is Cervical Cancer Awareness month

As you all may know, I don't have the "usual" kind of cervical cancer, but because mine originated in my cervix, it is included in that "category."

So, statistically, I was one of only 100 women diagnosed with small cell cervical cancer this year. Statistically 12,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year. As you see by those stats, I'm a small town girl with a small cell cancer that only affects a small amount of women.

I have been blessed to have found a support group for my cancer. They have answered more questions than any google engine could. They are all fighters with this disease. It's a small group of women (199 members that include women fighting, surviving, a few family members and a few doctors) with a passionate purpose to get the word out of the complexity and rarity of our cancer, as well as raising money for research into this rare disease at MD Anderson in Houston.

There is no "set" protocol to treat this cancer. There is no direct cause or link, like the other forms of cervical cancer. My cancer has no relation to cervical cancer caused by the human papillomavirus, or HPV. (Cause of 70% of cervical cancers)

Our group moto is, "SCCC Rare but There"

Today is a New Year, and a New DAY! I hope that you all help to get the word out about cervical cancer, but most importantly, small cell cervical cancer!

Please read and share the web site (it made its "new look" debut today!

http://necervix.com/