We previously lived in Texas where I had the surgery, we returned to California in 2013. I had annual checkups in Texas with a speculum. I went to 3 gynecologist specialists who said they didn’t feel it was necessary to use a speculum because there was only a 1% chance of recurrence. I kept going to doctors and finally found one who would use a speculum she said I am only doing it because you are so insistent. She was shocked when she saw that I had a growth so she did a biopsy which showed cancer. I checked with Sutter, then went to Stanford and the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. I decided on Stanford because they seemed more aggressive in my treatment doing what the others didnot recommend. I still see my gynecologist oncologist annually and a gynecologist I trust in town, so I get checked every 6 months. When I look back I don’t know how I did the dilator every day for 2 years before I went to 4 times a week. It’s imperative that you do this so you can have examinations in the future.must say the brachytherapy wasn’t great.you have to be proactive and pushy it’s your life no one will keep track of it like you do.