Hello

I am a little ahead of you. My cancer was staged at 2A but completely in the canal no external protrusion. I finished treatment in December. At my 3 month scan the images showed it reduced by a little more than half but reported likely residual tumor or partial response. My surgeon on examination believes it is a radiation damage ulcer. My 6 month scan is next month. I was very hopeful that I would have had a better answer at 3 months but my doctors still believe this will respond. So like you I am still waiting with the dread of surgery. I feel well and have gone back to fairly normal activities but whenever I have a hiccup like irritation with a bowel movement my brain automatically goes to the thought that it is still there. I’m am trying to teach myself that I need to learn to live with uncertainty because even if my next scan is positive there is always the next one. My mantra which was shared with me by a relapsed cervical cancer survivor is: Just live every day as it is and fight hard on the days that we have to. While this may not answer your questions I hope it helps you realize you are having a completely normal reactions and you are certainly not alone as I think we all feel the same at some level.