Dear Mmchap2120,

I am not a survivor of stage IV cervical cancer. I just want to tell you that you are in my thoughts and my heart and I am wishing you well at every turn. I do trust that your team, if they are anything like mine was, will give you clear information (slowly, and repeating as much as you need to hear it so it is understandable), help you understand your choices with the potential benefits and downsides you may expect with each, listen to and respond to your questions and concerns, and treat you with kindness and respect throughout. They did not make my decisions for me, but helped me to be in the best possible position to make decisions that I could live with. That has been my experience and is the reason I travelled there for my treatment and will continue to do so for my surveillance. Please know that by sharing your experience and your fears and hopes here, you are now cared about and prayed for by far more than may respond to your posts. I will be thinking of you as you move through this week of waiting and especially on Friday and afterward.