In this guest blog, Dr Aziza Sesay talks us through cervical polyps, from diagnosis to treatment.

What are cervical polyps?

If you’ve just been informed that you have cervical polyps, you’re probably thinking, what are cervical polyps and how did they get to my cervix? 

Don’t panic! 

In the summer of 2013 I was diagnosed with stage 3b cervical cancer. I had always been vigilant about having cervical smear tests and STI screening. As a nurse working in the community I had also been part of a team delivering the HPV vaccination. On some level, it was a relief to finally know what had been causing the symptoms that I had been experiencing for several months. I’d been seen by the GP and at A&E numerous times. I had begun to think that I was overreacting to the pain and bleeding I’d been suffering with.

Some treatments for cervical cancer can trigger the menopause so we asked Heather Currie to give us an overview of what the menopause means.

Julia Tugwell explains in her guest blog why she attended her first Let's Meet shortly after finishing treatment for cervical cancer. 

It's a  couple of weeks until I attend my third Jo's Let's Meet event. I'm beginning to get excited now!

In our new guest blog David Robert Grimes, physicist and cancer researcher at Oxford University, gives his opinion on the HPV vaccine, the debate surrounding it and its role in protecting against cervical cancer.

I volunteer my time to Jo’s whenever I possibly can to prevent other women from going through what I have and to ensure that anyone who does has access to the best information, support and care.

From the 1-12 June it's Volunteers' Week and to celebrate the incredible work our volunteers do we asked one of them to tell us a bit more about her experience.