Aileen Moynaghbbc News Ni Health ReporterBbBcalliance MLA Michelle Guy tinha 44 anos quando foi diagnosticada com o Cervical Cancer MLA disse que era “chocante e realmente aterrorizante” quando ela foi diagnosticada com o cancro de cervical em 2023 anos, que tinha 44 anos, que não era diagnosticado. Blasé em procura de exibição, o que poderia ter sido; Aliviado por ter pretérito por esse processo, aliviado que o sistema de triagem funcionou para mim; said.”But I was realistic that most people, they go through this, everything’s fine.”That’s what the screening process is for, to identify things early.”Treatment was a hysterectomy which she had in January 2024, while still working as an Alliance councillor for Lisburn and Castlereagh CouncilA couple of weeks after having a colposcopy, while sitting in her kitchen, she received a “terrifying” phone call from the hospital asking her to come in, but not to come Sozinho. “Quando você ouve, não venha sozinho, você sabe que há um pouco falso”, disse ela. selfie in hospital”We got a level of reassurance that the hysterectomy would be a cure – that was the language that my oncologist used – that they intended this to be a cure,” she said.”There isn’t 100% certainty until you’ve had the procedure and all the different tests are complete, so I was just really anxious and determined to get it over with.”You want that operation as soon as possible because nothing’s getting better while you’re waiting.”I was lucky that it was contained and localised in a way that going through that surgery, as dramatic and painful as that is, I was very cognizant that things might have been worse had that diagnosis not come as early as it did.”What is cervical screening?Cervical screening, while not a diagnostic test, is for people without symptoms and aims to detect early changes which could go on to develop into cervical cancer if left untreated.In some cases, cancer may be found.In December 2023, Northern A Irlanda introduziu a triagem cervical do HPV primordial, embora isso tenha sido posteriormente o diagnóstico de Guy. Seu diagnóstico e tratamento, ela continuou trabalhando na política porque, não exclusivamente sentiu que era “vocacional”, porquê também era uma “distração”. Ela disse que tinha esse “revérbero para se manter ocupado” e “queria permanecer tão distante do que eu havia pretérito o mais rápido verosímil”. Sorcha Eastwood porquê o MLA do vale de Lagan, exclusivamente oito meses posteriormente seu diagnóstico. ‘Faça um bom’ Michelle entende que há uma falta de crédito em torno da triagem cervical, principalmente depois que o que aconteceu no sul da crédito, quando o que se tornava o que estavam sendo que os testes de que estavam sendo que os testes eram que os que estavam sendo que os testes eram que o que estava sendo o que estava sendo o que estava sendo o que estava sendo o que estava em diante. said.While she had kept her cervical cancer diagnosis private, she feels now is the right time to share her experience to “hopefully do some good” and encourage women to attend screenings.”Not going for it and then potentially facing a diagnosis that I had and potentially one that’s much more serious – that you knew you might have been able to prevent had you taken the opportunity of a screening – I really feel that that is a message that I didn’t want to shy away from anymore,” she said.