‘I have a preliminary stage of cervical cancer’
Romy Boomsma is open on Instagram about how her health is going. She wasn’t sure if she wanted to share her story, but she does. If only to warn other women.
“I hope, by sharing my story, that someone will fish the call for the population screening out of the kitchen drawer and be there in time.”
Last year Romy turned 30: then every woman will receive an invitation to have a smear made. She is the mother of three children: daughter Bobby Jo, son Mozes and daughter Juniper. Because she had no complaints, Romy simply left the letter for the cervical cancer research. When she read a story on Instagram about cervical cancer without any complaints, she decided to go to the doctor. And her rash wasn’t what it should have been either.
Waiting too long
“The gynecologist there suspected at first glance that it would be nothing serious and that it was about slightly abnormal cells, which had also emerged from my smear. She took a biopsy and two weeks later I was called with the results: it was a preliminary stage of cervical cancer.”
How very annoying and sad for her and her family, we wish her all the best and keep our fingers crossed for a positive result.
