My sister just passed away on Tuesday, she had cervical cancer and found out in November and doctors said it was too advanced. She was only 45 years old and she went to the gyn every year for her pap smear. So where did they go wrong or how come it wasn't detected? She was very health consious.

Please help me understand, I say this is not fair!!!!

Meche! How sad..Pap tests, unfortunately are not always accurate and doctors are fallible. They make mistakes. Did your sister have other symptoms like bleeding, vaginal discharge etc. That would have been a clue. did she loose weight etc. Something that advanced cannot go unnoticed. I had end stage Multiple Myeloma, bone cancer and it makes you stop manufacturing red blood cells. I went to the doctor for 9 months and he blew me off. I am a retired RN and the last thing I suspected was cancer. I did know I was seriously ill and demanded a different doctor who found the cancer. Mine was showing abnormal blood work but not cancer inthe blood. Only a bone marrow test showed the cancer. I fortunately knew that I had to not believe the doctors. They too, told me I was at my end stage maybe 3-4 weeks to go.

My dear husband found a supplement that actually killed the cancer cells. I did 10% tradional medicine and 90% alternative. Not everyone is able to do this. I feel your pain and Yes Life is VERY Unfair. With time I hope your heart heals... Sometimes even when doctors do their best, and the patient does too, they can't detect everything. Test are sometimes not acurate. Sry about your situation. well, for starters, people behav like any thing that shows up that people dont want like canser,