I fully expect to be labelled as a fan girl again but as someone also going through investigations & treatments for cervical cancer at the moment (and for the last few years), I fully understood her panic and fear because it’s every woman’s worst nightmare.
She only said what every woman thinks, it’s not her fault that it’s reality for some people, myself included. I don’t think it’s insensitive, it’s a completely rational fear.
An inflamed appendix is scary but is a routine procedure, cancer is absolutely terrifying no matter what age you are.
And I don’t think me having cervical issues gives me a monopoly to dictate how other people assess their own health worries - someone is always going to have it worse, aren’t they?
I hope her stories might make more women take abdominal pain more seriously and seek earlier intervention, blogger drama aside we as women often put ourselves last and can sometimes end up really sick because we don’t prioritise ourselves.
More awareness needs to be raised on that front for sure.