Leeds women told to stop being a wuss and to get their smear tests

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'I was 22 when I was diagnosed with cervical cancer and had a year to live, but thanks to the smear I am a 53-year-old survivor'

"Stop being a wuss", say Leeds cervical cancer survivors pleading for women to get their smear tests.

Read more: 'I went for my first smear test with a head full of horror stories but what happened next was not what I expected' "There is not enough awareness of the importance of the smear test. There are 99.8 percent preventable cases of cervical cancer and that would be just through having a smear. Let’s get women talking about cervical cancer and give it the awareness and recognition it deserves. Life is important and too short."

Sue Payne added: "Please go get your smear tests - cervical cancer isn't fun." Lisa Marsh-Shale said: "When I was much younger you had smear tests when you became sexually active. I had the tests from age 15 and 16 years old regularly. Then when I was 22 and 23 I had been diagnosed with cervical cancer."

 

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