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Hall0731 posted:
I am currently taking birth control pills and started my period Wednesday on time. It has been a brown discharge the whole time. This is concerning me. I have been under a lot of stress due to the fact that I was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer 2 months ago and under went surgery on aug 2nd to remove my colon and rectum. I am now doing chemo. I did miss 7 pills back in August when I was in the hospital. Is this brown discharge something to worry about? I know my last pap in march was ok. I had atypical cells.they sent my sample for testing for the cervical cancer strains and it was negative. What could be going on?
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