Early detection: Lucy's cervical cancer journey and key lessons for you

Lucy Lorna at her home in Embu.[Courtesy]

She took a deep breath in, and another to exhale the anxiety. Her emotions were heightened as she waited for the doctor to see her. The music on screen in the waiting room was occasionally broken by a news item from the television on the wall, amplifying her nervous moments.

For nearly two years, she had thought that the discharge would go away and eventually resume her regular menstrual cycle.

But it didn’t.