Women tell their stories of how they lost the ability to have children
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on October 22, 2023
Oct. 19, 2023, 6:00 AM EDT
By Janelle Griffith
From the time she got married in September 2021, Kenya Appling had looked forward to having a child.
That dream was crushed four months after her wedding when Appling, 42, was diagnosed with uterine cancer and, at the advice of her doctor, underwent a hysterectomy, as well as chemotherapy and radiation.
“It was really devastating. I could not come to terms with it for a while,” she said of the diagnosis. “Immediately after surgery, I . . .