Katina was diagnosed with cervical cancer during a routine pap smear two years ago. Katina Frangos had been thinking of cancelling her private health insurance to save some money. The now-43-year-old Melbourne woman had been paying premiums since she was 30 and barely used it. But two years ago, before she contacted her insurer to cancel, a routine pap smear led to a diagnosis of cervical cancer . "I kind of knew something was up, I just felt it," Katina said. "Once the shock really set in that’s when I broke down a few days later." She was seeing a private specialist who told her the surgery to remove the cancer wasn’t urgent. But if she wanted to, she could start immediately. "I was just so scared, knowing that I had something in me like that … so within two weeks I was booked in, done," she said. "I […]