Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi undergoes major surgery six months after her cervical cancer diagnosis

“I don’t wanna feel pain,” she said. “It’s very scary. But I got on the table and the nurses are great. They’re saying I’m gonna do fine. The doctors are great, so I lay down, and I’m like, ‘F—, it’s happening,’ and then they give me something in my IV to calm me down. And I’m like, What the f— couldn’t you give me this 20 minutes ago so I could calm down?

Polizzi also shared a lighter moment in which she felt determined to “set the record” for how long she could hold out before passing out from the anesthesia after doctors told her most people only make it to three seconds, proudly telling her followers she counted to 10.

In addition to getting a hysterectomy, Polizzi shared that the doctors also treated her for diastasis recti, with the reality star saying, “Obviously, I’ve had three kids, so when you have kids, sometimes your abs, they disconnect.”

When it comes to why she chose to share her health journey with her followers, she explained, “It’s a scary thing and a lot of us women deal with it, and no one really talks about it. So I’m here to give that platform for all of us ladies.”

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“And I read a lot of your comments that some of you are going to get surgery next week, you’re doing the same thing, so I’m here to show you what’s up and it’s scary, and it’s okay to be scared,” she continued. “But now it’s over. It’s over. I just have to deal with the pain. It’s just like any surgery. You have pain, you gotta manage it, manage it, get the pain meds, and in a couple of days, you’ll feel brand spanking new, no more periods. I don’t have to take birth control anymore. Hopefully I’ll be cancer free, and that’s it.”

She ended her post by thanking her followers and encouraging them to “get your Pap smears, okay?”

Polizzi first shared that she was diagnosed with Stage 1 cervical cancer in February, saying at the time that  “I’m gonna probably get the hysterectomy.”