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Re: biopsy (cryosurgery)to: Natalie
From: Shelly (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Jun 4 15:54:32 2002
June 4th
Well, I had cryosurgery done this morning for dysplesia. The procedure
wasn't nearly as bad as I had anticipated. The biopsy/colposcopy was
much more painful. But afterwards, the doctor and staff said that I
would probably have "hot flashes" and wanted me to stay until those
passed. They never happened, so after about 15 minutes, I left the
doctor's office and went back to work. Then, BAM! The hot flashes hit
me! My eyes turned completely blood-shot and my face beet red! I turned
the A/C on in my car and couldn't cool down! After about 15-20 minutes,
that passed. But then I broke out into hives --- almost like
analphaletic (sp?) reaction. Felt like I could not get enough air to
breathe, hives all over my stomach and arms. My feet and hands itched
like crazy. Within an hour, all was better. Not much discharge so far.
If I ever have to go through this again, I will not worry so much. It
was definetely not as evasive as I thought it was going to be. Aside
from the hives/hot flashes, it was a piece of cake. Not a picnic. Not
a walk in the park. But certainly not as bad as I had originally
thought.
At Sat, 24 Feb 2001, Joyce wrote:
>
>I had cryosurgery for polyps on my cervix. And my male doc also told me
>it would not hurt... and he did not warn me of what you go through for
>the next month or so. The actual procedure was not too awfully bad, but
>I did have really bad cramps toward the end of it that made me need to
>dig my fingernails into the nurses arm... I couldn't reach the doctors
>arm... LOL After the procedure, I did cramp badly for awhile... the
>doc told me I'd be able to go back to work right afterwards, which I did
>but took lots of Advil. I would suggest taking the day off. I actually
>took the next day off from work due to cramping and adjusting to the
>discharge. For me, that was the worst of it, the discharge. It's not
>like a period, it's more like grey water.... needed the largest
>feminine pads I could find (no tampons allowed, which I'm a big fan of)
>and needed to change the largest pads every hour or so. Don't mean to
>scare you, but do want you to be more prepared than me. It was not a
>very pleasurable next month or so... that's how long the discharge
>lasted for me... although the first couple of weeks were the worse. But
>I'm glad I had it done, because the polyps on my cervix had been
>bleeding a lot and causing lots of other problems and it took care of
>them completely and they have not returned.... :-) A friend of mine had
>laser surgery for the precancerous cells.... she had bad cramps
>afterward, and of course some discharge, but nowhere near like after
>someone having cryotherapy... Maybe something to look into....
>
>Joyce
>
>At Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Danielle wrote:
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>>>Hi there. I already had the biopsy and the doc figures just from looking that they are pre-cancerous and I will have to go for the cryosurgery- nitrogen to remove bad cells. AHHHHHH! I hate pain and am not looking forward to this freezing. The nurse at the hospital suggested I take 600mg of advil before going in, and said the actual freezing doesnt hurt, its the cramping afterward. What was your experience with the freezing? Thank you
>>
>>>I had cryosurgery about 7 years ago as well and they did a freezing. They
>>>don't seem to use this method anymore because it cause infection in some.
>>>Now, they do something called Loop exision or "LEEP". LEEP uses a fine wire
>>>loop wiht electrical energy flowing through it to remove the abnormal area
>>>of the cerix. My pap smear recently came back abnormal and I had a biopsy
>>>done, where they clip little pieces of the skin of the cervical wall for
>>>testing. The results came back with pre-cancerous cells. I will have to
>>>return to get this LEEP done. You can find information on this at
>>>http://www.gynalternatives.com/treatmen.htm
>>>
>>>Nat
>>>
>>>PS it takes some people longer to heal than others and pain can also be
>>>higher in some than others.
>>>
>>>>From: anonymous@obgyn.net (Marcia)
>>>>Reply-To: anonymous@obgyn.net
>>>>To: Multiple recipients of list ENDO <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>>>>Subject: Re: biopsy (cryosurgery)
>>>>Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 10:38:07 -0600
>>>>
>>>>Hi Danielle:
>>>>
>>>>I don't know about anyone else, but when I had cryosurgery (they freeze
>>>>the tissue on your cervix), I was in horrible pain. This was before my
>>>>endo was diagnosed, and although the pain was not as bad as endo pain,
>>>>it hurt like hell. At the time I was seeing a male gyn who told me "Oh,
>>>>this shouldn't hurt at all." Well, needless to say, I didn't see a male
>>>>gyn again for about 14 years -- I didn't trust them.
>>>>
>>>>Hope this helps. Best wishes.
>>>>
>>>>Marcia
>>>>
>>>>At Wed, 21 Feb 2001, Danielle wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >i noticed that a post was put out and the heading was biopsy, but when I
>>>> >went to read it there was no message. I am curious to know what it was
>>>> >about. I have had two laps so far, and the biopsy showed endo for sure.
>>>> >Now I just recently went for a boipsy of the cervix, and the doc thinks
>>>> >it will definately come back as pre-cancerous and that I will have to go
>>>> >for cryosurgury. Has anyone else had this? Does it hurt? Thank you
>>>>
>Joyce
>
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