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Re: HPVFrom: Holly (anonymous@obgyn.net)Tue Jul 30 09:11:06 2002
At Tue, 30 Jul 2002, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: > >I recieved a call from my GYN today about my pap smear being abnormal. The >nurse mentioned HPV and STD. I am scheduled for a colpscope in 3 weeks and I >am scared and confused. I don't know if she said I have HPV or if this test >will find out. Can anyone help with this? I had this too, please don't worry. It is normal to send you for a colposcopy examination, and I did not find it painful at all. The good thing is you have attended for your smear and they are looking into it. Basically they just look inside with a pair of binoculars (well that's what it looks like to the diddy on the street!). I had PRE cancer cells, which is NOT cancer. Stage 1 they don't normally do anything with, stage 2 is borderline and stage 3 they remove. Unfortunately I had stage 3 so they froze my cervix and removed part of it, this was less painful than a smear, believe me!! I also had HPV (warts) which I attended every week for I think about 6 weeks and had them frozen off. I've heard it said that HPV and pre cancer cells tend to be connected. This I had done 5 years ago and I have had to have annual smears for 5 years after this so November this year is my last annual smear. Every one I have had has been clear. I hope you find my history helpful. Please don't spend the next 3 weeks worrying if you can cope with a smear you can certainly cope with a colposcopy. I bought a book called The Cervical Smear Test by Dr Anne Szarewski and I found this very useful, it tells you everything you need to know and more and it was only £7.99. Good luck
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