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Re: ABNORMAL PAP

From: Aimee (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Nov 4 09:11:36 2004

Sarah,

I have had my fair share of abnormal paps. I have had two colpo's done and a leep. Lucky for me (sarcasm) my ex-husband was unfaithful and gave me dysplasia/HPV (aka genital warts) which is what was causing the paps to come back abnormal. BE SURE to have someone go with you for the procedure. They do not need to be in the room with you (unless it makes you more comfortable), but you will cramp immediately after the procedure and will not want to drive yourself home.

During the procedure, your doctor will coat your cervix with a solution almost like peroxide, which will allow them to see any lesions, they will then pinch a piece of each lesion to run tests to see if it is cancerous. Usually they do a thin scrape of the cervix to remove any of the bad cells. You typically are fine to work the next day, however I recommend doing the procedure as late in the day as possible and on a Friday if you can. You will have a discharge which will look like pieces of skin that will last for a few days (this is just from where they scraped the cervix).

For the most part it's a simple procedure, but you will not feel like doing anything that night! You will also be required to go in every 3-6 months for a year for paps. As long as you don't have another abnormal one within a year, you will then go back to yearly testing.

The good news is that once my ex-husband was out of the picture, I went back to having normal paps. I still have HPV but (knocking on wood) I have had normal paps for 2 years now!

Good luck! If you have any questions, or just need to talk feel free to e-mail me at aswester13@yahoo.com. 

--
Aimee


At Wed,  3 Nov 2004, aireeca wrote:
>
>Sarah,
>I had a series of abnormal paps back in the fall of 2000, which was also
>when I was first diagnosed with endo.
>A colposcopy is a minor procedure where they snip a bit of tissue from
>the cervex.  Mine was done by a gynecological cancer specialist and it
>came out fine.  Sometimes, my doc at the time said, the cells just get
>out of whack for a short time or a slight difference in results is
>actually your normal.
>Some things to know about the procedure: It's quick and it will make you
>sore and possibly cramp.  I had a friend bring me to mine and I was so
>thankful because I would not have been able to drive my stick shift car
>home after the procedure.  Have it done at the end of a day, if you can,
>so that you can go home and just chill out.
>  Erica.
>
> 3 Nov 2004, Sarah wrote:
>>
>>Hey everyone! I just got word that I had a 2nd abnormal pap.  I got my
>>first pap at 16, and have never had a problem with them.  I had my
>>routine exam in June, and a second pap 3 weeks ago.  The Dr.  said that
>>I have dysplastic cells and he is going to do a colposcopy.  Does anyone
>>know about this? I'm freaking out!! I had my second lap a year and a 1/2
>>ago, but was told that nothing was removable because it was too deep in
>>the tissue and muscle, and that both tubes were completely blocked...
>>I'm only 23 years old.  I feel like a freak of nature to already have
>>been through so much so soon.  Can anyone help??? Thanks so much!



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