WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for July, 2008: Re: HPV: Need some advice, please help

Re: HPV: Need some advice, please help

From: JoAnn NP (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:45:07 -0500 (CDT)

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At Mon, 21 Jul 2008, Concerned Fiance wrote: >
>I'm sure not many guys post here, but Im doing so out of concern for my
>fiancee. I'll just copy and paste a letter I had sent to someone else.
>
>She is about to turn 21. She went back for a Pap, to get her birth
>control pills again. The pap came up abnormal, and they said she showed
>to have low risk HPV, and now they want her to return for a Colposcopy .
>Most of the research and reading we've done, said that it should be
>followed up with another pap, before taking it further. Especially at
>only 20.
>
>My real concern is I don't trust her doctors office. They gave her a
>pap when she was still a virgin (this was she was 18), and hurt her
>severley. She was having some pain in an ovary, and they gave her an
>ultrasound with some sort of square device as she described it, and hurt
>her yet again. We read that most offices use plastic speculum's now,
>her office still uses metal and they have no care of which size they
>use, because even on this last pap she had, they left her crying, yet
>again.
>
>Anyway, her appointment for the colpscopy is this Tuesday (7-22-08). Are
>my concerns being blown out of proportion because I'm trying to protect
>her, or does she need to seek out a better office for a second opinion ?
>
>Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated.

To Fiance Exams should be comfortable .Small size speculums are available in plastic and metal which can be warmed to a comfortable temperature.Metal are more kind to the environment.She actually could buy small plastic speculums to bring with her .The style is called Pederson or simply call ahead to let them know her request for plasic. Ask that the small one be used.Most labs only test for High risk HPV .She may also have something called Cervical Dysplasia or the examiner may have seen something on her cervix to assess with colposcopy.It depends on the office policy but the goal is to prevent cevical cancer so you can both enjoy a happy life with children if you choose. A second opinion is another possibility,as you suggested.Caring about someone you love is never blowing something out of proportion.It is caring of you to ask.JoAnn NP

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Jo Ann  NP
Scottsdale, Arizona

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