WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for April, 2009: Re: MISCELLANEOUS: colposcopy w/biopsy

Re: MISCELLANEOUS: colposcopy w/biopsy

From: CLS (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:54:14 -0500 (CDT)

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Fire your doctor, immediately! She should have called you, herself. To throw the word "cancer" into any part of the sentence without a proper expalantion and, therefore, frighten you this much, was unconscionable. She knows you'll be easy manipulate.

Before I continue, I'm going to express the issue I have with the word "precancer." If your immune system broke down, and due to prolonged exposure to bacteria, your hand developed an infection (aka celluar abnormalities), your doctor wouldn't say you have "pre-gangrene." Now, if you don't take your health seriously and take medication or use alternative treatment to boost your immune system, you are at risk of developing gangrene, which can kill you a lot faster than cancer. But to say you have pre-gangrene could cause you to panic into a hasty decision that might not be appropriate. The same holds true with prolonged exposure to HPV.

Before you agree to anything, make sure you are fully educated so that your decision is informed. It's also very empowering because it takes away the mystery and gets you actively involved in your healthcare. Your new doctor needs to work in partnership with you. I got bullied into a hasty decision, and believe me, I still regret it.

When you get a new doctor,

1. Insist of looking at the lab report.

2. Get a thorough discussion of what you have (CIN I, II, or CIS), where it's located, how many cervical quadrants are involved, if dysplasia is in the endocervical canal, and if dysplasia is in the endocervical glands. That will determine if you need surgery, and if so, which option is best.

3. If you require surgery, get a full discussion of the risks, and benefits of all your treatment options - cryosurgery, laser, LEEP, and cold knife cone biopsy - before a recommendation. This is requirement! No doctor who fails to follow regulations should be trusted. Each surgery has the same success rate, so what you have will determine which is appropriate.

There are definitely good doctors out there. Call your PCP and get a referral, tomorrow morning. But your current doctor has already proven untrustworthy, so don't go back.

At Wed, 29 Apr 2009, thompsoname wrote: >
>I had a colposcopy with biopsy done. i got a call from my dr.s assitant
>saying that i had beginning cancer cells and that I needed to come in to
>the dr. to talk about having the LEEP procedure done. She scheduled my
>appt. just to talk to the Dr. for ten days away sbut was very
>apolagetic for not having a sooner date. Anyways my question is do i
>have cancer orprecancer cells. I don't feel like I can ask my Dr.
>anything she seems to pass everything to her assitant also is that
>normal for a Dr., to pass call backs to the assitant?

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