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Dr. Lynn Re: Pap Results
From: clare (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 20 Dec 2001 07:45:27 -0600 (CST)
Hi Dr. Lynn:
I know I've said it before, but I really appreciate you sense of ha ha!
Keep it up - it brightens my day! Thanks.
At Wed, 19 Dec 2001, Lynn D. Montgomery, MD wrote:
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>At Wed, 19 Dec 2001, Lisa wrote:
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>>I just got my pap results back. It said that I had a vag floral shift.
>>An appointment only if symptoms persist. I've tried to find this
>>everywhere on the internet, but have had no luck. I'm not sure what it
>>is, so I wouldn't know the symptoms. I'm having nothing unusual, but
>>this does worry me. I 'm just curious what this is.
>
>Besides possibly meaning that your vagina has changed florists, I
>frankly don't know what it means either. The wording would imply that
>the "normal" bacterial flora is not present or unbalanced. How this can
>interpreted and why from a pap smear is new to me. I would have to
>recommend that you ask the physician that performed the pap to inquire
>with the pathologist that provided the interpretation as to the
>meaning...
>Lynn
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>Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
>Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
>Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
>Missoula, Montana
>
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csheedy
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