WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for July, 2002: Re: bleeding and cryo

Re: bleeding and cryo

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 24 Jul 2002 15:42:34 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 24 Jul 2002, chantel wrote: >
>Hello. I am sorry to keep posting to the board, but it appears the only
>place I actually get my questions answered ;-).
>
>Four months ago I had cryo therapy for mild dysplasia. I have been
>bleeding off and on ever since. For the first month it was a lot, like
>a period. Now it is bloody discharge after sex or exercise (yoga).
>
>I also have a consistent pain in my lower left abdomen.

Should not be related.

When I went to >see a doctor for a repeat pap smear (three weeks ago) he cauterized some
>granular tissue and hoped the bleeding would stop. The next day the
>bleeding was heavier and there were large clumps of bloody tissue.

To be expected after a cautery.

>
>I am still bleeding and he says that since the "cure is worse than the
>cold" that if the pap smear comes back normal he is reluctant to do
>anything else.

A pap smear done with granulation tissue present is likely to be abnormal because of the granulation tissue.

>
>My questions are: How long do I have to wait for pap smear results?

Shouldn't be more than a week. It only takes 30 minutes to do the smear once it gets to the lab.

Are >these symptoms that something else could be wrong?

Not likely

And do I really have >to just learn to "deal" with the bleeding?

Absolutely not.

>
>I am a newlywed. This is causing a strain on my marriage as my husband
>is afraid to touch me!
>

WHY??????????????????????? Does your signature reveal a great strain in your new marriage??? UPROOTED ??

>Has anyone gone through a similar experience?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>--
>a recently uprooted woman in new orleans
>

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R.Daniel Braun, MD  FACOG   FOG
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