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

Re: bleeding and cryo

From: chantel (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 24 Jul 2002 16:32:10 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 24 Jul 2002, R. Daniel Braun, MD wrote: >
>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
>>
>--
>R.Daniel Braun, MD FACOG FOG

Dr Braun: Thanks for your reply. The pap smear did come back abnormal. So my doc wants to do a colposcopy.

oh, and my sig merely meant I just recently moved here and away from my usual OBGYN. ;-)

thanks for your help

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