Re: ABNORMAL TESTS...?????????
From: Alicia M. Lapidus M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 27 Mar 2003 14:36:02 -0600 (CST)
You will have to be followed closely .Atypical hyperplasia will have to
be controlled.Cin II also, not to be worried, but yes to be concerned.
Cone biopsy is a deeper piece: a previous step to an abdominal
procedure. In short you have to followed.
At Thu, 27 Mar 2003, ybbed wrote:
>
>IF I SENT THIS TWICE I APOLOGIZE. WHEN I SENT IT THE FIRST TIME, I GOT
>ALL THESE LETTERS AND NUMBERS AND CODES LIKE IT DIDN'T GO THROUGH.
>
>ALL TESTS SUDDENLY ABNORMAL...SCARED, CONCERNED-HOPE YOU CAN ANSWER MY
>QUESTIONS.
>
>BRIEF HISTORY - POSTMENOPAUSAL 2 YEARS, SUDDEN ONSET SPOTTING, BLEEDING,
>PELVIC PRESSURE, SEVERE CRAMPING & PAINS AFTER INTERCOURSE.
>
>TESTS DONE - ENDOMETRIAL BIOPSY, D & C, PAP SMEAR, COLPOSCOPY, CONE
>BIOPSY.
>
>DIAGNOSIS - ATYPICAL SQUAMOUS CELLS, ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLSIA, HPV,
>SQUAMOUS METAPLASIA, MODERATE SQUAMOUS DYSPLASIA (CIN II),
>
>RESULTS OF CONE BIOPSY NOT BACK YET. MY DOCTOR DOES NOT GIVE ME ANY
>EXPLANATIONS. I KNOW HPV CAN LEAD TO CERVICAL CANCER (COULD BE WRONG).
>
>QUESTIONS--
>1. VERY CONCERNED AND WORRIED, SHOULD I BE?
>2. WHY ALL THE ABNORMALITIES ALL OF A SUDDEN?
>3. ISN'T THIS SOMETHING TO BE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT SINCE I AM
>POSTMENOPAUSAL
>4. IS THE PAIN AND CRAMPING AFTER INTERCOURSE NORMAL. TO MY DOCTOR IT
>MUST
>BE, HE WASN'T CONCERNED. TOLD HIM I HAVE HAD INTERCOURSE IN A YEAR. HIS
>COMMENT WAS "MY YOU ARE A STRONG WOMAN". THAT WAS THE EXTENT OF THAT.
>5. WHAT MORE CAN A CONE BIOPSY SHOW THAT HASN'T BEEN DIAGNOSED SO FAR.
>IF I
>UNDERSTAND A "CONE BIOPSY", IT IS A "DEEPER" PIECE? CAN THIS SHOW DEEPER
>PRECANCEROUS CELLS OR CELLS SPREAD OUT FUTHER? COULD IT PICK UP
>CANCEROUS
>CELLS IF ANY? WHAT IF THE "CONE BIOPSY" RESULTS ARE ABNORMAL WHEN HE
>GETS THEM BACK, THEN WHAT. WHAT IF IT IS NORMAL (THATS EXCELLENT I
>KNOW)
> IS THERE FOLLOW UP TESTS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE.
>
>I HOPE ONE THE DOCTORS CAN ANSWER MY QUESTIONS, MY DOCTOR CAN'T SEEM TO
>GIVE ANY ANSWERS TO MY QUESTIONS.
>
>THANKS.
>
>--
>YBBED
>
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Alicia M. Lapidus M.D.
Director Obgyn.net Latina
Chief of Staff Obstetrics, Hospital J. A. Fernández
Buenos Aires
Argentina
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