Re: STD: HSIL on Pap Test
From: Dr. Herbert A. Goldfarb (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:23:11 -0500 (CDT)
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In all likely hood , the bleeding has nothing to do with neoplasia.
After
your bleeding is over have another culposcopic exam with appropriate
biopsies.
Dr. Herbert A. Goldfarb
New York Downtown Hospital, http://www.nohysterectomy.com
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At Mon, 17 Mar 2008, ANON wrote:
>
>I've searched through the forums and Google, and still have yet to find
>an answer. Not to mention my OBGYN is a difficult man to get in touch
>with with my work schedule. Anyway, I'm a 19 year old girl and I had a
>papsmear about six months ago show LSIL. I had the colposcopy done and
>upon examination, my OBGYN said he did not see any abnormal cells. Three
>months ago I went for a follow-up (six months after my original pap) and
>he gave me a repeat pap and this time the resultes were HSIL. I'm
>supposed to have my colpo. this Thursday, but have to cancel becuase of
>my period. I've had bleeding all last week too, so naturally I'm
>freaking out becuase I know one of the symptoms of cervical cancer is
>abnormal bleeding. But I also know that if I had cancer, the pap test
>would have shown cancer, not HSIL. I guess my question would be how
>fast can it progress to cervical cancer? I've heard ten years and I've
>heard as little as three (thanks Google!) so I'm just very confused. And
>I would like to know how my OBGYN saw no abnormal cells with the LSIL
>and now the cells came back, only worse. I'm getting scared. I already
>have PCOS and Endometriosis, and now this. I've had a pap done every
>year since I was 14. How does that progress so fast???