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Re: GYNECOLOGIC: HSIL Pap
From: Julie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:26:29 -0500 (CDT)
Please keep us informed. I hope all turns out ok for you.
At Tue, 26 Aug 2008, ANON wrote:
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>Hello. I had posted a few months ago regarding my pap smear. Here was
>the post that I made on March 17th, 2008. And thank you for those of
>you who answered!
>
>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???
>
>Okay. So here's my update, with more questions. I went for my SECOND
>colposcopy, and yet again, the doctor saw nothing. He said my cervix
>looked normal and he wasn't going to take a biopsy, becuase he saw no
>abnormal cells. He just told me to return and I have an appointment
>scheduled for this week (which I will have to reschedule due to starting
>radiography school) for a Pap Smear. He said either he could be wrong,
>or the pathologist could be wrong. Either way, he said that if it comes
>back abnormal again he will biopsy everything this time, whether the
>colposcopy shows anything upon examination or not. Now, the HSIL, what
>are the possibilities of it being in my endocervical canal? But he's
>reassured me that I should be perfectly fine. Even if it would be
>pre-cancer, I would get treated and be fine. Despite how reassuring he
>has been, I'm still terrified. I don't want to worry about cancer at 19
>years old. He said he's unsure why the HVP is not going away. I've
>been with the same partner for almost two years. As soon as I can make
>it into an appointment, I'm sure I'll post again. I would just like
>some advice, and some answers, please, if possible. Thank you.
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