I'm scared (girly warning)

[blas]

Warning: I will try to keep this as pleasant as possible and try to not include very gross details.

If you didn't know, last fall, I had my first abnormal Pap smear, which came back A typical. I had a colposcopy, which determined I had 2 level 1 (out of 3) and 1 level 2 type cells. I needed chryosurgery (freezing of the bad cells) to get rid of them.

I went back for another Pap about 3 weeks ago, and my doctor called me to say that the results were abnormal again. Same story as last year. She tried to calm me down and said that it's very normal for girls to have at least 1 more abnormal Pap before getting a normal one again. There is a chance the cells came back on their own or that the surgery didn't get all of them.

I'm really scared. I'm no baby, but the chrysurgery was SO painful, I don't want to go through that again. I won't know what will have to be done until I have my colposcopy and get the results. I don't want a Leep, which is like a laser surgery. I don't want to go through this again.

Can anyone else comfort me here? Any stories of your own? Is there any hope that one day things will be back to normal?

[iradney]

I don't have any stories of my own, but then again I haven't had a Pap for while *dodges rotten tomatoes*
Just be brave - it might hurt like hell now, but it's better than it hurting worse than hell later. Besides, the doc wouldn't say that if it wasn't true.
*HUGS* holding thumbs for you, blas.

[blas]

I had to dodge some tomatoes of my own. Anyone who has had an abnormal Pap needs to go every 6 months (instead of every year) until their Paps go back to normal results. I ignored the 6 months and just went back a year later. So it's probably my own fault. That and with the overtime, I did not feel like losing hours of sleep because of waiting at the doctor after working a 10 or 12 hour shift.

[DesignFox]

I don't have any stories to share. But, I do want to leave you some :hug:. I hope everything goes well for you, and that this time's surgery is the last.

[BookstoreEscapee]

Don't blame yourself. If the cells were going to come back, they were going to come back. Getting checked earlier wouldn't change that part. It might make a difference in treatment, but it sounds like it's still being found pretty early. Hopefully your doctor is right and it won't progress to something worse. Keeping fingers crossed...

(Only story I have is my mom's friend, who had a later stage of cervical cancer, and is doing well now after treatment.)

[justZu]

No stories, just prayers and good thoughts for you. :hug:

[Amethyst Hunter]

Major hugs and wishes that you have only a small amount of pain to deal with. :hug:

[Boozy]

She tried to calm me down and said that it's very normal for girls to have at least 1 more abnormal Pap before getting a normal one again. There is a chance the cells came back on their own or that the surgery didn't get all of them.

Listen to your doctor, hon. She said its normal to get an abnormal pap in situations like yours.

Do whatever you can to put this out of your mind until you get your colposcopy done. The worst part about health problems is the worrying about it.