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Hurt and Betrayal
by: AT
on Mon, Oct 08 2007
Hi Everybody. I am a 21 year old college student and I was diagnosed with Cervical dysplasia in late june. I knew that my pap smear was going to be abnormal because back in september (almost a year before), I had some bleeding between my normal period. So my doctor thought it was an hormonal imbalance and put me on contraceptives. It worked for a while but I noticed that I was still spotting and I would spot after intercourse.
Well when I got my pap smear results, Not only did it show that I had cervical dysplasia but Chlamydia I knew then that my boyfriend was unfaithful and I was crushed. I thought we were in a monogamous relationship but obviously not. My doctor initially thought that the infection had caused my abnormal pap smear. When I got a repeat done in September, the abnormal cells were still there. So I got the coloscopy [colposcopy] and biopsy. The biopsy found no dysplasia. My doctor indicated that the abnormal cells may be in my cervix but until then he wants to do a repeat pap smear in 3 months. I’m trying to relax and take care of my body in the meantime (which is something I have been neglecting) but I can’t help but worry.
I don’t know whether I have scarring from chlamydia (which is awful) or cervical cancer (which is just as awful). I hope that I have neither but only time will tell.
I shared this information with you all to both try to forgive myself and to try to help someone who is going through the same thing. Wish me luck and keep me in your prayers. And I wish the best to anyone who is going through this now.
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Wed, Jan 23 2008
I had the same thing happen to me a year ago… spotting and an abnormal pap which resulted in a diagnosis of HPV and Chlamydia! Of course my boyfrien...Read
October 2007
- third time round? - by baw - (Thu, Oct 25 2007)
im 33, the first time was when i was 18, they froze it. the second time i was 28, they did the same again. they say you have no symtoms [symptoms] but i knew there was something wrong when i gushed blood during sex, with lots of pain. now i am in the same situation.
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- dysplasia - by debbie - (Thu, Oct 25 2007)
i’m 56 yrs old. never thought this could happen to me. i had a hysterectomy starting at age 24. i met a man a year ago and knew within a couple of weeks something was wrong. i went to the doctor and had to have surgery as soon as possible. i had moderate dysplasia.
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- worried - by HG - (Fri, Oct 19 2007)
I was hoping that I could get a little more information. I am a 38 year old mom of three (18yrs,16yrs,10yrs). When my last child was born, I had my tubes tied. I have had several abnormal pap smears over the past few years, as well as three coloscopys throughout that time period. the first took five tissue samples, the second took eight, and the last one took three. Each time, I am told that the pap smears are abnormal but within “normal limits” and the doctor tells me that the results of the coloscopy states that I have a “high risk” HPV, chronic active cervicitis, and squamous atypcia. No displasia was detected.
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- unsure - by hb - (Thu, Oct 18 2007)
I just recently had another child after 16 years. My husband and I have been trying to conceive for may years. After having my daughter in June, I went to have my post preg. pap.
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- Dysplasia and genital warts - by TJD - (Fri, Oct 12 2007)
I was diagnosed with this 3 years ago and went for a recent pap and my dysplasia is gone. However, now the problem is that I have a virus and that virus is genital warts that was caused from the Dysplasia so I am told.
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- Uninformed and afraid - by Chelsey - (Wed, Oct 10 2007)
I am 21 years old with a 13 month old son and 33 weeks pregnant with another boy. When I went in for my first pap smear with my first son, I was told that it was abnormal and would need a colposcopy. After the colposcopy, my doctor told me that he did not see any abnormal cells and I went about the pregnancy and gave birth. I found out I was pregnant again in April, and of course had another pap smear. Again I was told it was abnormal and would need another colposcopy.
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- moderate to sever Dysplasia - by Hayley - (Tue, Oct 09 2007)
I had a pap smear in March 2007 and it came back as HPV high risk. I had a colposcopy done which revealed no lesions on the cervix. What a relief at that time. Then in September I had a follow up pap smear and this time it came back as moderate to severe dysplasia. I was scared stiff.
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- Hurt and Betrayal - by AT - (Mon, Oct 08 2007)
Hi Everybody. I am a 21 year old college student and I was diagnosed with Cervical dysplasia in late june. I knew that my pap smear was going to be abnormal because back in september (almost a year before), I had some bleeding between my normal period. So my doctor thought it was an hormonal imbalance and put me on contraceptives.
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- scared and alone - by Kristin - (Fri, Oct 05 2007)
i am 21 years old and have a 2 month old son. i went to get my pap smear at my 6 week check up and soon found out that it came back abnormal. i got information about what that actually ment today and i am scared out of my mind.
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