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Uninformed and afraid
by: Chelsey
on 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. After the second colp., my doctor told me I have atypical cells on my cervix and that he wanted to do a biopsy after I gave birth. It was only after this that my mother told me that her doctor had found precancerous cells on her cervix after giving birth to me. She refuses to tell me anything else, but I know that she does not now, nor never had actual cervical cancer. I am so angry with her for not helping me through this. In any case, I went to my doctor for my regular checkup yesterday and discovered that I have lost 7 pounds in the last 4 weeks. My eating habits haven’t changed, and I don’t know why I could be losing so much weight. My doctor won’t tell me anything, I don’t even know how severe the dysplasia is. The waiting is killing me. I want to give birth and have the biopsy done so I know what’s wrong. I’ve considered going to another doctor, but I am on Medicaid and my options are limited. Not to mention that no doctor will do a biopsy until after I give birth. I guess I just need a sympathetic ear…
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Thu, Mar 06 2008
i know this is months ago for you now, but i read your posting and felt sorry for you. i had severe cervical dysplasia and although i wasn't pregnan...Read
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Tue, Dec 04 2007
I just wanted to write to let you know that I am going through something similar right now. For 8 years I have had a normal pap and everything is fine...Read
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Fri, Oct 19 2007
I know how you feel..I had an abnormal pap and my doctor wanted to do the colposcopy on me..He found 2 dysplasias on my cervix. He had me come back in...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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