Coping With Cervical Dysplasia

I am a thirty year old, married mother of two. Two and a half years ago I bleed for a little over a month, before I finally decided to go to the doctor for a slightly(maybe 6 months) ovedue pap. It came back abnormal, which was followed up by a colposcopy which turned out to show severe dysplasia. I was scheduled for, and had, cryosurgery about a week later. That was in October 2005, I went in for a pap three months later to see how things were after the surgery and also because my husband and I were impatient to have our second child.

The day after my pap(in Feb. 2006) I started my period. That was my LMP, for those of you who have had children. In other words, two weeks after my pap, which came back saying that things weren’t 100% back to normal, and that I should not be trying to get pregnant, I got pregnant. I think this scared me more than the initial dysplasia, I was so scared that something would go wrong with the baby, or me. Thankfully everything was fine, I had paps done every three months during my pregnancy and everything was fine(normal delivery, healthy child). I had an IUD put in three months after having the baby and really, looking back on it, thought I had had a pap, what with all of the poking and proding going on, but when I really think about it, I know I didn’t have one at that time, I was supposed to have it at the follow up visit for the IUD.

Anyhow, two months ago(the baby is now 16 months and I had weaned at 14 months) I began having REALLY bad cramps. I was positive it was something to do with my cervix, so I went in for a pap and was scolded for being more than a year late getting a pap. I am supposed to have a pap every three months for the rest of my life. Before the results of the pap came back, I started a period. I don’t know how I knew it was a period, but I just did. Then I thought everything else would be fine. I hadn’t thought about the fact that I had weaned finally and was just having my first period in almost two years. That was the worst period ever, but what made it worse was the letter from the dr.s office a few days later saying I needed another colposcopy. What scares me about this the most now, is that even if everything turns out okay this time, no Cryosurgery or Leep, it’s obviously going to be something I have to deal with for the rest of my life.

An endless barage of doctors visits every three months and every few visits I’ll probably have to have a Colpo and then every few of those probably have to have a surgery, until eventually they have to take my stuff out. Which I don’t want. I also have questions for those who have had partial/full hysterectomies, does it cause you to go through menopause early? Or cause any other weird things to happen?