pap test result, scared to death
so today I got the results of my pap smear and its wasn't what I was hoping for. as most know now, this all started cause I've been having bleeding for more then 2 months straight now. i got put on meds that stopped it for a week and it came back. So they said that the pap came back abnormal. They said that they found precancerous cells and tested positive for high rist HPV. That alone ticks me off because I know how I got it. My current Boyfriend ex had it but failed to tell him. She told me (we were friends) about 6 months after we began dating. She admited to me that she never told him cause she thought it was just a virus and not an STD. Anywho so I dont know what to expect now. I go Monday for a Colposcopy to take a better look and possibly to a biopsy if it shows to be more then what they thought. She said that she doesnt think she'll need to do a biopsy because on the scale they use of the various forms I'm like a half with a max being 3. Yet I'm still freakin out. Saturday was the one yr anniversary of my moms passing from cancer and weather is precancerous or not, i'm still freaked out. Does anyone know about this and has anyone faced this?
I've had a bunch of abnormal paps. A 5 is cancer. Everyone has some cancer or precancerous cells, pretty much all the time, usually the immune system takes care of it. Vigorous sex can cause you get an abnormal pap, so can a ton of other things. I wouldn't get too worked up about it.
HPV is a virus the V stands for virus and again your immune system will take care of in it most cases. It does a wonderful job of selling an iffy vacine and getting people all worked up.
My mother died of cancer too. You can't walk in fear and panic. Stress will do you more damage than darned near anything else you could do. Deep breath, take a walk, do some meditation. Don't let this get you off center. Chances are even if they want to do a biopsy (I've had a couple) it still won't be anything to get excited about. The tests justs aren't that accurate, there are a lot of false positives. Chances are everything will be fine.
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