Post # 1
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Wannabee
Have any bees had cervical cancer or cervical cancer scares?
Firstly, I am a regular member, but because I don’t want any one I know IRL to stumble upon this I have made a psuedo name. A little background info is that I have been married less than a year, I just had my annual and got the results back and I have abnormal cells and they will been to do a cervical biopsy. I don’t have HPV, and have never tested positive for any STI’s at any of my annual appointments (I have always gotten them regularly, even before I was sexually active). I have only slept with my husband, and he has only slept with one person other than myself, and we did have sex previous to other pap smears.
I am pretty freaked out, besides the fact that I dont have any of the usual causes of cervical cancer, its just a scary situation, so I’m look for support and to hear stories of anyone who has been there. So anyone have cervical cancer previously? If so what did they do for it? Or had cervical cancer scares? Also does anyone one know what the biopsy is like? How long does it take, is it painful, etc.
Thanks bees!
Post # 3
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Busy Beekeeper
I have had a biopsy done, freezing of my cervix and the LEEP procedure done. That was over 10 years ago. I am doing fine now.
Post # 4
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Bumble bee
http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/has-anyone-had-a-colposcopy-im-freaking-out
check out this previous thread. You will be ok.
This actually happens to quite a lot of women. Good Luck!
Post # 5
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Wannabee
@Sassygrn: Do you know, did any of that affect your ability to conceive?
Post # 5
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Busy Beekeeper
I’ve had to do a cervical biopsy and I think the anticipation of the proceedure was worse that the actual proceedure. it’s very much like a pap, in my experience. it felt like an extended amount of scraping – but, again – very pap like and took about the same amount of time. I didn’t experience any post-proceedure bleeding or cramping, as I recall.
AND – it turned out to be nothing (even though my doc said it was stage 1 cancer)… all subsequent paps have been fine (at least 3 years worth). Also -kind of random, but is this a new doctor you are seeing? The one that did my biopsy was new for me – and she did a similar proceedure on a couple different friends (all new patients).
Post # 6
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Busy Beekeeper
I had cervical cancer 7 years ago at the age of 20. I had to have the LEEP procedure done, and have not had a reoccurence since. I don’t plan on having children, but the doctor did tell me that if I wanted to, that I would most likely have to deal with cervical incompetence due to the amount of cervix they removed. So basically, if I were to have kids, then I would be high risk and more than likely be on bed rest the entire time, and very possibly not be able to carry to term. This was one of many reasons my husband and I decided not to have kids.
I would not worry until you have the biopsy results back, because an irregular pap can mean so many things other than cancer. I’ve had 2 biopsies since, and both times it was just cysts that popped on their own
Post # 7
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Bumble bee
I had this same thing happen to me, but it turned out to be fine. I was 20 and a sophmore in college. Never had sex and had no other risk factors. Had the further testing and everything came back normal. I can understand your fear though, it was a scary thing to go through. Chances are everything is ok! Hugs for you!
Post # 8
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Wannabee
@chittychittybanebane: Thanks! I think the only reason it sort of scared me so much is that I just don’t have any of the typical causes of cervical cancer, so I really was very taken off guard, but I guess thats all the more reason that it will mostly likely be nothing too!
@oracle: Its my normal GP that does my annual but he is referring me to an obgyn for the biopsy, so not a new Dr. Although my GP is a better safe than sorry kind of doc so….
@MrsSl82be: Thanks for the info! Your right I need to just wait until the biopsy and go from there, but I’m glad I got to hear from some people who have experienced this! It helps to know a lot of women have this happen, and I guess as weird as it sounds I was mostly embarassed to tell anyone for fear that they would think I was promiscuous or had an STI. But that is stupid and I know that, both HPV and cervical cancer are common.
Post # 9
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Busy Beekeeper
@psuedobee: Well what does this tell you I am 29 weeks pregnant!
Post # 10
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Wannabee
@Sassygrn: Oh Congrats! Thats wonderful!
@happy2bee: Thank you!
Post # 11
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Bumble bee
Oh and to add to this, that was 7 years ago, as I’m almost 27. I’m sure things will be fine!
Post # 12
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Busy Beekeeper
@psuedobee: welcome 🙂 Let us know how it goes, and trust me, no matter what the results, no one should think anything differently of you. I know when I got my irregular pap back, and then the subsequent tests done, I was able to lean a lot on my girlfriends. While none of them had the same experience, we were able to commiserate over having to go to the gyno, and they were a great support system for me. They will definitely not think anything differently of you, because we all go through these kinds of things, and you never know until you open up! Don’t be ashamed or worried, and people who think negatively about these kinds of things are just uneducated.
@Sassygrn: any issues because of the cancer or LEEP?
Post # 13
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Buzzing bee
I’ve never personally been through this but I’ve had three separate friends have abnormal paps and then go on to have the cervical biopsy come back completely normal so try not to get too upset until you really know what’s going on. It’s quite likely that you are perfectly fine!
Post # 14
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Buzzing bee
Please don’t freak out! An abnormal Pap does not automatically mean that you will get cancer!
I had my first abnormal Pap three years ago, and it has been screenings, colposcopies, and biopsies in regular intervalls for me since. Last year I had a Cone Leep. I’m going in for Paps every three months now and will be until I had three normal ones in a row. So far, I only had one normal one and then back to mild displasia. 🙁
One thing that surprised me was finding out how many girls had a similar story when I started talking about it. I never knew how common this is!
At my last appoinment, I told my OBGyn that we want to start TTC soon, and she said, Great! and prescribed me prenatals. So apparently, the procedure I had is not a concern.
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