Re: Abnormal Smear Result, Please Help Me Anyone!!
I too have had an abnormal pap and colposcopy and biopsy, I had warts on my cervix (the strain that causes warts IS NOT the same that causes cancer) but the results came back negative and have had three years of normal paps since. This after the doctor looking at my cervix said "looks pretty bad in there!" as I lay there in a paper dress crying! I don't have any female friends who havent had at least one abnormal pap. I have read that something like 95% of people have HPV, but everyone I know, their HPV has healed quickly and abnormal cells have healed themselves or are easily scraped off, never to return. Like someone above said, cancer of the cervix takes 10-20 years to develop, as it did with my mother. She actually got cancer at the age of 39, went in for a simple procedure, went on to have my brother, and has not had an abnormal pap in 25 years. This is definitely the typical experience for anyone with abnormal cells. I feel very bad for all you in the UK who were deluged with the Jade Goody situation, her case was EXTREMELY unusual, absolutely not the norm and I have read in several articles that for years she ignored doctors request to come in and have her cancer removed from her cervix. So as tragic as her death was,she did not do the responsible thing. And is just scaring the crap out of all us women with HA!
I just wanted to share mine and my mothers experience with you, I did so much research when I had my abnormal pap, and truly believe ours is the typical experience--thats why paps are so great!
Good luck, you will be fine!
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