I had my cervical screening a couple of days ago and I'm feeling a bit anxious waiting for the results.
I've had 3 smears before and never had abnormal results. I know so many people who have, though, and I'm starting to think it might be my turn.
They do it differently now and check for HPV first. For my first 3 smears I hadn't had sex with more than 3 men, so it makes sense I wouldn't have contracted HPV, but in the last couple of years I've had sex with 5 more men and so I feel like I could have contracted it now.
Apparently 13% of women will have HPV on their cervix at any given time, and I think more than half of those will have abnormal changes.
I just don't want to have HPV or especially abnormal changes. It's really not what I need at the moment. Feeling pretty anxious about things.