Hi,
I had my first pap smear at the start of summer. I tested positive for high grade HPV and Low Grade changes. This was a huge shock as I am only 25 and I was HPV vaccinated as a child. I was referred for a colposcopy. The nurse suspected CIN1 but as the cells surrounded the whole of my cervix she wanted to biopsy to be sure. The biopsy came back as CIN1 and I have been told to come back for a smear in 1 years time. They hope that the cell changes will clear themselves.
This should be really good news!!! but my health anxiety means I am freaking out. When I know I have CIN1 and high risk HPV in my body, 1 year seems a long wait.
Additionally, about 6 months ago I had some blood, that i am pretty sure came from my bum, but maybe from my cervix, it was deffo abnormal bleeding and there was a fair amount of blood but this one happened once. I feel a normal person would have completely forgotten this even happened by now. I also had small amounts of red blood on the tissue paper for a little while, I think this may have been from wiping too hard as this seems to have sorted itself out. I also occasionally get mucus when i wipe but this isn't a new symptom for me. However, I have definitely been needing a number 2 more regularly, and i feel like i have lost sense of what is normal for me because of my health anxiety. I am not going a crazy amount of times a day maybe 2-3, sometimes loose stool sometimes not.
This lines up with some of the symptoms of anal cancer and now i know i am HPV positive I am freaking out, even tho the blood situation seems to have resolved itself and anal cancer is very rare in my age group. I have had anal sex which does put me more at risk so I am struggling to deal with the health anxiety surrounding this.
I also constantly worry they missed something at the colposcopy or that they didn't biopsy the worse looking area.
I just wondered if anyone else has been in a similar situation re HPV positive CIN1 and health anxiety.