Aurelia
Shiny_Rock
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- Jul 30, 2006
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Hello,
I just got off the phone with my little sister who heard last week that her PapSmear came back ''ASCUS'' - atypical cells of undetermined significance. She went in today for a Colposcopy and is now waiting for the results.
Here''s my question - she''s HPV positive (both a low and high risk strands, though I don''t know the strand #''s). She had an abnormal PapSmear about 4 years ago, did the Colposcopy, it came back as slight changes, so she went on a 3-month routine of PapSmears and everything was fine for a while.
Anybody have experience with this? She''s young (21), and it''s scary to think all of this has happened already. Also, it''s frustrating because each time she''s come back from the doctor, she sounds a bit like she wasn''t listening at all... I guess this is the difference between us - she''s an art history major, I was chemistry, but regardless, it''s scary hearing her go through this and not knowing where things might be headed. Is cervical cancer the next logical progression? Anything she can do to keep this risk as minimal as possible? I''ve been reading online too, but figured 1st hand experience/knowlege would be useful too!
So anybody care to share? I know this is a bit personal, but I figured it was worth asking. It is ''fairly'' anonymous around here, or maybe you feel comfortable enough to help me understand my sister''s situation a little better?
Thanks,
Aurelia
I just got off the phone with my little sister who heard last week that her PapSmear came back ''ASCUS'' - atypical cells of undetermined significance. She went in today for a Colposcopy and is now waiting for the results.
Here''s my question - she''s HPV positive (both a low and high risk strands, though I don''t know the strand #''s). She had an abnormal PapSmear about 4 years ago, did the Colposcopy, it came back as slight changes, so she went on a 3-month routine of PapSmears and everything was fine for a while.
Anybody have experience with this? She''s young (21), and it''s scary to think all of this has happened already. Also, it''s frustrating because each time she''s come back from the doctor, she sounds a bit like she wasn''t listening at all... I guess this is the difference between us - she''s an art history major, I was chemistry, but regardless, it''s scary hearing her go through this and not knowing where things might be headed. Is cervical cancer the next logical progression? Anything she can do to keep this risk as minimal as possible? I''ve been reading online too, but figured 1st hand experience/knowlege would be useful too!
So anybody care to share? I know this is a bit personal, but I figured it was worth asking. It is ''fairly'' anonymous around here, or maybe you feel comfortable enough to help me understand my sister''s situation a little better?
Thanks,
Aurelia