I need words of wisdom, advice, shared stories, whatever you can share.
So I went for my normal pap that was on August 10. They called me last Friday to tell me that Dr. Chorness wanted to go over my lab results. I was a little worried, because last year's pap was abnormal but the one 6 months after that was normal. She said that last time she did the colposcopy (viewing of the cervix using a special instrument called a colposcope) I had low-grade mild dysplasia. She didn't see any abnormal cells on my cervix so I just had to come back for the above mentioned 6 month exam. Well, this time she said I had moderate to severe high-grade dysplasia, and she had to do a biopsy. 2 biopsies in fact. That sucked a lot.
I have to come back in 2 weeks so she can go over the results. There is no cancer at this stage, she is just testing the pieces she CUT FROM MY BODY to determine this. But, due to the severity of the dysplasia, I have to have it treated. This is going to require a surgical procedure called an electrosurgical excision. Basically what that is is an outpatient procedure done in her office where they put a thin wire loop inside that carries an electric current and it removes the abnormal areas of the cervix. I am reading this off of a pamphlet btw. I asked her if there was a risk of infertility and she said we would talk about all of that at our next visit. I am really scared, this is a big deal. Please pray that the biopsy will come back negative. Regardless of the biopsy, I still have to get that procedure. And please pray that it will not affect my ability to bear children. That would kill me more than anything.
Has anyone been through this??? I am terrified of the procedure itself and the consequences.
So I went for my normal pap that was on August 10. They called me last Friday to tell me that Dr. Chorness wanted to go over my lab results. I was a little worried, because last year's pap was abnormal but the one 6 months after that was normal. She said that last time she did the colposcopy (viewing of the cervix using a special instrument called a colposcope) I had low-grade mild dysplasia. She didn't see any abnormal cells on my cervix so I just had to come back for the above mentioned 6 month exam. Well, this time she said I had moderate to severe high-grade dysplasia, and she had to do a biopsy. 2 biopsies in fact. That sucked a lot.
I have to come back in 2 weeks so she can go over the results. There is no cancer at this stage, she is just testing the pieces she CUT FROM MY BODY to determine this. But, due to the severity of the dysplasia, I have to have it treated. This is going to require a surgical procedure called an electrosurgical excision. Basically what that is is an outpatient procedure done in her office where they put a thin wire loop inside that carries an electric current and it removes the abnormal areas of the cervix. I am reading this off of a pamphlet btw. I asked her if there was a risk of infertility and she said we would talk about all of that at our next visit. I am really scared, this is a big deal. Please pray that the biopsy will come back negative. Regardless of the biopsy, I still have to get that procedure. And please pray that it will not affect my ability to bear children. That would kill me more than anything.
Has anyone been through this??? I am terrified of the procedure itself and the consequences.