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Results of my smear
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I got my results tonight and there are "borderline changes" and I have to go for a colcoscopy. I'm not worried about the procedure, just what it means
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All that result means is that you've got some slight changes that they need to research more to be on the safe side. It's a pretty normal occurance and you'll just need checking again in six months as if they are minimal they like to give them chance to return to normal without any proceedures. I had borderline changes when in there for another problem. They did a biopsy and it turned out to be very minimal so not got to go back for another three years.
Good luck and try not to worry too much about the outcome x
As Carolina has said, Colposcopy's are very common procedures these days and are done as a precaution when 'borderline changes' occur. These changes can be caused by many things, even hormone change. Why not check out this NHS Direct link on Colposcopys and scroll along each tab for all the information.
Keep posting and let us know how you get on.
sorry nothing productive to add just hope everything goes okay hun. x
how strange is that. x
Lol oh my god we are always doing this!
Did your letter say anything about hpv?
I went to speak to my doctor today and feel much better now. Basically if u had borderline changes they would just ask to retest every 6 months til finally they would decide to do a colposcopy. But now they teest u for hpv of which there are 2 high risk strains. If u have one of them then they ask u to come in for colposcopy and treat u for it there and then. U have another smear 6months later to make sure it's gone. So it's treatable, phew!
Try not to worry honestly it's not as bad as u first think x
haha hmm no my letter didnt say anything about HPV. but iv read about it in the leaflet they sent me. it said they've detected 'severe dsykariosis' and i looked that up on wiki and got all scared about it so im not doing that again haha. what is HPV? is it a sexually transmitted disease or something you just have? im dead confused!
i spoke to a nurse today too and she reassured me too and made me feel a bit better. whens your colposcopy? imagine if we had it on the same day
They'll do the same proceedure i'd imagine, colposcopy and probably a biopsy to see what's going on. Then if they need to do any treatment they'll decide which sort to use. Try not to worry too much.
HPV by the way is loads of different strains. Think one of them is linked to causing cancer if not spotted. One of the other ones leads to warts.
I think it's good that they're spending more time following these things up as it will put your mind at rest or catch things early.
Hope you both get on alright and don't stress too much (easier said than done sorry
hope it is all ok good luck