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Q: HIGH HPV and pain
asked by: Amanda518 on August 27th, 2008
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So before you read this I have to say yes I know I am dumb for waiting for waiting so long to get into finding out whats going on. Embarassed

So lets start way back when it first started..About 6 years ago I was told I had HPV(at that time i guess it was not a big thing and was not something that they thought about cancer with) So i had a biopsy done on the cells and was told they were in a lower grade cancerous (normal thing and would heal on its own) So I had to return every 6 months to have a pap smear to see if they had healed well the first time I went it was still there and was told to do it all over again in another 6 months so I did and this went on for 2 years and they were still there well Medicaid took the benefits away from me so i did not have a way to pay to go to the same doctor and just figured since they said it would heal that it should go away (yes I know dumb Crying or Very sad ) so I did not return again until my last pregnancy and they could not get any cells to do the pap smear with. So I lost Medicaid again and I am trying to get on to my husband ( not by church marriage just been together for 7 years so common law type) so we have to do something to get them to add me.. Anyway since all these commercials about getting shot and all this and that about about it causing cervical cancer and things of that nature, It got me to think what strains of it do I have I know I do not have the warts I have never had any so it had to be a different strain so I call my midwives that I had at the time and they list out the strain I had and it is the high risk one that can cause cancer so I get to researching things on the internet and find out that the few people that actually get cancer are the ones that their immune system does not fight it and heal it up, well I am thinking mine did not heal it since I still had it 2 years after being told about it. So just out of curiosity I get on and research cervical cancer symptoms and I have every single symptom I thought before reading that i might have one or two and it should not worry me but when I read them and I had all of them I was like OH S*** Surprised can this be happening? I was told over and over and over back then that I am to young to have these problems.. I had an IUD for 4 years and had it removed because of all the pain i was having in my stomach I got to thinking maybe it was never the IUD that was the problem maybe the cancerous cells grew. I told the ER when I had it taken out cause of the sever pain I was having that I think something else is wrong and she said oh theres no way you are way to young to get cervical cancer. So after reading more about it its in the middle twenties the the majority of women are getting it I am 25 now..

So lets go back 6 months from now I started getting small little headaches here and there and small pains in my stomach cervix area, every month it has seemed to get worse and worse my periods starting coming a day late to three days late to weeks late now I get headaches everyday and I have never had a headache before 6 months ago they are weird cause its a shot of pain that when it happens I am like OOOH my god that hurt and then I have a small pain there after it is in the same place every single time I get it. (right side between ear and eye) sometimes these cause me to have to close my eye or i get dizzy or i get sick to my stomach or i see little spots or blurriness.. something always happens with them. I have pain in my cervix area when I am intimate with my husband which makes me not want to do anything anymore (no matter what position) Also have blood in stool maybe 5 or 6 times a month now..

So I am having to wait to get all of this taken care of with his insurance and I am just super worried cause like 4 months ago I said man there has to be something wrong with me I never feel this way and now to hear and read everything about that I am about 85 % sure that its that. i just cant see me not having that after all the research and all the problems of it and having it 2 years after I was told it would heal on its own. What if the low cancerous cells grew and are now cancer? Has anyone had cervical cancer and what all happened and what do you go threw was it over faster then you thought? any information you have to say would be great maybe a faster way of getting to the doctors until I get this insurance thing fixed..
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Mabel
replied on September 2nd, 2008
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Low grade DYSPLASIA is not cancerous. It may never turn cancerous. Your case was a watch and wait, which meant there was nothing to be concerned about.

Dysplasia is when the cells begin to grow... well, dysplastic, or not right. That can progress to cancer, but it does not always turn into cancer.

Your symptoms do not sound like cervical cancer to me. Most women who have cervical cancer never know. The blood in your stool sounds like internal hemorrhoids and they are very common - especially after pregnancy. The headaches could be attributed to anything. Late periods wouldn't be a concern of cervical cancer, unusual bleeding at odd times might (like after sex).

You can get FREE pap smears at planned parenthood. There is no reason not to be seen.

Good luck!
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Roberta777
replied on September 2nd, 2008
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Ingi has good information for you. Please also go onto Women's Health Forum. There are some very informative posts there that will help you. MaandMs is a wonderful and informed doctor. You can also write to her. She is very compassionate and will help you. She has been most kind to me.

HPV can happen to anyone. It is no discrimination as far as who will develop HPV with the high risk types. The pap smear is to keep track of any cellular changes. If your doctor does a pap and the results comes back with abnormal cells, dysplasia, they will do a follow up in six months. Mine has now come back within normal range twice. Two more over the next year and we go from there.

Try not to worry too much and take Ingi's good advise and go to the health clinic.

Good luck and let us know how you are doing. peace
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