Joined: 13 Aug 2004 Posts: 1 Location: mississippi
I Just Recently Got a Call Saying My Pap Was Bad Posted: 08-15-04 22:18pm
I am 22 and I just recently got a call
from the doc saying that my pap was
abnormal and I needed to come back and
repeat it in 6 months.I wasn't realy
worried bacause she did say come back in 6
months not something that I need to come
back and do now but I remembered going to
a diffrent doctor when I was 18 and and
getting a couple of bad paps and they
refered me to a bigger place (this was
only a health department because I didn't
have insurence)and I just never went. I
guess I was young and didn't have
insurence and just didn't think much of
it.I have had a pap smear every year since
then just at a diffrent place and it has
been normal every time until this last
one. I have even had a baby and
everything has been ok.Could someone
please help me out I am scared and I
haven't told my new doc about the bad paps
in the past. Do you think that if
something is wrong with me that it has
been wrong with me since I was 18 or since
I have had normal ones since then that
this is probley something diffrent or
should I not even worry because I have had
normal ones for a while?Please reply
someone I have to wait another 6 months
and what if I have had cancer since I was
18?Could I have had cancer and had a baby
and no one known it ? I don't have any
symtoms.
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hiddareboog
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Aug 2004 Posts: 3
Posted: 08-18-04 20:04pm
If you have dysplasia *i had mild
dysplasia when I was 20* it could easily
have been there since you were 18. It is
sooooo important to get those checked out
- dysplasia is pre cancer and sometimes
resolves on its own and other times turns
into invasive cancer that metastisizes
(sp?) into other parts of your body!
The reason your other paps could have been
normal and you still could have had the
problem is because it is possible that the
doctor didn't scrape your cervix in the
same place each time. If she barely
brushed over the pre-cancer cells, there
may not have been enough to show up. The
cervix is a lot bigger than the tool they
use to scrape, so they do the best they
can, but sometimes they miss things. My
advice to you is to tell that doctor
exactly what you told this forum and don't
wait another minute to do so. Your
health could really depend on it.
