Oh, i'm sorry sweetie. My sister (only 19) is going through the same thing. She had the abnormal smear and is waiting for the results. At this point the doctor told her that if it turns out to be cancerous, they'll go in and "freeze" the cells, so they are no longer able to do anything. Other than that, I really don't know anything about it.

My sister-in-law-to be just found out she has cervical cancer :( but I don't know much about it... Can it keep you from having babies?

Your mother should be fine! A leep procedure is very safe, so don't worry about it too much. She should not smoke or exercise at all during recovery. If she is a smoker then it would be a good idea to quit all together because she will have a 200% chance of having to go through all of this again. For some reason smoking can make it come back. They will have her come in to do pap smears twice a year now too make sure it hasn't come back. Don't worry. She'll be fine after the surgery, they will probably prescribe a couple of percocets to help with any pain. She'll be back to normal in like 2-3 weeks.

Cin 3 is not cancer. It is pre-cancerous cells. However they do not always turn into cancer. Unless it is abnormally aggressive, it takes many years for cancer to develop.

A .L.E.E.P is a very common procedure and cervical cancer is among the most treatable cancers. Cervical cancer is directly related to the .H.P.V virus (not the kind that causes warts, the high risk kind. Although you can have both kinds.) that is sexually transmitted. No one is sure the amount of people who have .H.P.V, the estimates are in the 80-85% range of sexually active individuals. Interestingly, celebate people (nuns) do not get cervical cancer.

Cervical cancer is not inherited, so you wouldn't have a higher risk of having it because your mom did.

In about 4-6 months she'll have another pap smear to make sure they got all the bad cells. L.E.E.P is so effective (i cannot remember the percentage...But near 90, I think) that usually only one 'treatment' is needed.

I hope your mom is doing ok! I know it can be scary. Good luck to her.

Ps. She can exercise a few days after the procedure. It is an easy recovery and quite simple.

Thank you so much for your replies girls. You have relieved my worry alot. I didn't realise the loop had such a good success rate. Also my mother have never smoked in her life so she should be ok from that perspective.

I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that everything goes ok for thursday. I'll be going with her so I have to be strong.

I wish the best for you and your .Mom I had some type of loop but still had to have a hysterectomy after that but I will be positive for your mom and you and let you know that my thoughts and prayers are with you both. I lost my .Mom with cancer when I was 7 so I know how special moms are especially after having a hateful alchoholic step-mother that did not want to raise anymore children but my sister was okay because she was 13 and raising her grandaughter and great-grandson is okay, but that is okay, I still had my grand-mother at the time. I had stomach cancer at 30 and it is gone to but I still have to have pap-smears yearly for the cervical cancer.
All the best to you both!

Beck I love you. Im sorry. They say 99.9% of cervical cancer is caused by hpv and that 80% of people will get it at some point in there lives. Men can carry it as well as women. It has over a 100 different kinds of strains and some carry the cancer, some go away, and some cause genital warts. Not all are passed sexually my dr said you can pick it up as a small child thru warts on your hands. When you find out you have it they perform a coloscopy and if they see need they take a biopsy. There are a few different levels.. And a few different ways to get rid of the abnormal cells on your cervix. They sometimes laser, freeze, or cut off the bad cells. But not everyone gets to that point. Its a great reason why everyone woman should get paps regularly even if not sexually active because it can take up to three years to get a abnormal pap from it. Since there is little blood flow thru the cervix, cervical cancer is one of the easier cancers to treat and I hope your mom is okay. In the beginning of june they came out with a vaccine for a few of the cancerous strains. I found out I had hpv at the beginning of my pregnancy. My colosxopy came out okay but its something you have to keep checking on, they will do another pap and see what's up after the pregnancy is done.. Only 15 more weeks for that hah. Hopefully your mom will be okay after all the bad cells are gone I luv you babe.