New to All of This And Scared

I was just diagnosed with the same thing only I was told I have low grade hpv. I am going to start a series of 3 treatments that are two weeks apart where they paint an acid mixture on the bad cells and then put something else on after that to make the burn go away. Or something like that. I haven't gone to my appointment yet. Also my doctor told me that my husband and I need to start using a condom for the next three months so that our immune systems can help to heal us from the hpv. It has been going back and forth between us for a while and we didn't know it. It is more common than people realize, something like 70% of women have this virus. I'm sure you will be fine, don't stress yourself out about it, just do what ever your doctor tells you to do. If you want to talk about it, pm me.

From all of the research I have done I have found that it does not make a difference if you use a condom or not mainly because you both already have the infection and can no longer re-acquire it or cause any change in the status of your partner. Maybe your body is just having a hard time with it.
My aunt also has hov, but was never told what level. She got warts during her pragnancy which makes me think it is low-risk since my doctor says high risk does not cause warts, just cell changes in the cervix.
This is all so new to me. I am afraid of cancer and still in shock that all of this came about in a matter of months.

I got my results back and I do not have cancer. My doc says I have very mild level one dysplasia and I will need cryosurgery to remove it. I am opting to have this done sooner rather than later to prevent anything from progressing. Thank you for your posts, especially you Ingi. They were very encouraging

I'm glad to hear that you don't have cancer. That sounds exactly like what my doctor told me. I will be having the cryosurgery as well... I think.... it sounds like the same thing that I am having done. Are they doing one treatment or more than one? I am supposed to start the first one this Wednesday, but I think I have to reschedule because I will more than likely have started my period.
I hope you are feeling better now that you got your results back. I was so stressed out about the whole situation that I would find myself curled up in a ball on my couch and start crying over nothing at all. It was hard to think about at first, but after I talked to people on here as well as the doctor, my worries and fears went down the drain.
Take care.

I have high-risk hpv, which means I will not get visible warts but it can affect my cervix and cause dysplasia as well as cancer. I know now that as long as I stay on top of completing all of my regular check ups (every 4 months after cryo for 3 consecutive times and every 6 months following that) that I will be fine.
I will only need one cryo and it is to remove the dysplasia not warts. I will be doing that within the next few weeks. It wont be easy to schedule aince I started a new bc pill and dont know how it will effect my periods (it is loestrin 24). Hopefully they will be shorter and less bothersome (they were lastin over a week since I was 13).