Cervical Dysplasia

[livingwith]

I am 21 years old with a 13 month old son and 33 weeks pregnant with another boy. When I went in for my first pap smear with my first son, I was told that it was abnormal and would need a colposcopy. After the colposcopy, my doctor told me that he did not see any abnormal cells and I went about the pregnancy and gave birth. I found out I was pregnant again in April, and of course had another pap smear. Again I was told it was abnormal and would need another colposcopy. After the second colp., my...Read the full article

[Laura22]

I know how you feel..I had an abnormal pap and my doctor wanted to do the colposcopy on me..He found 2 dysplasias on my cervix. He had me come back in so he could tell me what my results said..When he walked in the first thing he said to me was its worse then what I thougt. Who says that? Anyways he wants to do the leep thing on me but im soooo scared! Im only 22yrs old I shouldnt have to go through this! I only have one daughter and I want to have atleast one more. He told me I was at a really high risk since my mother and grandmother both had cervical cancer and had to have their female things taken out by the time they were both 27. So that scares me even more. I hope everything works out with you...

[greta0707]

I just wanted to write to let you know that I am going through something similar right now. For 8 years I have had a normal pap and everything is fine. This year I went in for my pap and it came back that I had abnormal cells. I then had a colposcopy done and the results shocked me. I had severe dysplasia (pre-cancer cells). I had always thought it was slow moving, so I was so surprised to find out in a year's time I had gone from a normal pap to this. I now go in for the LEEP procedure on December 14th and am a little nervous for the outcome since it has progressed so quickly. I am 26 and just recently got married in July. I have no children yet, so that is something I think about. My mom went through this exact same thing, but ended up with a hystorectomy because of her age and the fact that she was done having kids. I'm writing this to let you know that you are not alone in what you are going through. I've found close friends of mine who have gone through this, but none as severe. You just need to stay positive and even though it's hard, I try not to worry about the "what if's" when I don't know yet what is going on. If the LEEP shows something negative, then I will just have to proceed with what is recommended by my Dr. I don't know if this helps you at all, but I want you to know there is support out there for you!

[ashleymosher]

i know this is months ago for you now, but i read your posting and felt sorry for you. i had severe cervical dysplasia and although i wasn't pregnant, i felt a sense of hopelessness. the doctors at the time couldn't tell me what was 'actually' wrong with me. they told me that my boyfriend would show no symptoms and had no way of being tested. they said this 'dysplasia' came from having sex, that it was not actually an std but it was sexually transmitted.
i had the leep procedure and now have paps regularly every 3 months. i don't have any 'words of wisdom' for you but i encourage you to keep doing research. in the past year or two, i've seen commercials on tv, advertisements in the gyno office, etc. young women need to have information about this, and need to feel confident about asking questions and receiving answers.
i had no answers when this happened to me. i felt alone and scared and in some messed up way - dirty.
just wanted you to know, there are people who care.
how is the baby??