CIN 1 to CIN 3 in six months.

Cervical screening (smear test)
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Hello everyone,

 

I've been spending a lot of time on here reading through your stories since getting my CIN 3 diagnosis last week. What a supportive and vital resource this is. It does really help to read about others going through similar things and I send my courage and love to anyone on here who is suffering and feeling scared.

 

I have a couple of queries that I hoped someone might be able to answer or shed some light on. I received low grade cell change smear test result in September 2014 and was booked in for another test 6 months later. This has come back with severe changes which include CIN 2 and CIN 3. I know that CIN 2 and 3 have good treatment success rates however I am concerned that my result progressed from mild to severe within 6 months and wondered if this had happened to anyone else?

 

I woke up in a total panic this morning as I had had cold sweats last night, this is so unpleasant and had never happened to me before until 2 months ago when I had a week of them. I was literally drenched and also have symptoms of a cold today. I am going through giving up smoking so I thought it may be related to that but also have read that night sweats can be a sign of cancer or menopause and I'm only 31 so I'm worried that these are a sign of something more than anxiety about this situation. I also had a severe outbreak of dyshydrotic eczema throughout February and I have never had eczema in my life. It was all over my hands and apparently there is no known cause or cure so I started juicing and doing yoga and these symptoms have all but disappeared but it seems a strange coincidence that these things have cropped up together.

 

I have my colposcopy one week today but given the quick progression of my cell changes and these other strange symptoms I am terrified that the results are going to come back with something worse than CIN 3.

 

One more thing I wondered was if anyone had managed to reverse CIN 3 without surgical intervention. I am single and have no children so I have been looking into this and have seen some interesting blogs where women have used nutrition and supplements, exercise etc to reverse CIN 3.

 

Thanks so much in advance x

 

 

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Hi Aims,

My results also changed very quickly. I had my routine smear in August which came back borderline. Repeat smear in February showed high grade changes. Colposcopy was 18th March and I asked the consultant if it was normal to change that rapidly. I was a little worried when she said it wasn't common. Anyway, I had the LLETZ the same day and had the results back to advise CIN 3 and all had been removed successfully. 

i know it's easier said than done but I got myself in a panic like you. i wasn't sleeping and generally felt awful. I was 2 months into stopping smoking. Well done for giving up. That in itself makes you feel awful!!

Can't give any advise on the supplements i'm afraid but hope what I have said has helped a little. I know how worrying this time is.

Take Care

x

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The thought of surgery is pretty daunting, but cancer would be far worse. Go ahead with the LLETZ. Better to be safe than sorry

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Thanks for your reply DB. My colposcopy is tomorrow and I'm quite scared but it's good to hear your positive outcome. Xx