12 months ago I tested positive for HPV, but no abnormal cells, repeat smear in 12 months
Repeat smear showed HPV still present and severe dyskaryosis. So I was booked into the hospital for lletz.
I don’t understand how it can go from nothing to severe in 12 months. I did ask but was told that my county is part of some trial and the answer is they just don’t know as anywhere else I wouldn’t have been called back.
Lletz was very traumatic, there was a lot of bleeding which they could not stop, I had to have gas and air as I was getting very sore and anxious and I ended up in theatre under a general anaesthetic.
In 6 months time I have to go back to be tested again, I’m petrified I never want anyone to touch that area again.
And I don’t get the point in removing the cells when HPV is still present, won’t they just come back? They have already appeared in 12 months from no where
Would they have been able to tell when they did the lletz if it was sinister? They didn’t really give me any information or indicate what the cells were or how big but I think they said the medium wasn’t big enough. There was a lot of discussion between them but I can’t remember what.
