Hi, I am extremely confused and anxious and im normally very rational.
Ive had normal papsmears forever. I still do now. I had a bit of abnormal periods over the past year, I have had a pretty emotional year so I just put it down to hormones causing it because as soon as I'm happy the abnormal bleeding stops.
Anyway, I went to my GP and they said go to the gync and so I did. I ended up having the end of my period the day of my appointment. So anyway obviously when she did her tests she couldn't get a good look because I bled when they put the thing in. I had a colposcopy. And some new test in australia that is better than a papsmear or something that tests for hpv? I really have no idea as she talked in so many words id never heard before I have no idea. I asked multiple times for her to explain and she explained but I still don't get it.
So my papsmear was normal. But this new hpv test said I was at high risk of hpv. Which from what she said is some virus thst can cause pre cancerous cells that cause cancer. Anyway So she said had I been high risk hpv they would order a colposcopy, so she had saved some time as I had that at the same time. But she csnt tell if I have abnormal cells or not cos I bled during the colposcopy. So she's like lets book you in for a lletz. To me this seems extreme...
She basically told me the lletz is no big deal, yet everything I've read said it is a big deal. All these people saying they've gone 6 months without sex and a year and then some losing all interest in sex totally. That their periods have been heavier and way worse since and worse cramping - all of this years down the track. Like I feel like my gync has gone from 0-100 with this.
I haven't had abnormal bleeding in like 9 months. I really don't know if I should have the lletz like it seems excessive and high risk considering shes actually not even sure. And I desperately want kids, and im in my early 30s. That scares me that this can impact that aswell.
Omg I am confused and scared and so many things. On top of this, I'm an athlete so if I do this I miss 6 weeks of training, that effectively wipes me out for a whole year. I asked if I can wait till next September and she said she advises against it.
Anyway I just don't know if all of this is overkill. All because they cant see cos I bled on a test, wouldn't they just try that test again before putting me through general anesthetic to do lletz with such a recovery?? Help!!
