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Freaking out over abnormal pap smear results! Can anyone help put my mind at ease?
so I went to my OBGYN and got a regular pap smear and i got my results ending up being abnormal and now i have to go back and see if i need to get a biopsy im scared im angry im confused i dont understand i'm only 20 i got HPV shots when i was 13 14 years old i guess its not full proof protection, but also i dont whore around.. which i know still doesnt mean anything. :( i just need to know the girls who also had to go through this what is it like what were your results... My family doesnt have a history of this so what are my odds.. please ease my mind im stressing out
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The problem in trying to put you at ease is not knowing exactly what the doctor said. We all stop hearing the doctor after hearing words such as abnormal,biopsy and other frightening medical terms. It very normal for any of us to react this way. That is why it is always important to take someone with you that you trust to keep your medical confidence when visiting your doctor.
So to this problem. Abnormal does not always mean what you heard. There are many reasons for a test to be rated abnormal. The specimen could have been contaminated. The lab may not have been able to work with the specimen they had. The specimen may not have been with in range of normal but not really abnormal either. The lab is suggesting either a retest or that the doctor reexamine you and do another type of test for a more conclusive test. There are a whole range of possibilities.
Unfortunately those of us that work in any field, especially the medical field sometimes forget that a term that we use that is relatively meaningless to us could scare the daylights out of the recipient of the words.
My doctors have their non medical staff call with lab results. If all is normal they say so. If something is abnormal they will say the test results were abnormal and doctor wants to see you or doctor is sending a prescription to the pharmacy. They have become jaded to the word abnormal it is meaning less to them. If you ask what is abnormal they don't know and you have to wait until after office hours for the doctor to call to explain. Most every time it has been something routine non serious just my doctor being overly cautious.
My advice is to try and relax until you can talk with the doctor and find out the facts. Take someone with you who will listen to the doctor with you. Hopefully your doctor is just being cautious. If it is the worst case you are young and it sounds like you take the best care of yourself. You are catching whatever this is early and that gives you the best chance at a successful outcome.
The time to worry is not know but possibly later after you know the facts.
Keeping good thoughts for you.
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I don't think family history matters when it comes to HPV. Just find something you REALLY enjoy and get into it until you figure out what it is. I'm obviously not talking from my experience from having an abnormal pap smear, but I can talk about my experience from having abnormal medical problems.
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