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Early detection and testing
Early detection saves lives. Ask questions and find information about all aspects of testing and early detection here. Discuss Pap tests, HPV testing and typing, ideas for spreading the word about early detection in your area and abroad, and more.
Finally got a copy of my pap smear results!!
- By Jnc2180 · New reply November 6, 2009
- 2 replies
- Ok i had posted on here a couple of weeks ago after i got a abnormal test result and got some really good feedback. My boyfriends mom requested a copy of my test results (she works at a dr's office) and ...
diagnosed with cin 3
- By dorsetlass · New reply November 5, 2009
- 5 replies
- hello im julia, i was diagnosed 2 weeks ago with cin 3 from a smear test. Today i had a colposcopy, nothing was found at the base of the cervix they think the abnormal cells are in the cervical canal ...
Return of abnormal paps/back again :(
- By brieaukirsch · New reply November 5, 2009
- 2 replies
- Hi again, everyone. Just looking for some info/advice/thoughts I may have missed. I have not done as much hpv research in the last few months as before. Recap: hx of abnormal paps/hrhpv+ x 3 years. One ...
good news on follow up
- By snowball012 · New reply November 4, 2009
- 2 replies
- Hi everyone, I just had my second follow up pap after my High grade pap in February and Colp in April and it came back normal! I'm so relieved and thankful for all of your support and answers to my questions ...
tomorrow
- By story · New reply November 3, 2009
- 3 replies
- well ladie's tomorrow is the day i go for my results.very nurvious,cant stop thinkin about it.please ladie's give me some advice on how to get through this ...
A slight pain
- By bbthistle · New reply October 31, 2009
- 9 replies
- This morning when I woke up, I had a slight pain in my vagina. It didn't last long, only a few seconds, it was like a muscle cramp. There was another little pain about 20 minutes later but now it's been ...
i HAVE HPV WHAT DO I DO NOW?? =[
- By BeautiifulDiisaster · New reply October 29, 2009
- 3 replies
- I HAVE HPV BUT I WANT TO GET MARRIED AND HAVE A FAMILY IM 22 AND I HAD A COLPOSY DONE EVERYTHING CAME OUT NEGATIVE EXCEPT FOR MY CELL CHANGES...THEY WERE STILL THERE... I READ IN AN ARTICLE THAT HPV CAN ...
HPV Testing Technology
- By corellin · New reply October 29, 2009
- 7 replies
- Here's a link to an article about a commercial HPV test being developed by a Chinese company that can geno-type (provide type-specific results) for 16 different high risk types and 8 different low risk ...
overwhelmed
- By Andy_mph · Posted October 27, 2009
- 0 replies
- I was diagnosed with hpv and had a colp done Oct 21. The doctor said that she saw a small spot at 1 o'clock, but it looked benign (I sure hope so.) She also said ECC, but I have no idea what that means ...
Confused hpv results
- By marartibee · New reply October 26, 2009
- 4 replies
- I recently turned 30 and went in to have my routine pap smear. The dotors office called and told me that my hpv test came back postive. I have never had any abnormal results on a pap. They told me I would ...
HPV Reinfection
- By corellin · New reply October 26, 2009
- 26 replies
- HPV is a skin disease that to establish infection must infect the basal layer. It enters through minor trauma and can infect cells in the cervix, vagina, anus, etc., but won't necessarily infect all cells ...
What do you do to jumpstart your immune system?
- By burgandy01 · New reply October 25, 2009
- 18 replies
- I've heard of several things we need to do ward off high risk hpv (as much as possible). Obviously we need to take a good multivitamin and drink lots of water and eat healthy foods, especially veggies ...
Birth Control and HPV
- By snowball012 · Posted October 24, 2009
- 0 replies
- So I was reading another post where someone said to skip the birth control pills if you have HPV. I also was just reading the small little pamphlet on my pills and it says ....."Some stuidied have found ...
finally clear result!
- By LUCE · New reply October 23, 2009
- 3 replies
- hi all. its been a long while since i posted something on this site. i do check this site frequently though, as it was such a great help to me when i needed it. last oct, i went for my first smear ever ...
i did it.
- By story · Posted October 22, 2009
- 0 replies
- well ladie's i did it.it hurt me very bad.is it normal for your va-j-j,to feel small,or like sucked in?raugh?well they did a bx as well they found something they said to me don't worry.yeah right.it way's ...
Need some advice
- By Jnc2180 · New reply October 20, 2009
- 4 replies
- I have had 5 abnormal paps in a row and different drs in my life. In september i was diagnosed with endo and was told to get a pap smear asap because my cervix was abnormal. Went and got one done at a ...
What comes next?
- By phchic · New reply October 20, 2009
- 4 replies
- Hi all, I went for an annual exam 2 weeks ago, and my pap came back abnormal and positive for high-risk HPV. That was really hard to hear, since I have had 2 partners in 5 years and am not even currently ...
2010 International HPV Conference - Quebec
- By corellin · New reply October 17, 2009
- 1 reply
- Here's a link to the website for the International Papillomavirus conference to be held in Quebec, Canada, July 3rd thru July 8th, 2010. It's mostly geared to researchers, clinicians and public health ...
D&C for AGUS
- By Cas9 · New reply October 12, 2009
- 2 replies
- Has anyone here dealt with hyperplasia? I was originally diagnosed with severe cervical displasia and advised I would need chemo and radiation to fight it along with multiple procedures such as LEEP and ...
It's a waiting game...
- By sportygirl02 · New reply October 8, 2009
- 2 replies
- I'm a 26 year old female whos always lived an extremely active lifestyle. About 1 week and a half ago I started experiencing bleeding after intercourse. The bleeding wasn't significant so I ignored it ...
