Hi, I’m just hoping for some reassurance as I’m driving myself mad with worry. I’ll give a bit of a back story, I had a smear test one year ago, just routine, for the first time it said I had High Risk HPV but no abnormal cells, I was to have a repeat smear in a year. In that time, I had some abnormal bleeding / discharge so GP referred me for a colposcopy which was normal and no action needed, was told just to have my smear after a year as planned. That was this April, waited 8 weeks for the results which came through today and I’ve got high grade dyskariosis, (moderate) still high risk HPV, having a colposcopy next week. I’ve done the usual googling, and don’t know what to think. How can whatever this is have developed so quickly - in September last year I had a normal colposcopy, now I have high grade dyskariosis. Does that mean I’m likely to have developed cervical cancer? I know they say these colposcopies etc are preventative, but I’m not sure how reassured I feel to know that last year I had no abnormal cells and now I have high grade. I’m immunocompromised anyway due to autoimmune conditions and wonder whether that’s why my body couldn’t clear the HPV. Anyone with any previous experience or words of advice that might be able to help calm my anxiety would be really appreciated.
