Hi Mumof686,

I'm sorry you haven't received a reply up to now - I notice you mention that you are due to find out more today regarding your results. Hopefully this has happened now or will do soon, so that you can get the answers you need.

Do be sure to talk through any questions or concerns you have with your doctor when you can.

Wishing you all the best,

Ben
Cancer Chat Moderator

Hi thank you, I got my results back this afternoon but and confused and didn't get no explanation either. 

Hi Mumof686

I wonder if I might be able to help at all? I’m not a medical professional or doctor, but I have a great deal of experience with cervical cancer, having been through it twice. x

Hi again

I can understand your confusion following your results, and think you should get the doctor to clarify how the cells could have been confused.

Biopsies normally just take a small tissue sample, and the smear does a sweep of the cervix.. The biopsy should be the definitive result, not the smear, but the point is that at some stage some cancerous cells have been identified.

Endometriosis isn’t cancer, so even if the smear were contaminated with cells from the womb, where have the cancerous cells come from? 

In your position I wouldn’t just accept this. Either there are cancerous cells or there aren’t. I think you need to get much clearer answers than you have done so far, and clearly you are concerned about your symptoms. Have you got a further appointment arranged? x

I know extactly what I was thinking, my smear result said there was invasive cell changes That need urgent treatment and the dr told me it was cancerous cell, then  said different with biopsy results, yes I have an mri booked for 17 plus I am having a hysterectomy end of March beg april, 

it's just another 4 weeks sitting round no knowing, I will speak to my gp see if they can clarify anything for me as it just confused me and I thought the same that some cancerous cells was somewhere or they would never of shown up x

I think you should also clarify things regarding your hysterectomy. If it was to be done for cervical cancer, it’s only done for early stage cervical cancer, but if you don’t actually have cervical cancer, then why would you have a hysterectomy? 

I think you just need to make sure you are very clear about exactly what your diagnosis is, whether you have cancer at all, and what the reason for the hysterectomy is. x

Hi I was referred for a hysterectomy last year due to reoccurring severe abnormal cells along with hpv positive and I've also had 3 loops done and it still keeps reoccurring, also have think lining on the womb and possible uterus polyp but they couldn't see due to cervix being scarred too much to have a hysterectomy done last just, so while waiting for hysterectomy due to covid it waiting time longer I had another smear which the results was again high grade abnormalities hpv positive plus they said invasive cell changes and saod they was cancerous, so that was why I had the biopsy, and now he said it endometriosis. Due to the smear results he expedited my op and a priority 2 instead of 3 and I've just got a date today for 31st March and also mri on 17th March x 

Ah, I understand. I imagine you won’t have much cervix left if you had 3 previous loops. However, are you aware that the hysterectomy will not get rid of the HPV? The HPV causes the abnormal cells, which the hysterectomy will sort out, but you can still get abnormal cells after a hysterectomy, on the vaginal cuff, vulva etc, so it’s unfortunately not quite a cure for everything. x

No I don't have much cervix left and the dr struggled to get the biopsy too so that also makes me wonder if he got enough to pick up the cancerous cells that the smear did, and yes he said yesterday if my cervix still shown severe abnormalities then I would need a couple of smears of the top of the vagina to make sure they show normal x