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Cervical Smear HPV positive and high grade cells chances

Jellybean99
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Hi,

so cut a long story short.

I had my smear in march to only receive a letter last week saying I have HPV and high grade cell charges and i am absolutely terrified!

i have health anxiety so obviously with that the first thing we all do is Google! Well that wasn’t the best idea I have ever had and all I am hearing now is Cancer cancer cancer! 

I know not says there is a small chance, but why do I have that feeling that small chance will be me, get the tests done and get a letter back saying yeah you got cervical cancer.

I have been married for 12 years so I have obviously had this a really long time which now makes me think great it potentially could be cervical cancer and I don’t know how to cope

  • Hi Jellybean99,

    Welcome to Cancer Chat. I can understand this must be concerning - try not to assume anything at this point, easier said than done sometimes I know. Hopefully you are booked in for further tests to get the information you need and I hope it's not too long to wait for that.

    I can see you have been reaching out to others on here via other forum discussions which is great.

    As I say, I hope you find out more soon about this.

    Wishing you all the best,

    Ben
    Cancer Chat Moderator

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    Hi, just wondered how you got on? Hope that everything went well as can be today xx

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    Hey,

    thanks so much for checking in, so I went today and had a chat with the doctor, he said you not here because we think you have cancer and explained, I asked what the chances were my biopsy will be cancerous and he said well for someone with high grade borderline, he has never seen it, and he oversees the whole area where I live, which is huge! So that feels a bit reassuring, he offered me the lletz there and then, which I took and in all honesty it wasn’t bad at all, the worst bit is the injection and then all was ok! A little sore now, but nothing major! But I feel so relieved it’s all done and it really wasn’t as bad as I was expecting! I hope your doing ok! 

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    Oh that’s such great news, and a relief! I’ve heard a few people say the injection is the worst part actually so that is reassuring. So pleased for you and it sounds like it’s more likely than not that your biopsy will be okay too. Gives me hope so thank you for letting me know xx

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