A very warm welcome to the forum Hashbrown87 although I'm sorry for the reason you've joined us.

Waiting for results is always difficult but I hope some of the tips and advice given in this article on how to cope with the wait will help keep your mind at bay until you know more.

Many of our members have been in a similar situation so you are not alone and hopefully it won't be long until you hear back from the community.

If you have any questions, feel free to talk things through with one of our cancer nurses on 0808 800 4040. Their phone lines are open Monday - Friday between 9a.m - 5p.m and they'll do all they can to help.

We know the next 4 - 6 weeks are going to be tough but we'll be here to support you every step of the way.

Kind regards,

Steph, Cancer Chat Moderator

Hi HashBrown - I am waiting for my cervical biopsy results too following an LLETZ treatment on Monday this week. The waiting around is driving me mad already. 

I am giving myself a lot of comfort foods (Mac and Cheese, KFC, Cereals) and watching all of my favourite trash TV to pass the time.

I have googled everything that I can possibly read about the initial smear results, and scared myself stupid so I couldn't sleep, won't be doing that again in a hurry. 

I'll be around if you need to chat to someone else also waiting on results! (It's driving my husband mad that I keep asking him about it!!) 

All the best
xx

Ah BecSh, so sorry you are going through this as well. It’s a really lonely time isn’t it? I too am doing my best to treat myself kindly, at the moment I can’t eat, all I want to do is sleep (which is my default reaction to anxiety). I’m trying to stay away from Dr Google but it’s so hard when you’ve gone to the worst possible outcome and your brain needs something to back it all up. Did they say how long you might wait for your results? How did you find the LLETZ? My nurse took a biopsy but gave me a LLETZ leaflet to take away so I’m bracing myself for that being a possible next step, depending on the results. 

If your body wants to hibernate then absolutely do that! 

It is difficult to NOT google, as its your own body and you just want to know everything - I've had varying results from, eh you'll be fine to the worst news ever. 

I have been told between 3-4 weeks wait with a possibility of it being up to 6 (Holiday Season I think!) 

LLETZ was absolutely fine, but if possible take someone with you because it is a bit scary - especially if you have a screen to look at during. The pain is like 1/10th of a normal period to me, so I feel like a super hero for bossing it. Plus I wanted to know all the details afterwards (How much they took etc, which my husband kindly provided with me as I couldn't look) 

Hopefully it's just our anxiety driving us into overdrive. Keep me updated with how you get on xx

It’s hard to know what to do for the best! I’ve got a 6 and 9 year old so having to get up and get on with it, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

I found the biopsy pretty traumatic, mostly because my GP told me I’ll just have the colposcopy which is like a smear and they’ll treat what she thought was an ectropion there and then. So I kind of went expecting the nurse to just confirm it was an ectropion and treat it and that be that. So when she asked to take a biopsy it kind of threw me a little, that wasn’t pleasant either, they had to take 3 samples because my cervix was slippery and she couldn’t get the cells she wanted at first. So I went from thinking it was this harmless thing that would be treated on the spot to walking away with the idea of a 4-6 week wait for biopsy results and more treatment. I’ll definitely take my partner with me I think, he definitely was able to listen to what the nurse said in a more realistic way to me, I just heard biopsy and walked away convinced of the worst.

Thanks for sharing your story, let me know how you’re getting on? Sending positive thoughts your way