Hey folks!

Wanted to post here as I found the site a useful resource a few months ago and thought I should give back.

I was diagnosed with cervical dyskaryosis late last year, and was terrified. My mum died of pre-menopausal cancer when I was 14, and I'm now approaching the age she was when she died, so the thought of getting cancer was really, really scary. As I read up about dyskaryosis and treatment, the fear of cancer receded, but the fear of the treatment took its place: LLETZ and biopsies of the cervix sounded painful and risky.

I was mentally certain that the treatment would be horrendous, and confirmation bias was setting me right up for a terrible time, BUT:

It was fine. Totally fine.

I was shaking throughout the LLETZ procedure, but they let my partner stay with me the whole time, I barely felt a thing, and it was over within 5 minutes. The original biopsy was more painful, and that was just a pinch.

There was some pain for 2 weeks following, and some bleeding for 3, but the pain was less than a regular period, and the bleeding was basically minor spotting with a darker brown colour.

I'm still super angry with the communication and delays from the hospital, but the experience of waiting and worrying before the procedure was WAY worse than the procedure itself.

I know everyone's experience is different, but I'm sure that folks who had a terrible experience are more likely to post than those where everything went fine, so I wanted to give my perspective.

Hope it helps anyone who's also experiencing that agonising wait.

Love to you all!

Faye