Hi racla, I recently had my first smear test also around 2-3 weeks ago and it came back hpv positive no abonor

al cells which I had no idea what it was at the time and when I googled it I started to panic  as I haven't slept with anyone in 2 years and me and my boyfriend haven't slept with each other yet as we want to wait till we get married, I called my doctors straight away the next day and the nurse reassured me that it's very common and it's like having a cold your immune system has to fight it off but I have made a private appointment with a gynaecologist to double check everything and have a closer look and also just to talk about what it actually is and how I can get rid of it, I read that you took multivitamins and probiotics could I ask which ones you brought please as I would like to get them so I'm hoping in the next 6-12 months when I go for my next smear it will have gone by then x

Hi Jen!

oh I'm so sorry to hear you are in the same situation I was. The best thing I could tell you is try not to worry. The fact that you have no abnormal cells means that there is literally no chance of cancer developing - I also was worried that it would develop in the year waiting for the next smeer but I have learnt that it is a slow progressing cancer so that is also a very low chance. 
 

I also learnt that the majority of my family and friends have had abnormal cells at some point which surprised me. Also HPV has only recently been something that they test for which is why I think I'd never heard of it. I read that 98% of cervical cancers originate from HPV so it's fairly likely that anyone who had abnormal cells also had HPV they just didn't test for it.  
 

I was not well at the time I had been on antibiotics for nearly 3 months so my immune system was obviously shot. I then just focused on eating better, exercising more, trying to be less stressed in general as I am a worrier! With vitamins and probiotics I went for bioglan for women probiotics and centrum for women multivitamins. I think the probiotics really helped as I haven't had a cold since still to this day and I used to fall ill very often. I think anything you can do to assist your immune system will help your body fight off the virus. 
 

I hope you feel better about it all soon. You will end up not thinking about it so often just initially it's very scary as it's all totally new information that you just don't hear about ! I felt like I had a STI and felt dirty but 4/5 people in their lifetime will get it and the majority will never know they have it so it is practically a part of life.  

I took a couple of things hun 

sea moss 

pro biotics 

started eating healthy and exercising xx

thank you hun so worried probably worryin over nothing

Honestly hun try not to worry I worried for a whole year and I had my 2nd smear results back couple weeks ago and I got the all clear xx

I'm trying not to hun just so scared thanks for your kind ensuring words xx

I'm just a worrier my mam n best friend said if it was anything serious they would of had me in but it's a mass thing my smear is normal 

Hi leap

You have a virus which almost everyone who has ever had genital contact has. The main thing is that it hasn’t caused abnormal cells, which is very good news. Please don’t spend your life worrying about having a virus that may never cause you any problems, and shouldn’t do if you keep up with your screening appointments. Once you have the HPV virus you will always have it, but you want to do your best to keep it dormant where it doesn’t cause abnormal cell changes by keeping your immune system as strong as possible. 

yes very true il always keep up with my smears no matter what oh yes that I will do 

That’s good. Please don’t spend your life in a panic about HPV.

def thank you hun I won't 

I just paniced when it said can turn to other cancers but cervical is the main one 

I just paniced when it said can turn to other cancers but cervical is the main one 

HPV in the cervix can cause abnormal cells which, if not treated, COULD turn to cancer, which would be cervical cancer. There are many, many different strains of HPV, some low risk and some high risk and high risk strains in the cervix can be the cause of cervical cancer. You can have HPV in other locations in your body, like the throat or anus for example-maybe that’s what you mean by the possibility of other cancers?

yes that's what I mean tryin not to worry as the main one is cervical