Hi worried89

im in a similar position to you. I had CIN2 cells when I was 22 and had to have treatment on my cervix. Cells seemed to had gone away as I was invited back for a smear in 3 years. 4 years on from my initial treatment I was also diagnosed with HSV2. I'm sure you'll agree with me that this was possibly one of the worst days of my life - cried for months and still not really over it now. 
 

However, I'm in a loving relationship with a very supportive and understanding partner so I'm happy now. Just before Christmas I went for my smear test to be told that my HPV had returned again, like you I've read the same articles and I'm now worried about the future.

I'm only 28 and I do want children in the future and it just makes me feel really worried about it all to be honest. I tried to speak to my doctor who was pretty dismissive. I hate having those conversations anyway as I feel I'm now judged because of my diagnoses' (I've only had 6 sexual partners, 3 of which have been 2+ year relationships). I was wondering if you managed to speak to anyone about your cells? 
 

i hope everything is good with you 

Hi Monkey21,

Sorry to hear you're going through something similar.

Yes the HSV2 diagnosis was one of the worst times of my life, just makes you feel so dirty doesn't it, i think because you're stuck with it for life, but like you I'm with a loving partner now and he doesn't seem to have contracted it or if he has he doesn't show any symptoms. I don't have any outbreaks any more either so obviously i feel alot better about that. I just panicked when i read things online that it effects HPV. So at the time of my HPV diagnosis i called my GP to try an get some reassurance abour the HPV diagnosis but like you he was very dismissive. So i rang the sexual health clinic who were alot more helpful and explained fully anout HPV and how it wasn't something i should be concerned about they told me having HSV2 also wouldn't effect it so that did put my mind at ease.

Since then i had had some bleeding after sex, and intermittently throughout the month. I am on the pill where you don't have a break an usually don't get periods so obviously was worried about the bleeding. I had to really push my gp to do anything about it but I finally saw a gynaecologist just before Christmas, they said my cervix looked fine but are sending me for a scan on my womb, if that  comes back clear they will put it down to a hormonal inbalance from the pill, in which case i will probably come off it. Still waiting to hear back from my appointment though so i need to chase it up. 
 

As for the HPV its coming up to a year since my diagnosis so nearly time for my smear test...so I'm just hoping its gone away and the bleeding isn't related.

Try not to worry too much, which i know is hard i have worried alot myself, but i know at least 5 other women, friends an work colleagues who have been diagnosed with HPV recently, i think its really common. Doesn't make you worry any less though. I will update you on how my smear goes in the next few months. 
 

Hope everything goes ok for you xx

Just stumbled on this after I’ve just opened my cervical smear results , it’s came back hpv positive no abnormal cells. I’m coming up 50 ,Strange thing is the nurse explained to me they will also test for hpv so I asked what it was she went into detail so I asked have I been tested before she said yes at my last smear and it was negative . I now am positive , I am single and had a few intimate relationships over 10 yrs of divorce and never had any problems also contacted hsv 25 yrs ago I thought it was hsv2 but my notes say hsv1 . Again never been an issue in past relationships and never passed on to my knowledge. Have rare outbreaks (on buttocks ) but only since a change in hormones ( peri men) I take acyclovir medication as a suppressive and and vigilant with my hsv.. Like everyone this is so devastating news to receive on top of an already permanent virus . I was hoping to settle down and find my person again but this in feels like the last nail in coffins regarding a sex life ( which sex is rare for me ) i recently met someone and plucked up courage to inform of the hsv and he rejected me (first time in 25 yrs ) again it’s a blow . But like you I have 2 adult sons healthy young men one born prior to hsv and one few years after . What is the next step for us ladies ? I have to wait until feb 2026 to be retested which now seems a lifetime away  

Hi, I have HSV1 and HPV low grade changes. I caught HSV1 off an old boyfriend in 1987 who had a cold sore on his mouth. I get out breaks around my anus area now and again. I’ve never passed it on. I always make sure I never have sex when I have an outbreak and put Zovarix cream on it. Also I’ve had HPV for 4 years. Had a Leep which didn’t work. I’m 65 still  sexually active with my partner. It’s all a worry but I try to not let it affect me. 

Good evening thanks you for your message , I also caught it this way from my fiancé at the time in my 20’s being uneducated and naive I guess.
I have always thought  it was hsv2 until recently I saw my medical records and it stated hsv1. I’ve jus t also read on my nhs app this hpv is high risk ? I think i need to speak to my gp as all the googling is just not making sense.. I’m so pleased your still living a healthy sexual relationship i hope to one day find a man who is understanding of all this .  Best wishes 

Have you ever been told yoir cervix dont look normal so refered to colposcopy? 

I’ve just stumbled upon this thread, I’m currently in a complete state of anxiety. I’ve had 5 smears over the years all HPV+ but no cell changes, I was referred for a colposcopy and results were still HPV+ no cell changes, I was then put back onto 3 yearly smears, which has been torture! I have my next smear next week which I’m sure it will still be HPV+, I also have HSV-2 which I contracted from my children’s father over 10 years ago, I found out he’s a cheating scumbag! However I’ve been worrying so much about my upcoming smear that I’ve been looking online… big mistake! I had no idea HSV-2 increases your risk of cervical cancer… safe to say I’m beyond worried now! Why would they make me wait 3 years?!? I just know it’s going to be bad results this time. 

Did you know you can pay for private smears? I would have them yearly regardless  now xx

No, I didn’t know that! Is that through a private clinic? If they put me on 3 yearly smears again after this next one I will certainly consider paying! The stress and anxiety of waiting and not knowing what’s happening with your own body is just horrible! The stress has caused me to have an outbreak a week before my smear, I’m pretty convinced my body won’t have gotten rid of this HPV

Yes I have both too. And once my smear is done in August if it still the same ill go private too if they do that to me. Crazy how stress triggers our breaks ive had enough too!!

What does this mean cauterising it? X

I think he meant burning the first layer of the cervix. 

I think he meant burning the first layer of the cervix.