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There was a while there where ALL my pap smears came back bad. At one point, the results were bad enough that I had to have the colposcopy, cryosurgery, and a cone biopsy. Colposcopy is nothing to worry about - just a fancy piece of equipment to look a bit closer. They'll probably opt for cryo just to be on the safe side. You can expect to get some cramping when they do it, as they'll have to dilate the cervix. It's the aftereffects that suck - you'll drip for about six weeks afterward. I got diaper rash, I kid you not! It doesn't actually hurt, though. If they step you up to a cone biopsy, they frequently do that under general.
The main point I want to make here is that, 9 times out of 10, you have nothing to worry about. Maybe 99 out of a hundred. If there are dysplastic cells, an early pap usually catches them before anything's caused problems, and cryo gets rid of them. Cone biopsy can get even more.
I think the period when I was getting bad pap results lasted about 15 years, from my mid-20's until I was nearly 40. Since then, I've never had anything but normal results. The suck-ass part about it is that I was having to go in for pap rechecks every six weeks for a couple of years, then every six months for years after that. I couldn't go back to the once-a-year 10,000 mile boob & lube job until I was nearly 40.
Cancer is VERY unlikely if your paps have been regular, and even if it comes back stage IV, chances are very good that you've caught it early enough that nothing's spread. This is why we don't skip our pap smears, ladies!
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