Throughout the years, I have had repetively abonormal paps, all on which the doctors tell me is a bacterial infection. Then they give me these pills to take and it's suppose to go away. Well last summer I moved to a different state and I found a clinic in my new area and went and got my patches and whatever, well my clinic from back home called me and told me to get immediate attention and had my files transfered to my new clinic. Well my new clinic decided not to do a pap on me cuz I just had one done before I left, so they just gave me those stupid pills again. And I told them (it also said it in my paperwork) that I needed to get a biopsy done. I did not end up getting the biopsy done for the doctor told me that I just needed to take those pills. Well months have passed by and I needed a refill again so I tried to call and the clinic kept telling me everytime I call, that I am at the wrong clinic and they could not find my files. Well finally after calling and calling, I get into the office a whole year later and I wanted to get my pap done and the guy at the front desk told me that I'm not due for another 2 months, but I still wanted to see the nurse to get my refill. Well the nurse gets me back there and takes one look at my file and was astonished!! She got me an immediate appointment for the following week. Well I got there and they did my pap, and the doctor scheduled me for a copoloscopy 1 month after. My copol is in 3 weeks and I'm scared and nervous. I still have not found out my results from my pap and I am freaked out cuz I talked to my mother about this (she just had a hysterechtomy done due to a tumor on her ovaries) and she told me that this may detect cancer and I may have to get a hysterechtomy done. My other side of my family (dad) is not very understaning about a lot of things and he is being very harsh with me about other things. I'm only 24!!!! Recently engaged and planning on getting married someday. I have no clue on whats going on and it is hard for me to deal with. What is all this caused from? I kinda understand what a bacterial infection is, but why after all these years did it turn into something else? And why have the doctors repetivley diagnosed it as bacterial and not something else? I have always been a very healthy person and a good girl. I wish this would have been taken care of along time ago. Is cancer really something that I need to consider? And I dont know if any one has any advice on how to deal with an unsupportive family (family that only cares about themselves and could care less if a family member has health problems)? Any advice would be great!! Thank you!

I swear I was reading your post and it sounded like I was the one who wrote it. Where do I start?... My story is pretty much the same. I've been having abnormal paps (ASCUS) since 2002. I used to go to this health center at school just out of convenience. I also suffer from recurrent bacterial infections and they would tell me that the abnormal paps were due to that. So off they would send me with some pills and a vaginal cream and each time they would tell me to come back in 6 months for a follow up. I never second guessed them and honestly, I didn't really know what an abnormal pap meant or how serious it could be. Fast forward to 2004. 4 paps later I started getting really concerned with the results. Finally I decided to switch doctors at the beginning of this year, I had had it!

That was the best decision I've ever made! She saw my medical records and decided to test me for HPV. Well, it came out positive for a high risk strain and so she schedule a colposcopy ASAP -As you may know already high risk HPV is strongly linked with cervical cancer. That was a tough one to swallow. I never had any symptoms or even knew what HPV was. Didn't even have that many sexual partners. Now I had something for which there is no cure for!

The biopsy results from the colposcopy came back as severe dysplasia (CIN3). To make a long story short, I had to have a cold knife cone surgery 4 months ago. Thankfully, the pathology report came back with clear margins. Now I need to have my first pap since then in a couple of weeks and I'm crossing my fingers for it to come back normal.

From my experience I've learned that doctors are sometimes careless and so it's good to always be proactive with your health. Get informed, do some research and if you don't feel comfortable with the health care you are getting -change doctors!. I wish I could've had an HPV test and colposcopy done back then. My dysplasia would've been caught in its early stages.

Ask them to test you for HPV and more importantly -do get that colposcopy! Bacterial infections can make your pap results abnormal BUT it is better to be on the safe side and get tested for HPV to get to the bottom of things.
I'm sure you'll be fine and if there's anything wrong remember that you're catching it on time when it's 100% treatable. :bouncing: