Ornament, I am 47 and have been married for over 14 years and have been with my husband a total of 17 years. Had scheduled my yearly but really went in because of having a 12 day period. I had to have a endometrial biopsy and vaginal ultrasound which showed uterine fibroids. Biopsy was normal. I had no problems at all with ever having an abnormal pap smear until back in January of this year. The bad thing about it, I was not notified of the abnormal pap until I went in June for what I thought was another bladder infection, which wasn't. The doctor did another pap smear on me then and had it sent off, it too showed abnormal. I had to go back a few weeks ago for a third one, it came back abnormal, and unfortunately something else showed up positive. My ob-gyn automatically when she sends the pap smear off to the lab for testing orders a HPV test. I tested negative in January and negative in June, now I've tested positive. This next Monday I have to have a colposcope. I am a bundle of nerves and dread this thought. I was told I am low risk where the abnormal cells are concerned but because of the so-called positive HPV result, I have to have this other. But I was definitely told I do not have cancer. I wish this HPV result was a false positive. I was married one time before. Married when I was 22. Cryotherapy or freezing was mentioned to me also, my doctor told me the cervix looked normal upon doing the pap. I don't think atypical cells could be seen with the naked eye anyway. From what I have read on freezing the cervix sometimes some of the atypical cells do not get frozen during the procedure because of them being in such a hard to get to spot, like maybe the cervical canal. Could someone tell me if this is something that is very painful or that I should take a couple of tylenol for beforehand? This entire event has been very difficult for me to handle. I'm fearing they are going to find more during this procedure. Thanks.