justcurious123

First of all, let me thank you for taking the time to read this.

Second, let me apologize for how long this is.

Where to start. A couple months ago, I received a call from a nurse/secretary at my doctor's office regarding my pap. She stated that everything came back normal except for some abnormal cells found on my cervix. I have never had an abnormal pap before and I started to freak out. I have a couple friends that were diagnosed with HPV and right off the bat asked her if I had it. She told me that the pap didn't come back abnormal because of HPV, but just that there were some different cells on my cervix that needed more attention. I called a couple days later to ask what the name of the cells were that came back abnormal so I could start doing research and the secretary answered the phone and told me that she will talk to my doctor and get back with me. She called me back and told me the name of the cells (I don't remember the specific cell name but it had squamous in it) and that the doctor said I basically have HPV. Of course upset, I made another appointment for a biopsy at a different doctor's office. When I called my previous doctor to get my results faxed to the other doctor, I spoke with the woman that answered the phone and stated my concern about being told two different things, that I don't have it and that I do. She told me again that I didn't have HPV and that she was looking at my results.

I went into the doctor this week and they did the biopsy and the first thing that came out of his mouth when he looked in there after putting the solution on my cervix was "there is hardly anything in here" (talking about the abnormal cells). He swabbed my uterus to make sure the infection wasn't in there and told me to come back in two weeks. I have to go back to freeze the abnormal cells off. Here is what I am wondering:

** Is there still a possiblity that this could just be an infection instead of HPV?
** Is the freezing painful?
** Since HPV is not curable, does this mean that when I have kids I will have to have a c-section to prevent from passing it?
** When I have kids, will I only be able to have one because my cervix might change and might not be able to hold another pregnancy?
** If there are hardly any abnormal cells on my cervix why would he want to hurry and freeze them off instead of making me wait? Are the cells warts? or jsut abnormal cells?
** Could overian cysts carry the HPV strand or be caused by HPV?
** I am not sure what strand I have yet, I was told "High Risk" and I have no signs of warts or anything, so is it still possible (lets just say 10 years down the road) that I could still pass it to someone else?
** Is there a connection between strep-throat and HPV? Could step throat be a strand of the HPV virus?
** LAST QUESTION, Why is it so important for me to quit smoking? (aside from it being horrible for my health. In doing research I have seen on every webpage that if you smoke and have HPV to stop).

I have told my partner already and he was VERY understanding, which made me think more positive about my situation.

Thank you in advance for any comments pertaining to this.