lmp1031

Well, long story short... 42 years old - I had a lavh just about 1 year ago due to abnormal paps and a fairly large uterine fibroid, pain, bleeding, etc. I have had several abnormal paps and the colpo and leep in the past all due the hpv virus which hasn't effected me physically for almost 15 years. They removed my cervix and uterus, tubes, vaginally. I felt relieved that I did not have to worry about Uterine or cervical cancers - the parts aren't there!

Just recently, I went for my first full gyn visit after the hyst. and the doc found a growth on my vaginal wall which felt extremely crampy when she pressed on it. Sex is also crampy! I am not bleeding nor do I have symptoms of any other problem. Anyway, she put the silveroxide solution on it and said if it didn't go away - we would remove it (yikes). Turns out that my pap smear also came back abnormal with a positive AGC and hpv was low. I now have light cramps almost all of the time thinking about this and reading threads about positive paps with AGC. The next step is to perform an excision of granulation tissue - the doc is going to remove it and have it biopsied. I think this will hurt!

Can anyone help me deal with this emotionally? Could I still get cervical cancer without a cervix? I know it sounds like a stupid question but I am scratching my head wondering - why the abnormal pap? and whether I got the hysterectomy for nothing - I am still getting abnormal paps and now have to have a removal of a growth which may not even be the reason for the abnormalcy! Has anyone experienced this with a hysterectomy? I am confused and concerned.