Post-Colposcopy/Biopsy Don'ts???

Sugarhi16

First off, I'm sorry that you have to go throught all of this. However, they are catching it early, and will be able to treat it asap! Now when you say colposcopy with biopsy, i'm assuming that you don't mean a cone biopsy (agressive treatment). So I'm going to go though your post and try to answer your questions for you:

I'm on the pill so I'm unsure about the ring, maybe someone else can help with that part? My Doctor said no sex, bath, swimming, tampons, etc for 24 hours afterwards. If I had to guess, I'd say that you wouldn't be able to put in back in till a day later, but again I'm not sure?

What day of the week is the proceedure? You may be able to go on your trip after all, but check with your Doctor. This proceedure is non agressive, it's to determine why you had an abnormal pap and what treatment is necessary. A treatment (leep, cone, laser, etc) is when you can't have sex, bath, swimming, and tampons for at least 4 weeks (depending on your Doctor).

As for my experience, when I had this done I took 2 advil before and relaxed afterwards. They just take a small sample to biopsy. It felt like a pinch when they took it, and the whole experience lasted no longer than a pap. It caused slight bleeding that lasted for a few days afterwards though. Nothing a pantyliner coulnd't take care of. Some people get cramps, but I didn't.

All of this is very hard to deal with, and it sounds like your trying your best to deal. It's difficult when you don't know what exactally is happening. After this proceedure you will know. I had my down days where I complained about it disrupting my life, but you will get through it. Once you are cured it's such a great feeling. I hope I was of some help to you. Post any more questions that you have. Goodluck

asunrun

Thank you so much for your response!! You were correct in assuming it is NOT a cone biopsy. They're just going to check things out after my pap smear came back as ASCUS. Reading some msg boards, learning about what this is from medical sites, and speaking with other individuals has put me a little more at ease. I am nervous about the procedure, but I'm going to take some advils before I get it done and then listen to my ipod to distract me while they're doing this. Your insight has really helped me out...I guess I just have to wait and see what the dr. says....Thanks, again!

tpagm

hello-
everything sugarhi said is correct. This is not an aggressive procedure so you should be fine to go on your trip. My doc told me no sex for a week and that is when I had the follow up. I am on birth control pills so I don't know much about the ring. I took two tylenols and was good to go during the procedure and as far as pain afterwards. The procedure for me was uncomfortable though....mainly because i hate going through this stuff and was not relaxed. You might not want to listen to your IPOD while it is going on cause my doc was giving me instructions as fas as telling to cough everytime she took a biospy sample and she had to make sure I wasn't feeling pain. So my doctor talked to me the whole time. After the procedure I did not have cramps and was able to go about my normal routines. I did have a funky discharge for about a week. It is the monsul solution they put it so don't be alarmed if you have a very weird discharge. The doc will probably tell you it will be like coffee grinds or stringy dark discharge. That is completely normal so don't worry about that. After my colposcopy I did have to go for a leep. hopefully you won't have to go that far.

Now is this your first abnormal pap?...because if anything your doctor should not be doing a colpo right away. The dr. normally should ask you to come back for a repap in three to six months to see if your body cured it.

Good luck with everything

Lvnglf

hey asunrun,

As a animal lover, including fish keeping, do me a favor?

While scuba diving, smile at the fish for me.

Enjoy your trip! (my pinky finger tells me you will go on this trip, and if not, the waters aren't going anywhere, right?)



Do keep up with follow up's, right?!

Take 'r eas.

(grinding my teeth full of jealousy -ah, scuba)

asunrun

Thanks everyone! I believe the reason they're doing the colposcopy is because I tested positive for HPV (the intermediate/high risk one), so they just want to make sure. I was concerned at first, because it is the only abnormal pap smear I've ever had, and I wasn't sure if it was necessary, but I think the combination of ASCUS and HPV was what made the dr. decide to do this.

PS-I will definitely say hi to the fish!!