Recently diagnosed with high risk HPV through a routine smear. High grade cell changes found in my cervix, requires treatment which the hospital have informed me is really effective.
I know I should be happy and relieved it’s been detected and it’s treatable, but since I got my results I have been overwhelmed with dread. I can’t stop crying.
I was directed to a cervical cancer information website which had lots of useful information about the abnormal cells and the treatment I will be having - but it also had a page on other HPV related cancers. Anal, vaginal, and several head and neck cancers.
I am completely terrified that I may now end up with another form of cancer. My body wasn’t able to throw off this HPV before it caused severe abnormalities to my cervix - so could the same be happening all over my body, in my mouth, throat, anus, and wherever else HPV infects?
I cannot sleep or function. 
It doesn’t help that I had what I thought were piles after DC1 and now I’ve realised those symptoms mirror anal cancer. I really can’t explain how completely scared and broken I feel right now.