Hi. I went to the GP today for a cervical exam, following my cycle going to pot, varying between 30-60+ days, randomly having bleeding mid cycle (brown blood), mild bleeding after sex (pink tinge when wiping) and lower back pain and cramping as if my period is going to start, but it doesn’t. My last smear was in 2023, which was HPV negative, but before that I was on yearly smears for years due to being HPV positive every year, I can’t remember when but it was the year they bought it in, I was positive every year after until 2023 so assume I had it for a long time before when they just didn’t check for it, but unconfirmed. Apart from smears being HPV positive, I’ve never had abnormal cells or needed further investigation.
She did a cervical exam and said there is an area of concern on my cervix, she said it didn’t bleed when pressed, but she didn’t say much more to be honest. She has referred me for bloods, a colposcopy, and a scan on the two week pathway.
I’m feeling quite scared, to be honest I’ve had a few gynae niggles over the year, I used to only have 2 periods a year, they diagnosed me with PCOS when I was 18 I think, but I’ve never fit the brief, I’ve never had a spot, I don’t grow much body hair, I struggle to gain weight not lose it, I’m slim and don’t put on weight no matter how much I seem to eat, I always sit around 46kg. I’ve always been quite lethargic and had thin hair etc but am anaemic so put some stuff down to that. I went on to have two kids, and post kids my periods were regular for this first time ever, until earlier this year.
I had quite bad pelvic pain in November, and went to A&E with suspected appendicitis, it wasn’t that and they never found a real reason, they did a scan that they said showed a ‘mass’ on my ovary but then they did a CT and the doctor was annoyed they’d ever said it was a mass and said they could signs of polysytic ovary disease but couldn’t determine a reason for the pain.
I’m trying not to, but obviously thinking the worst, and convincing myself it could be advanced and has been missed and has caused all these issues for me over the years. I’m 30 with two small kids and just feel so overwhelmed