Hi, my first smear came back abnormal and since then I have had laser, biopsies coloscopies etc every smear, my first smear showed no hpv but cin 3 abnormalities, once they were removed I then had one 6 month later which was all clear, which meant I had to wait 3 years for the next one, I suffer from health anxiety and for want of a better word I was shitting myself, it was horrendous, I couldn't believe after that they were making me wait 3 years. Anyway after about 2 and a half years it was heavily on my mind so I went for a smear, explained to the nurse my fears so she put it in early with a note saying I was going travelling, they processed it and I had cin 1 again, cin one can clear up on its own and they don't even always remove it, but because of my history they do, it was only my first one that was severe abnormalities, the rest were all mild but still treated.
I've had a few since then the pattern goes abnormal-treatment-follow up 6 months later-all clear-abnormal one 3 years later-treatment etc
My second to last one showed the hpv virus but my last one came back all clear for that, the nurse did tell me that there are different strains of hpv and some just naturally clear up on their own so I wouldn't worry too much about it.
I've suffered terribly with anxiety surrounding this and I would say there isn't a day goes by that I don't think of it, but I just tell myself to be grateful I went for my smear and it was spotted and treated before it became something much worse, I shudder to think of how scared I was to go for my first smear and put it off for so long I remember feeling people I was too scared to go! What an idiot I was!
Just be reassured that you are aware of it, they do know what they're doing and they would not (especially after you have already had treatment for cin 1) leave it longer than they though was safe