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Smears/CIN3/Lletz/follow up... Please help Saintshar.

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essbee · 17/11/2004 15:34

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Chocol8 · 27/11/2004 17:52

Saintshar, I just read this thread and was about to post at the point where support was needed about the follow up appointment. I went cold when I read Essbee's update. I am so so sorry that you had to go through this, but so so glad that you were sensible enough to go for regular smears and that you will now be ok.

About 12 years ago I had a smear and couldn't seem to get the results. I rang the docs and got passed to about 4 different people, the last one of whom told me that I had cancer and a year to live. At the time I was unemployed and very depressed, so you can imagine what that news did to me. I spoke to the doc the day after (after writing goodbye letters to my family and friends) who said it was CIN3 and had treatment the week after.

However, 2 weeks after, I carried two heavy carrierbags full of laundry and the next morning woke up with clots the size of teabags every 15 minutes dropping out (quite funny in hindsight as I imagined myself to be bombing the floor). I left a trail all over the consultants floor and bed as she left me for 20 minutes. I was kept in and monitored (and everything measured..mmm nice) and then eventually it all stopped.

Like you Sainshar, I now make it my personal responsibility to make friends go for smears - holding hands if necessary - and after a bit of bullying it usually works.

I am overjoyed that you will be ok and will be thinking of you. You are a brave girl. ((((((hugs)))))). xxx

Dior · 28/11/2004 20:29

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saintshar · 28/11/2004 22:46

Dior - nag, nag, nag, nag, nag, NAG, NAG, NAG, NAG!!!!!!!! (Get the idea??)

I want a post from you Tomorrow saying when your smear is - ok??!

sallystrawberry · 28/11/2004 23:01

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lisalisa · 29/11/2004 12:49

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saintshar · 29/11/2004 17:20

Does your Doctors have a practice nurse lisalisa? They are very used to doing smears - they probably do them everyday.

If not i am sure family planning clinics do them. If you can let me know what area you are from, either on here or CAT me, i will do some research into ones in your area for you.

Whichever you decide, maybe you could go in first, and have a chat about how worried you are about it all. Could you take something herbal or something to help relax you before you go?

Please please go, i will help in any way that i can. xxx

Blu · 29/11/2004 17:29

LisaLisa - and anyone else: look in the phone book - or ask at the receptionist at your GPs -and see whether your NHS district has a 'well woman' clinic. You can ring up and request a female nurse / dr does the test, and they will be very used to requests like that, honestly!

Dior · 29/11/2004 19:52

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saintshar · 30/11/2004 10:49

Hello Dior, sorry i wasn't online Yesterday.
So glad you booked your smear - let me know how you get on. Did i read right that you had loop diathermy too?

I am ok thanks for asking. Getting a little fed up with my DH atm. I was told when i went in for my results that some women ask to have a hysterectomy, though she said that it is a bit drastic at this stage, and it would perhaps be better to wait for my appt. in April.

My DH has told me he thinks i should have it done now. Although i know he is worried about my health, i can't help but think he keeps going on about it because i would like to have another child, (we have two already) and he doesn't want anymore. It makes me so and .

lisalisa · 30/11/2004 11:12

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Dior · 30/11/2004 20:05

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expatkat · 20/12/2004 22:39

saintshar, I'm not quite sure about your situation and don't know how similar it is to my friend who had an adenocarcinoma of the cervix and was told (in NYC) she needed a hysterectomy. In the end she had (in Canada) something called radical trachelectomy, which removes most of the cervix (but enough to carry a child) while leaving the womb intact. It will be worth finding out if they do that here in the UK. If not, I'm told it's done widely in France (was apparently invented there) and one of the more famous surgeons who does it is someone called Dargent. This is what my friend told me, at any rate; I hope it's accurate. I also hope that all that I've said will prove completely irrelevant for you, and that you'll get away with some extremely mild form of treatment.

Dior · 12/01/2005 20:47

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SoupDragon · 12/01/2005 21:01

Good news, Dior

Dior · 12/01/2005 21:02

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SoupDragon · 12/01/2005 21:03

Grrrrr. Have to say, mine suggest you phone them to ask in case the results don't get sent to you.

Dior · 12/01/2005 21:05

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kezz1504 · 18/09/2011 11:41

Hi, I had my smear beginning of august, got my results bk as CIN3, went for a colposcopy had a punch biopsy done 24th august they were going to do a loop biopsy but they said my cervix has collapsed and it would be dangerous to do the loop biopsy so now I have a appointment for October 3rd for to go under general anesethetic to have this done. But I have not even received The results of my punch biopsy yet.

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