Pap smear result letter? confused

[An0n29]

Hey ladies :)

I'm wondering if this has happened with anyone else -

I went for my first pap smear little over a week ago and just got a letter from the docs today. All it said was to come back for another pap in 12 months time, nothing else to it, no positive or negative, not what i was expecting.

Is this like a routine appointment invitation and I should be expecting an actual results letter?

I'll be calling the docs on monday but so paranoid this means I have HPV which tbh is only making me freak out in the sense of "oh god have i got to talk to that guy I slept with a few months ago and tell him" (he's not the nicest guy, was deffo using me I was just too dumb to see that)

Any experiences or advice would be amazing! x

I have no experience in a letter like this, but I wanted to say how common it is to have the hpv virus and if you do, there really is no reason to get in touch with your ex.

I think they only send you back in 12 months if you're hpv positive but have no abnormal cells. I would ring to clarify this.

They generally call you back in 12 months if you're HPV+, but so are 4/5 of the population at one time or another so there's really no need to get in touch with past partners.

Yup hpv+ without abnormal cells will get you a 12 call back
Hpv can lie dormant for years . I've been married 7 years and in that time I've had 2 hpv- and then this year to my surprise I'm hpv+ . Prettysure he hasn't cheated and I certainly haven't so there you go
I wouldn't bother telling old partners

Thanks for your opinions! I think I've just been freaking out the past couple of days since I'm confirmed positive. Been giving myself information overload.

But the more I accept it the more I feel I understand how common it is and there's no real benefit to getting in touch with him. It's possible he doesn't even have it and was dormant in me. I went through a majorly emotional and stressful time after him which could've even activated it.
At this point I feel telling him would be saying hey maybe you have this maybe you don't, which is what any sexually active person should be assuming anyway

Well put it this way . If you tell him there's nothing he can do about it apart from never sleep with anyone ever again which is doubtful
Most of us have it at some point
Forget about til your next smear
Try and stay healthy to boost your immune system that's all you can do