Hey Everyone
It's Maggie. I'm going to see the doctor on Thursday to get HPV DNA tesing done, and speaking with the nurse practitioner scared me a little. I have had several abnormal paps, but the lab results are very inconclusive every time. I even had a biopsy, but that didn't tell me anything more than the previous results. Anyway, I've been really lucky in my experience overall. I've only had one outbreak, and I feel very healthy and uninfected. However, my talk with the nurse practitioner made me realize that I may get news that I don't expect. What if I do have a cancerous strain?? I guess I wanted to post this so that you guys could go through it with me so-to-speak. Any positive words would help, and I'll let you know the results as soon as I do! Thank you!
Comments:
12/13/2003 10:18:16 AM
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Craig
What if you have a cancerous strain? That sure is thinking the worst. So being as proactive as you are you've caught it early and bam! You kill any malignant cells. You have nothing to worry about, you're a healthy woman and you're doing all the right things. Let us know how it goes, don't forget!
12/13/2003 11:07:59 AM
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Well if you had an outbreak of warts wouldn't that imply that you had a low- risk strain to an extent?? Best of luck to you regardless!
12/14/2003 12:07:51 AM
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Beth
Keep your chin up -- even if it is a high-risk type, by catching it early you've almost guaranteed yourself a full recovery. You should be proud of yourself for dealing with this so well.
12/14/2003 10:58:48 PM
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I may be wrong or mis-informed; but I thought that if you have warts that is a totally different strand from the cervical cancer. Im not sure-but I think I'm right...
12/15/2003 9:34:13 PM
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From what I understand about this virus is that warts are a type of benign cancer(not bad) even the ones on the outside. Also, I have learned that when you have abnormal paps it means that the virus is on the inside, which is the warts. I don't know but from what I gathered is that the warts inside are subclinical so that is why they come up on the paps.
12/16/2003 1:19:06 AM
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Maggie
I appreciate everyone's input. I'm not sure about the if you have warts then you don't have a cancerous strain thing. I think anything's possible, so i wouldn't count myself as exempt from that possibility. Nontheless, you're all right, and I guess it won't help to make assumptions. I just have to wait and see. I'll let you know. Thanks again!
12/17/2003 7:33:36 AM
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Maggie,
Did you get your results yet?
12/19/2003 1:40:40 AM
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Maggie
Thank you so much for asking. The answer is not, but I just had my appointment this morning. It'll probably be at least a week before I hear anything. I really will post how things go. Thnaks again for caring :)
