Personal Experiences with HPV and Genital Warts

Wart in the world is going on you ask!This section is here to help new visitors deal with HPV and Genital Warts. As many of with warts know, it takes some time to come to terms with the discovery of warts, abnormal pap results or cervical cancer. Please share your story with the community!

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Posted: 11/1/2007
Cervical Dysplasia- - (4 ) comments.

I was hesitant to contribute anything to this website when I was first diagnosed with cervical dysplasia in May of 2006. Partly because I was un-informed and partly because I was scared. My dysplasia was caused from the HPV virus and I was in shock because I thought I had been careful. That was until I read and read all the information my brain could handle to better understand this virus. It is known that 80% of people will have HPV at one point in their life whether they know it or not. So YOU ARE NOT ALONE!

I was diagnosed like I said in May of 2006. I had an abnormal pap was called into have a follow up. My follow up also showed cervical dysplasia. LGSIL. Low Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion. Those three words were the scariest because I had no idea what they meant. I was immediately sent off for a colposcopy. Again not having any idea what to expect. The colpo was similar to a pap just more in depth and a little more painful. I had four biopsies taken and they all showed the same thing. LGSIL. During the time I was waiting for my test results to come back I was researching the different options I had. I was only 20 at the time and had read many things about the LEEP procedure, freezing, burning and the other procedures out there. I decided that I was going to take the chance and wait it out. My doctor also agreed that it would be okay to wait and go for a follow-up pap in 6 months. It is known that most HPV infections clear within two years of diagnosis. I went for my follow-up pap in January of 2007 and it came back ASCUS! Finally there was improvement. I had read that Vitamin C and Garlic were helpful in boosting your immune system, thus boosting your cervix to repair the abnormal cells. I took those two supplements on and off for the 6 months inbetween my colpo and the pap that came back ASCUS. Again it was time for another pap, I waited 10 months instead of the 6 months I was supposed to because I moved. I went in last week for my pap and I got my results back today and I am cleared. There were no abnormal cells detected and I am fine. I will go back to yearly paps and I will continue to take my Vitamin C and Garlic! I also know that if you are on birth control, especially the pill it is a good idea to take a folic acid supplement because birth control lowers your folic acid level. The easiest way to get all of the supplements recommended is to take something like Centrum Protegra.

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