abnormal cells on pap smear, anyone had a colopscopy?

[Danni]

Also what Kim said. Sometimes they will let you be if your cells have no advanced in stages.

CIN1 is mild, CIN2 needs attention, and CIN3 needs urgent attention.

So if they havent gotten any worse, they may leave them and ask you to come back in a few months again

[AngelPunks]

I had one with a CIN3. They got most of the cells (like 95%) with the colposcopy but because it was a CIN3 I had to go back and have a letz under general.

Not painful at all - just like an extra pap smear.

Good luck sweetheart All will be good

[Miss E]

I had one done just over a year ago after I had an abnormal pap smear. Much the same as everyone else said (except I didn't get to see it on the TV), but they took a small sample of the abnormal cell that they saw for testing. It came back as a possible CIN 1 so I didn't have to have anything further done other than a pap smear 12 months later.

[Danni]

Ohhh i forgot to say. I think the main reason why nothing was taken from my colposcopies is that I needed cone biopsies with each one, which meant I needed a general to do everything

[Aimz]

I had one when I was 16 - after my first pap smear.

I had to have a punch biopsy done as well which I found very unpleasent - no anaesthetic! I was 16 though and I'm guessing my pain threshold would be higher now. It was just like a long pap and my legs were in stirrups too. I think because I was so young I was quite traumatised from it - to remember it still makes me shudder.

[Nai]

I had one when I was 19 and it was just like the PP's have said. I had the laser to burn off the abnormal cells which wasn't pleasant but also fairly straightforward. I had to have 12 monthly pap smears after that. Once I had been clear for 10 years I went back to 2 yearly check ups.

[S'rose]

Oh yes... such fun... I had CIN1 cells and they monitored me every 6 mths over 2 years and often in HPV cases, the issues resolve themselves. But in my case I had the colposcopy and little biopsies which sting a bit and cause mild cramping afterwards, then had my cervix lasered which was really quite easy and painless, and had paps every year for about another 4 years before it finally resolved.
I now get to have paps with my GP every year... he thinks 2 is fine, but I am so paranoid after it taking so long to resolve that I would rather keep on top of it.