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Worried, sad, mad, re: doc and pap  

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Hi ladies,

Back on Nov. 8 I went to get a pap done. I wanted to make sure everything was fine and normal before we started ttc. I spoke with them several times about my vaginal ultrasound resutls and results in general and they said everything was fine. NOW TODAY on my dh's bday, TWO MONTHS AFTER the pap I get a call to tell me that that my pap results came back abnormal (as-cus)!!!!!::

... and that there was not enough sample for them to do a HPV test on it. The girl told me it could be abnormal from tampon use, which I don't use, or gaining or losing weight, which I've been constant with. And they want me to go get another pap.

I'm so ticked at them for not telling me sooner. I feel like I have yet another thing to worry about this whole pregnancy and beyond. I just spoke to the office manager who said he was going to look at my chart and call me back. I'm sure he will tell me it was the labs fault somehow. I feel stressed, sad, mad, worried, scared, depressed etc. etc. If feel like I can't even function because I'm worried. My mom had this too and had to get her abnormal cells burned off.

Does anybody have any advice or suggestions? Sure could use some reassurance right now.
post #2 of 4
Oh that's totally irresponsible on their part. I'd chew them out when I got there, If I were you. Hopefully it will be nothing. I'll be thinking about you til you find out. Keep us updated!
post #3 of 4
ascus= abnormal cells of undetermined significance
its true it can be caused by alot of things but you for sure want to get the HPV test done. Ascus by itself is not too worrysome unless it is accompanied with HPV virus and they they worry about the cells turing into dysplasia/ carcinoma insitu....that is when they would most likely do the colpo bx/ freeze of your cervix to get rid of the cells. Our lab has a turn around time of pap smears of less that 1 week!! A month is rediculous!
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Thanks, for your replies ladies. Yeah it is ridiculous!! And it wasn't one month but TWO! argh!

Anyway, what I don't understand is I've been married for going on 7 years. And I'm sure I've had these tests done before or do they only run the HPV when paps turn up abnormal? This is a 1st for me.
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