Pelvic inflammatory disease
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| Tue, 01-23-2007 - 9:24pm |
Hey everyone! I've posted on several gynecology boards and thought I might try this one, being as I'm unsure which one I should post this question on.
Since April 2006 I've have severe burining and pain with sex. While I had a period, my periods were also painful and I had severe cramping. I've gone back on my Depo shot since this time.
Anyway, I FINALLY convinced my GYN to give me another Pap smear... my fifth in a year. Sure enough, this time he FINALLY found something. I have high and low risk HPV with cervical dysplasia. He took a biopsy during the colposcopy and we're waiting on the results. He also put me on some more antibiotics (in a year, I've been on Flagyl twice, Metro-Gel, repHresh, doxycycline, metronidozole, and Cipro) saying that my uterus is still swollen (as it has been the entire time since April).
My question is about PID, which I seem to have all the symptoms of. He hasn't come out and said that I have it, so I will ask him about it when he calls me with the biopsy results this week. I know PID causes sterility. At 22 and a newlywed, this terrifies me. I was wondering how long it takes for sterility to manifest, as I bevelive I've had PID since April and no one has been able to definitively tell me this.
Thanks for the advice, and I do plan on asking my physician some more detailed questions when I talk to him later in the week.

I'm sure that Jill, this board's wonderful Communty Leader, will be along soon to respond to your questions.
Hi foxyredroxy, welcome!
Jill
Thanks for the information. I had never heard of the procedure you were talking about, and if it comes down to it, I will definitely ask. I read a lot of literature, but it was all really pretty vague.
I will keep everyone updated as soon as I get the call back about my biopsy :)