First pap After LEEP - SCARED!!!
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| Fri, 08-01-2008 - 11:54am |
Hi everyone,
I posted on the boards here back a few months ago re: a leep procedure I was having done. It was the first time I ever had one and it was due to numerous abnormal paps due to HPV. Anyway, I'm scheduled for my first follow-up pap this coming Wednesday and I'm so scared!! I was with one person one time since the surgery, and I'll admit, we didn’t play it very safe (I know this was a stupid mistake, especially given what I went through) but I wont go into that. Whats done is done. So Wednesday is my first pap since I had the LEEP procedure, and I'm just hoping and praying that it comes back normal and I get good news for once. I hope the LEEP cleared things up for me. When I went back for the results of the sample they took, the dr said he was definitely confident that he got all of it and it tested ok, so I didn’t worry. He said just come back in 3 months for my normal pap to see how that goes. I hope it goes ok, I'm very worried :(

Hi jetsluvr,
The LEEP procedure sounds like it went well. Just be aware that since you have HPV, you will always have it, and there is always a chance that you could have an abnormal pap in the future. As long as you keep on top of it with regular pap smears, the chances of anything more sinister developing are really low.
There are heaps of women on the HPV, Herpes & Other STDs Board that have had LEEPs, so they would be able to offer you more moral support:
http://messageboards.ivillage.com/iv-bhsexdisease