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Abnormal pap smear

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    • August 27, 2011 at 12:20 am
    ccbreeding
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      I’m 3 yrs Ned from being diagnoses stage IIIa.
      Just had an abnormal pap smear…is this something I tell my oncologist about?…or just wait 6 months til it’s retested?

      I’m 3 yrs Ned from being diagnoses stage IIIa.
      Just had an abnormal pap smear…is this something I tell my oncologist about?…or just wait 6 months til it’s retested?

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        • August 27, 2011 at 12:28 am
        mombase
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          I would definitely not wait six months. I would be calling the oncologist pronto just to be on the safe side! Take care and blessings to you…

          Cristy, Stage IV

          • August 27, 2011 at 12:28 am
          mombase
          Participant

            I would definitely not wait six months. I would be calling the oncologist pronto just to be on the safe side! Take care and blessings to you…

            Cristy, Stage IV

            • August 27, 2011 at 3:53 am
            JerryfromFauq
            Participant

              Reuest  copy of the findings be sent to your Oncologist.  Would not wit, It may be nothing, but let them know what you know. (and don't know,)

              • August 27, 2011 at 3:53 am
              JerryfromFauq
              Participant

                Reuest  copy of the findings be sent to your Oncologist.  Would not wit, It may be nothing, but let them know what you know. (and don't know,)

                • August 27, 2011 at 3:29 pm
                Joan C
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                  What did your Gyn say?  I have had many abnormal paps over the years, they are very common.  Usually they just want to retest, or one time they did a colposcopy and cone biopsy on me.  Everything has turned out normal.

                  Did they test you for HPV?  That is responsible for most of the abnormal paps.

                  So I think the odds are overwhelmingly that it is one of those issues rather than anything related to mel.  My gyn knew my history and he had another doctor in his practice who had melanoma, so he knows it is nothing to fool around with.

                  • August 27, 2011 at 3:29 pm
                  Joan C
                  Participant

                    What did your Gyn say?  I have had many abnormal paps over the years, they are very common.  Usually they just want to retest, or one time they did a colposcopy and cone biopsy on me.  Everything has turned out normal.

                    Did they test you for HPV?  That is responsible for most of the abnormal paps.

                    So I think the odds are overwhelmingly that it is one of those issues rather than anything related to mel.  My gyn knew my history and he had another doctor in his practice who had melanoma, so he knows it is nothing to fool around with.

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