I just had a Leep done last week. Is it...

[Helpless Victim]

...possible that I have cervical cancer? I have always been a total hypochondriac. I found out I had hpv in april and I freaked. Then I found out my friends had it too so I was calm for a few weeks. My doc said my pap was a little abnormal and she wanted to do a colpo. So I had the colposcopy/biopsy done a few weeks ago. The doc found moderate dyplasia in one of the 4 biopsies she took. So i had a small leep procedure. Doc said she will do another leep in 3 months if nessecary. She said she wanted to remove enough but not too much. I have a follow up in 2 weeks. Now I am reading stories online about women that find out they had cervical cancer after they had a leep procedure. So now I am going crazy with fear of having to do chemo and going bald. Or even dying. I always imagine the worst things. It's become an obcession. I spend hours on the internet reading other womens stories and I end up really depressed after. I am 27 and I have only been sexually active for 3 years. Is it possible that I might already have CV?

[annette m]

well i can only tell you this, wait and find out what your doctor finds and please don't be afraid of depressed. i've had crohn's disease for 8yrs now and i haven't let it get me down,so don't let this hdv of sv get you down, go on living your life from day to day

[urguy71]

they just post the bad things that come of it not the good things your reading what 1 out of a 1000 had found from this test the chances of you having cancer are 1 out of a 1000

[Tammi B]

I am a carrier of HPV, and had dysplasia just over 10 years ago. Dysplasia can lead to cancer if left untreated, but obviously you were treated. Keep with your follow-ups (mine were every 6 months for 2 years). I was treated with cryo, very little discomfort, and remain dysplasia free.It is important to know which strain of HPV that you have, as not all of them cause female cancers. See if your doctor can identify the strain, and if it is not one of the ones that cause female cancers, try not to worry as much. This is not a death sentence for you by any means!

[DeeDee]

Don't panic - chances are, everything will be FINE!!! This is such a common thing - tons of women have gone through this! For every bad thing you read on the internet, there are probably thousands of untold stories of things that turned out fine - if you only knew how many women have this condition (approx. 1 of 4!). The majority of time, the virus clears itself up and women have no adverse affects. Others have to have the LEEP, and then that takes care of it. Sometimes women have to have more than one LEEP in their life to keep things in check, but if it was more serious your dr. would tell you. You've gotten a headstart on it so I definitely wouldn't worry about it being fatal!! You are young and doing the right thing, so don't worry.Keep getting your repeat PAPs, and asking questions of your dr. or nurse - they deal with this all the time. I didn't think they would do another LEEP so soon after the first one, because I thought the skin needed time to heal before another PAP could be done to determine if there are still abnormal cells. Check with the dr. about it for sure, and don't stress out!