Colposcopy? Anyone had one?

shelly

snoopkat wrote:

The only thing I would add to that is that if they do a "cone biopsy" it can potentially cause you some difficulties later if you have a baby as it can shorten your cervix.

I had a cone biopsy and the nurse said to me at the time that if I got pregnant in the future to let the midwife and docs know (incase they missed it on my file) as natural birth could cause probs. Don't matter now though as I have no cervix. The cone biopsy was huge, hubby said it was as big as the end of his little finger (to the first knuckle) :eek:

Becles

snoopkat wrote:

now they do what I think is called a "stanp biopsy" which is where they kind of clip bits off.

That must have been what I had. They just took off some tiny slices of flesh with a tool that looked like a pair of scissors!

middleman_2

Hi there. Hard to believe so many of us have had similar procedures. After a routine smear about 12 years ago (at 24) abnormal, pre-cancerous cells showed up so I was referred for a colcoscopy. It really is pretty quick and pain free and I had a lovely nurse there holding my hand. I had to have a biopsy and then heat treatment and the only thing I remember about that was the !!!!! of the consultant telling me I should hurry up and have children, certainly before I was 30. (Still no joy there but that's totally unrelated!) Anyway yearly smears for about 7 years - my choice after 5 - and then back to 3 yearly. Don't worry, it's a doddle.

middleman_2

I can't believe !!!!! (female dog) has been edited. Looks like I wrote something much worse.

shelly

middleman wrote:

and the only thing I remember about that was the !!!!! of the consultant telling me I should hurry up and have children, certainly before I was 30.

It was most likely well meant. The op I had to remove my cervix has only been available for about 14 years and is in the interests of preserving fertility. Without it I would have definately had a hysterectomy. Maybe they didn't put it to you as well as they could have but I sometimes think doctors and such get a bit de-sensitised to it all as they see it everyday, saying that, all the people I have come into contact with have been excellent.