50 years old, 2 1/2 years menopausal.
My Pap smear came back abnormal for the first time. Can't remember how the nurse characterized it when she called (I think I remember hearing the word "inflammation" and possibly something else), but she definitely said I do NOT have HPV.
She said doctor wanted to do a colposcopy. However, if I don't have HPV, doesn't that mean that it couldn't be cervical cancer?
The gyn. recently did a transvaginal ultrasound because I have occasional SLIGHT (postmenopausal) bleeding, randomly. The "stripe" was great and she didn't see anythign around my ovaries, so all is well there.
So my question--if I don't have HPV, what is the chance I could have precancerous cell changes anyway? Why a colposcopy, since I don't have any other problems?
Thanks,
Nancy T.