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What is a colposcopy?
i need to know and whats it like getting one!! i got a bad report from the dr saying i must go and now im scared cus if its dysplasia again i could have to have a hysterectomy!!
Np! I am having another colpo done myself later this month. Good luck with yours :)
Thank yall for the advice! I think this is the same i had last time and just didnt know the name of it but not sure!!
Emily-Thnx for the reminder i forget bout the pads thing i only wear tampons so i need to make sure to go the store b4 i go!!
Emily-Thnx for the reminder i forget bout the pads thing i only wear tampons so i need to make sure to go the store b4 i go!!
I have had a few colpos done and it's really nothing to worry about! :) There will be some mild discomfort while they are doing the biopsy, and you're likely to have cramping for the rest of the day but it's nothing terrible. They advise you to take a pain-killer before your colpo but I never have. If you feel you should, then go ahead. You will have spotting for a day or 2 and there is usually some very WEIRD stuff coming out of there but it's not part of you, it's just the solution they use when their doing your colpo. It is likely to be brown and maybe even have a bumpy appearance (it is somewhat dry by the time it comes out), but you may not even have it to the extent of this.
Like I said, I have had a few colpos done, 4 that I can remember off the top of my head, could be a couple more. I have had one bad experience but it was performed at a hospital where they train new doctors so I attribute my bad experience to that, and I don't think yours will be terribly painful at all :)
Fyi, DON'T make the mistake of wearing a thong to your colpo appointment (I don't know what I was thinking that day) because you will have bleeding afterwards. And bring your own pad (don't use tampons) because the ones they offer you are bulky and uncomfortable.
Like I said, I have had a few colpos done, 4 that I can remember off the top of my head, could be a couple more. I have had one bad experience but it was performed at a hospital where they train new doctors so I attribute my bad experience to that, and I don't think yours will be terribly painful at all :)
Fyi, DON'T make the mistake of wearing a thong to your colpo appointment (I don't know what I was thinking that day) because you will have bleeding afterwards. And bring your own pad (don't use tampons) because the ones they offer you are bulky and uncomfortable.
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