Apparently I have atypical cells, but am HPV negative. The nurse assures me this is nothing to worry about, that I just need to come back in three months to test again, and that I don’t need to wait to try to conceive. I have a good guess, based on that article, that it was a result of being at the very end of my period, when I was down to a few spots. But I’ll be damned if I’ll let this hang over my head for three months! Waiting to hear back from the doctor. It seems like it would make sense to test again mid-cycle (now), yes?
Shared experiences/advice welcome. I don’t want to blow this out of proportion but hell, it’s what I do!
Updated: Talked to Dr. Nice and he said I can come back in a month for the follow-up. (Oh good! I already have to miss work right when I start my new job!) And I guess I’ll try to forget about it until then.
But this reminded me of a funny story. Once, I was waiting in the exam room when the nurse got a return call from one of her patients. She was trying to give her the results of some test, but the woman had apparently called from the car wash and couldn’t hear very well, so the nurse ended up shouting, repeatedly, “You have a sexually transmitted disease!” I reminded the doctor about that just now and we had a good laugh.
