Living with Hpv

Updated on November 11, 2012
S.P. asks from Hialeah, FL
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Help i have been diagnosed with high risk hpv,ive had a procedure done to remove abnormal cell ,but after the procedure i have not been able to follow up with regular papa smears being that i had moved .its been a yearin a half that i have not gotten a pap smear done .but i will look for a local doctor to go to this week now that im settled .but how long does it take for hpv to turn into cervical cancer if i had the abnormal cells removed?

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J.W.

answers from St. Louis on

I think you need to find a doctor and get information because it doesn't sound like you have been given all the facts. I had my first abnormal pap 15 years ago. The follow up pap was normal. It wasn't until six years ago that I got another abnormal pap. The fact is I was brutal to my body at that point working full time, going to school full time, trying to do it all. I graduated in 2010, all clear!

It is not having HPV that causes cervical cancer it is when it doesn't go away. If I had continued that high stress life for a long period of time I could almost guarantee that I would have cervical cancer eventually.

Pretty much you are at risk, you have to take care of yourself. Eat well, control your stress. Talk to a doctor to get the facts. My doctor monitored me during school but never worried anything would come of it. I had to have two biopsies while I was in school but never anything to remove abnormal cells. They just went back to normal when my body regained the ability to keep the HPV under control.

Most women have HPV and never know it because they have never put their bodies under enough stress that their body couldn't keep it under control.

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L.U.

answers from Seattle on

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001889/

This is not the end of the world, at all. I have HPV as well, and actually a HUGE percent of the population does.
You need to find a doctor or clinic where you can go now that you have moved.
I have a wonderful husband, 3 kids, and a great sex life (usually! lol) and HPV hasn't stopped me.
Get informed, it will help to alleviate the stress.
L.

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T.A.

answers from Seattle on

I had an abnormal pap and leep also, normal paps ever since. Sometimes it doesn't get worse or come back. Keep up on those paps and take extra folic acid! That's what my naturopath recommended and my gyno said she had never see someone heal faster after the leep.

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D.C.

answers from Pittsburgh on

I must strongly disagree with the poster below that said 10 years. The reality is that every person is different. You might never have a problem again but you also might progress very quickly. This is why you MUST see a doctor afterwards - in fact if you never went back after the 1st procedure, you don't even know if they got all the abnormal cells the first time. See someone now - if you don't have time to find a long-term doctor, go to Planned Parenthood and get it done. Please.

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T.R.

answers from Orlando on

I also had a LEEP 15 years ago, and I do not have HPV. I was told by my doctor that the procedure is 85% curable, meaning there is a 15% chance that the cancerous cells would return (percentage rates could be different now). There is no time frame for this to happen, IF it were to happen. If I remember correctly, right after the procedure, there is a series of pap smears to make sure they are all consistently negative so they know they removed all of the cancerous cells. So yeah, this is important to follow up on.

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T.M.

answers from Redding on

Follow ups are very important, and generally will reduce your stress when you get a clean bill of health afterwards.
GO.

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