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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Pre-Cancer?

This entry is a follow-up to my previous one called, A Quick Vent

I had a colposcopy done yesterday (Tuesday) to biopsy the cells within my cervix. I will find out more in depth results in a few weeks, but my doctor says he did see dysplasia. Dysplasia, simply meaning "pre-cancer" cells.

So I am thinking, "yea, right, just want I need". THIS SUCKS!

I will know the in-depth results in a few weeks that will basically determine the level of , or significance of, the dysplasia. Naturally I am worried because not only is 'cancer' in the equation, however, its 'significance' is still unknown; but it is important to me to be able to call myself a mother one day.
So here are some brief situations, options, that I could find myself in within the next few weeks:
  1. Low-Grade Dysplasia: I may 'simply' need to freeze a partial of my cervix, and I would get 6 month check-ups for awhile. All in hopes that everything will subside.
  2. Medium - High Grade Dysplasia: My doctor did not brief me on this one, I assume for obvious reasons. But from reading various articles and website so far I gather I would be looking at removing partial or the whole cervix. This would be most undesirable for me, of course.
"Approximately 2 percent of women with HSIL on a Pap smear are found to have invasive cervical cancer when they undergo further evaluation and another 20 percent of women with HSIL will develop cervical cancer over a period of several years if they are not treated. However, if the precancerous lesion is removed or destroyed, cervical cancer can usually be prevented." - http://www.uptodate.com/contents/management-of-high-grade-cervical-squamous-intraepithelial-lesions-hsil-and-glandular-abnormalities-agc-beyond-the-basics

Of course under my doctor(s) suggestion, I have decided that if faced with a less desirable fate (because it does look like one or the other at this point) I would choose to NOT have surgery, or any other crucial treatment that may decrease or completely rid my chances of having children. This option would only be for a brief time frame until I could attempt to have a child(ren) with my current boyfriend of almost 4 years, and only then would I be more 'okay' with having a crucial/harsh treatment. In my head, I am thinking that it would be a 'now or never' type of deal. Hopefully, I will not have to make that decision and I can have a less tramatic 'simple' treatment. Either way, something will happen.



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