Posted 3/8/2016 10:46 PM (GMT 0)
I'm not supposed to start my cycle for another 10-12 days but I am noticing a little bit of spotting today. Naturally, my head goes to the worst place possible BUT I think reasonably so. The first time I went to the gyno when I was 19 or 20, I had my first pap smear, it was hunky dory, and then I got that dreaded phone call: "We saw abnormal cells on your cervix, you have to come in again for a biopsy." So, I go in and go through one of the most painful and traumatic experiences and the biopsy results say that I have cervical dysplasia...aka irregular growing cells on my cervix. As predicted, I lose it. My mom suggests we get a second opinion and I see a new OBGYN. He takes one look and says "you're fine." Does the pap smear. My results come in completely normal. I go again a year later for a check up, things are normal. That was 2.5 years ago. I just hate going to the gynecologist, and regardless how nice and sweet my Gyno is, I get a full blown panic attack every time and either faint from nerves, or feel like I'm going to faint. It's not fun at all.
But this bleeding (and by bleeding I mean very faint spotting) has me thinking I should really go get a check up just to make sure everything is ok. Cervical cancer is no joke and while it's rare in someone who's 24, you can imagine what fun things my head has concocted in the mean time.