Abnormal Pap smear on my 2nd post chemo check up

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  • Kaleena
    Kaleena Member Posts: 2,088 Member
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    Abbycat2 said:

    Annabelle, I am hoping for the best for you.

    Forgive my ignorance, but how is it possible to have a pap test when a woman no longer has a cervix? I no longer have one and it is my limited understanding that pap tests are used to assess cervical cancer.  I have not had one since I lost most of my female parts.

    Cathy

    I've gotten Pap smears every

    I've gotten Pap smears every time since my hysterectomy in 2005 until I got my new doctir in 2015.  He doesn't do them. he hays it doesn't detect recurrence  uterine cancer.   But I said I had two abnormal ones with a positive HPV.  He said that it would take ten years for cervical cancer to form.  My thought is what if I have already had HPV?    It doesn't always show up.  

     

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