So, I have endocervical dysplasia.
Yes, big fat medical words. Here's what's going on. [In English!]
The cervix is the ending of the vagina and the opening to the uterus.
It is a donut shape with a tube in the middle leading to the uterus.
In 90% of women, any type of cervical abnormality is on the outer 'donut' part of the cervix.
Mine is in the tube leading to the uterus, putting me in that 10% of more difficult cases.
Dysplasia is a type of lesion, alerting to a pre-cancerous condition.
Luckily, mine was caught early enough.
Now since I'm in the aformentioned 10%, I have to have another procedure called a "LEEP".
LEEP stands for Loop Electrical Excision Procedure.
Basically, it's a little scalpel looking thing with a bow at the end, which electricity flows through.
In this procedure, they'll be excising a cone shaped piece of my inner cervix,
Removing the lesions and giving me a full diagnosis.
It is considered a minor surgery, so there will be 2 weeks recovery time.
With this removal, my condition is 'cured'.
Unfortunately, there are two problems.
1. My LEEP is on April 3rd. My 21st birthday is April 13th. No birthday 'bumps' for me ;]
2. Since Ian and I are monogamous, we rarely use condoms. I have more than likely passed the HPV virus onto him, which can now give back to me, making the dysplasia re-occur. He will be tested in the coming weeks to confirm. In most men, it dissipates in 5-10 years. However, this success rate is extremely low in smokers, under 1%. I am very proud though to report he has decided to quit smoking and we have decided that protection will be used until we are both negative, which can take up to 10 years. He is being very supportive and I couldn't ask for anything more.
Good news and bad news. But overall, I'm very optimistic!
Prayers and love appreciated, for my procedure, recovery, and hopeful 'cure'; and Ian's quitting smoking and hopefully, testing negative for it in the first place!
Love to all!!
Thank you for the kind words!!
