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I had to turn down H this morning:(
He was ready to go, its been a while since he was not feeling well the last few days. I have my pap this afternoon and thought i had heard that you shouldn't have anything in your vagina for 48 hours before the pap and since i've had abnormal paps 3 times in a row, i'm hoping for a good one today and didn't want it to be affected. He was disappointed but i told him tonight would be better. btw, i'm getting so sick of going every 3 months to my gyno for pap smear, i'm going to ask her today what can i do to speed up the process of having a good one, i'm afraid after about a year or two of doing this i may not want to keep going except for my annual.
Re: I had to turn down H this morning:(
they haven't done a colposcopy yet? When I got an abnormal they did a colpo then I had to go back every 6 months. I've had 3 colpos equaling about 5 biopsies and this last one should the beginning stages of cervical cancer.
You're not supposed to have sex before a pap as the bodily fluids can cause an abnormal result too.
hmm I had my first normal one after 2 years of having abnormal. They did an endometriosis test and all kinds of stuff..very painful thats for sure.
I hope you get your normals!!
Actually I think the rule is to not have sex 24 hours before the pap smear because it can affect it. Mainly the cells can appear weird/abnormal. Having sex with a condom is no different from the stories that I've hear (it can still affect the smear). However, not all smears are affected by sex, they just CAN be.
I'd say you did good to say "later darling!" It could have skewed the pap test.