Monday, April 19, 2010

And the results are in...

So I got the call from my doctor's office today regarding the results of my biopsy. It's not cancer. Thank God. I didn't really think that it was going to be cancerous, but sometimes you just never know. That is part of the good news. I still do have to get treatment, so the other part of the good news is that the treatment procedure can be done in the office so there will be no hospital visit in my immediate future. Yay. On the down side, the level of precancer is high. The medical assistant explained to me that there are three levels of cell growth with my results being in level 3. That level is called severe dysplasia or carcinoma-in-situ (which translated means "cancer in place"). Though level 3 is still completely treatable it still worries me that the level advanced so quickly. The treatment that my doctor is going to perform in a couple of weeks is called the LEEP procedure. From what I have heard and read it is very effective and minimally invasive (as far as these things go I guess). I'm also happy to say that, from what I understand, this procedure will not affect my future fertility (though I do not expect to get pregnant again any time soon for obvious and not so obvious reasons LOL), but I know there are always risks. I have my fingers crossed all the way around so hopefully this will be then end of it. I just figured I would provide an update and also say thank you to everyone who has offered support and good wishes along the way.

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