“I’m not seeing any obvious lesions.”

I’m not sure if I mentioned it already, but I had an abnormal pap smear back in October. I went in today to get another done as a follow-up. The clinician made my morning by saying those beautiful words. I have been worried sick that my body was undergoing so much stress due to my scars healing, anxiety, depression, etc., that I wouldn’t clear out this HPV infection. I’m just so glad it hasn’t gotten worse. I had a CIN2 (high grade) result in one of the locations of my biopsy in October, so there was a concern that it would get worse or not clear. Especially with my underlying conditions.

The strain you have wouldn’t affect him.

Clinician

More great news, because I’d been worried about transmission this entire time. I think it’s still a possibility or high likelihood that it may get transmitted during skin-to-skin contact; however, it’s such a relief to know it won’t affect him. As you can tell, I’m very uneducated when it comes to STI’s. You never really worry about it until it happens to you.

Another doctor’s appointment to go to today.

That pap smear exam gave me cramps. Sigh.