leep procedure

I had a Leep done 2 days ago and I have to say that after reading various messages on this oard I was scared, I prepared for the worst....I arrived to the doctor with high anxieties, I almost left the table....good thing I haven't because it wasn't bad at all.

 First  I would like to address some of the issues  women have discussed in this forum, I specifically asked my OB about the anesthesia if it should produce any tahicardia and she calmed me by explaining that does not contain epinefrin which can cause your heart  to race, actually the anxiety built up does. So ask your doctor what kind of anesthesia uses. Secondly, the pain after the procedure has nothing to do with the grade of your dysplasia but with your body, my OB told me that a woman in good shape who works out regularly would have much less pain and she was right. I had no pain at all, the second the procedure was over I left the office and went shopping. Didn't have one single cramp or disconfort,  I could swear the Leep didn't happened :-)) and so was for the bloating, my tummy is flat and yes, no need for pads yet as there is zero bleeding so far.

Look at the positive part, be happy to have the oportunity to receive the Leep, the rest of the  outside world doesn't perform regular pap smear tests, so it is ussually to late by the time they do......lucky to live in US :-)0

My OB told me that a woman in good shape who works out regularly would have much less pain and she was right.

I'm glad your doctor answered your question about the anesthesia, and it's definitely good information to pass along to other women. But I'm very perplexed by comment above. A woman's pain tolerance has nothing to do with the shape she's in. It was very inappropriate for your doctor to have made that remark.

Each woman's pain tolerance and emotional levels are different. For some women, after they have educated themselves and have decided this is the best surgery, they just schedule the date and it's done. For others, their anxiety level is such, they need a sedative. For others, their anxiety level and pain tolerance is such, an in-office IV drip or general anesthesia in outpatient is best, so long as any health issues the patient may have are discussed. In other words, each woman's emotional level and pain tolerance should be discussed with the doctor so that what is best for the patient can be done. Even though it made my first ex-doctor angry, I demanded having it done in outpatient. (She said it would take more time and I would have to pay for an anesthesiologist.) It is our right to have what we need acknowledged and respected. I regard it as very inappropriate for doctors to tell paitients "it's no big deal." They're not the ones getting it done to them, and it doesn't show respect for what that patient may be feeling.

I'm glad it was easy for you, though, and I hope your margins are clear.

Out of curiosity, did your doctor tell you about the therapeutic medication proving successful in clinical trial? It's not only clearing up HPV-caused abnormalities, but it's either eliminated HPV or greatly reducing the viral load to 10%. When I saw my general practitioner, even she knew about it. A good doctor wants to keep patients aware of these important developments that will save lives even more effectively and less invasively than the current surgical options.