Hi! I just discovered your channel tonight and I'm so glad I did. I watched the first one and am now beginning this one. I'm so glad you mentioned the pap test at the end because I wanted women to know by getting one each year, it can be prevented by freezing the precancerous cells. I gave up on my health in 2020. It's now 2024 and I'm wondering if it came back. I've been having dark spotting for quite awhile now, but with the problems going on in the world, I wasn't sure I wanted to be here for them anyway. I'd like to tell a story that I'll always remember. Maybe it's a coincidence and maybe not. But anyone who is atheist may not be interested. I was 36 when I started having reoccurring dreams. It was the exact same each night and I'd always wake up in a panic at the same time... when the doctor was about to give me test result of something I was going to die from somewhere below my waist. These dreams just wouldn't stop. Finally, I prayed, asking the Lord to please let me finish the dream. After all, what would a doctor think if I came in saying I'm dying from something but I don't know what? But I never finished the dream. Instead, signs were appearing everywhere I went. On covers of magazines I'd walk by in stores, coming across it in books at the library, etc. It just wouldn't stop. Finally, I was able to go to the doctor and tell him I have cervical cancer. He disagreed with me, telling me I don't have it because I'm too young and I don't have any risk factors. I said confidently, "Well, I have it." The doctor replied, "Well, I'll do a test, but you don't have it." After the test, he came back in the room and said, "Well, you have it." Sometimes we have to be persistent with doctors who make guesses. I saw him in his office seeming stressed. Was it that he wasn't sure how to go about this? I never found out. I was in the process of moving. My new doctor was only a block away, and the nurse's area looked just like the one in my dream. He took tests to see how advanced it was. It was heading towards my uterus, so he performed a leep procedure. He continued test to make sure he got it all and watched me closely to make sure it didn't come back. I was 36 then and I'm now 61. Because of all I mentioned, I was able to raise my kids and be here to see all my 18 grandchildren, with the first one born when I was only 36. It's a slow growing cancer, and since the invention of the pap test, many lives have been saved. But please, even after menopause and even way before, get a pap test once a year.
Hello, Thanks for this succinct and very clear video! You mention that the most of Cervical cancers a caused by HPV, but there is a small portion not attributable to this virus. I would like to know besides HPV what is the other cause of the disease? Thank you in advance😗
HPV is the only known cause. So other causes have not been proven as actual causes. You need to rely on the list of risk factors (which I presented in a separate video).
Patricia, This is precisely the kind of thing for which I do one-on-one consultations. You definitely need one. I cannot tailor things specifically to you in a comment box. It requires much more information than you can give me here, and you deserve much more information than I can give you here. No two women are alike, and addressing your situation requires tailoring all the facts specifically to YOU. I do them all via online video conferencing. You can schedule at MenopauseTaylor.ME. I look forward to meeting you and helping you.
If paps have been without change for decades, same partner (24/7), why would it change and reflect any abnormalities. Would getting a second opinion be best in case there was an incorrect diagnosis ? To be honest inhave noticed some doctors with the financial challenges COVID has brought for everyone, want to get more “tests”, “procedures”, etc. to make up for financial loses and makes me wonder…
All screening tests are a means of surveillance for ruling out cancers or pre-cancers. They also give you peace of mind. But the only thing that matters is your peace of mind. If you're convinced that you have no risk for a cancer for which there is screening, then you can certainly skip the screening. The great thing about this education is that you can use it (or refuse it) as you please. My goal is simply to teach you about all your options. You never have to justify your choices to anybody.
This depends on many other factors, and requires a consultation for tailoring the details specifically to YOU. You can schedule at MenopauseTaylor.ME. I do them all online.
My kids got HPV shots at a young age. They still get those warts on their feet, not the cauliflower ones but the flat ones with the dark bllod vessel in the middle. I heard thar those warts are also from the HPV virus. Does that mean that this is a different strand that does not respond to the HPV virus? Or does thar mean that the shot does not work?
The only risk factor that didn't make sense to me was multiple pregnancies. I can understand exposure to HPV with intercourse but why would pregnancies increase your risk?
I found this information about cervical cancer on the American Cancer Society website. “Women who have had 3 or more full-term pregnancies have an increased risk of developing cervical cancer. It is thought this is probably due to the increased exposure to HPV infection with sexual activity. Also, studies have pointed to hormonal changes during pregnancy as possibly making women more susceptible to HPV infection or cancer growth. Another thought is that pregnant women might have weaker immune systems, allowing for HPV infection and cancer growth.” Hope this is helpful.
@K Bear thank you! Hormonal changes and weaker immune system make more sense to me than increased sexual activity because a lot of sexual activity does not result in pregnancy.
It is highly unlikely that IVF contributed to cervical cancer. Ii am so sorry you're dealing with it. And if you want my help understanding anything about it, please don't hesitate to schedule a consultation with me at MenopauseTaylor.ME. You deserve to know everything about your situation.
I had loop diathermy when I was 19 because of pre cervical cancer cells. I had only sex a handful of times, with condoms, no oral or anal. Does this mean mine wasn't hpv?
Hi! I just discovered your channel tonight and I'm so glad I did. I watched the first one and am now beginning this one. I'm so glad you mentioned the pap test at the end because I wanted women to know by getting one each year, it can be prevented by freezing the precancerous cells. I gave up on my health in 2020. It's now 2024 and I'm wondering if it came back. I've been having dark spotting for quite awhile now, but with the problems going on in the world, I wasn't sure I wanted to be here for them anyway. I'd like to tell a story that I'll always remember. Maybe it's a coincidence and maybe not. But anyone who is atheist may not be interested. I was 36 when I started having reoccurring dreams. It was the exact same each night and I'd always wake up in a panic at the same time... when the doctor was about to give me test result of something I was going to die from somewhere below my waist. These dreams just wouldn't stop. Finally, I prayed, asking the Lord to please let me finish the dream. After all, what would a doctor think if I came in saying I'm dying from something but I don't know what? But I never finished the dream. Instead, signs were appearing everywhere I went. On covers of magazines I'd walk by in stores, coming across it in books at the library, etc. It just wouldn't stop. Finally, I was able to go to the doctor and tell him I have cervical cancer. He disagreed with me, telling me I don't have it because I'm too young and I don't have any risk factors. I said confidently, "Well, I have it." The doctor replied, "Well, I'll do a test, but you don't have it." After the test, he came back in the room and said, "Well, you have it." Sometimes we have to be persistent with doctors who make guesses. I saw him in his office seeming stressed. Was it that he wasn't sure how to go about this? I never found out. I was in the process of moving. My new doctor was only a block away, and the nurse's area looked just like the one in my dream. He took tests to see how advanced it was. It was heading towards my uterus, so he performed a leep procedure. He continued test to make sure he got it all and watched me closely to make sure it didn't come back. I was 36 then and I'm now 61. Because of all I mentioned, I was able to raise my kids and be here to see all my 18 grandchildren, with the first one born when I was only 36. It's a slow growing cancer, and since the invention of the pap test, many lives have been saved. But please, even after menopause and even way before, get a pap test once a year.
Hello,
Thanks for this succinct and very clear video!
You mention that the most of Cervical cancers a caused by HPV, but there is a small portion not attributable to this virus. I would like to know besides HPV what is the other cause of the disease?
Thank you in advance😗
HPV is the only known cause. So other causes have not been proven as actual causes. You need to rely on the list of risk factors (which I presented in a separate video).
Thank you 😊😊😊
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Patricia,
This is precisely the kind of thing for which I do one-on-one consultations. You definitely need one. I cannot tailor things specifically to you in a comment box. It requires much more information than you can give me here, and you deserve much more information than I can give you here. No two women are alike, and addressing your situation requires tailoring all the facts specifically to YOU. I do them all via online video conferencing. You can schedule at MenopauseTaylor.ME. I look forward to meeting you and helping you.
Merci ❤🎉!
De rien!
If paps have been without change for decades, same partner (24/7), why would it change and reflect any abnormalities. Would getting a second opinion be best in case there was an incorrect diagnosis ?
To be honest inhave noticed some doctors with the financial challenges COVID has brought for everyone, want to get more “tests”, “procedures”, etc. to make up for financial loses and makes me wonder…
All screening tests are a means of surveillance for ruling out cancers or pre-cancers. They also give you peace of mind.
But the only thing that matters is your peace of mind. If you're convinced that you have no risk for a cancer for which there is screening, then you can certainly skip the screening. The great thing about this education is that you can use it (or refuse it) as you please. My goal is simply to teach you about all your options. You never have to justify your choices to anybody.
You may have the same partner, but if your partner has had other partners, he may get infected and transmit it to you.
@@belcenkci5588 True.
If the strain is not 16!or 18 would a LEEP be necessary?
This depends on many other factors, and requires a consultation for tailoring the details specifically to YOU. You can schedule at MenopauseTaylor.ME. I do them all online.
I remember learning that cervical cancer was sexually transmitted when I was pregnant way back in 2002.
Wouldn't it be great if all women learned all this stuff in their 20s!
My kids got HPV shots at a young age. They still get those warts on their feet, not the cauliflower ones but the flat ones with the dark bllod vessel in the middle. I heard thar those warts are also from the HPV virus. Does that mean that this is a different strand that does not respond to the HPV virus? Or does thar mean that the shot does not work?
There are hundreds of strains of HPV. The vaccine only protects against the ones that cause cancer.
My daughter got the vaccine too and still has abnormal paps and hpv. Screening is still king I think
@@Tonia787 The vaccine does not replace screening. And screening does not replace the vaccine. The good thing is that we have both.
Or they got it from the shots.
The only risk factor that didn't make sense to me was multiple pregnancies. I can understand exposure to HPV with intercourse but why would pregnancies increase your risk?
I found this information about cervical cancer on the American Cancer Society website. “Women who have had 3 or more full-term pregnancies have an increased risk of developing cervical cancer. It is thought this is probably due to the increased exposure to HPV infection with sexual activity. Also, studies have pointed to hormonal changes during pregnancy as possibly making women more susceptible to HPV infection or cancer growth. Another thought is that pregnant women might have weaker immune systems, allowing for HPV infection and cancer growth.” Hope this is helpful.
@K Bear thank you! Hormonal changes and weaker immune system make more sense to me than increased sexual activity because a lot of sexual activity does not result in pregnancy.
@@rosej9686 you’re welcome.
The association is due to more pregnancies implying the likelihood of more sexual activity (which, of course, is not always true).
It doesn't
I have only 1 sexual partner but 2 rounds of IVF. Diagnosed with cervical cancer and wondering can IVF be a cause of cervical cancer???
It is highly unlikely that IVF contributed to cervical cancer.
Ii am so sorry you're dealing with it. And if you want my help understanding anything about it, please don't hesitate to schedule a consultation with me at MenopauseTaylor.ME. You deserve to know everything about your situation.
IVF is not a risk factor for cervical cancer.
I had loop diathermy when I was 19 because of pre cervical cancer cells. I had only sex a handful of times, with condoms, no oral or anal. Does this mean mine wasn't hpv?
The cause could be too much pounding in…