My LEEP Procedure Experience || HPV, Cervical Cancer & My medical nightmare
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- I'm going to keep this short. This is what's been happening for the last six months. Thank you all for all of the love and support you've given me while this was all happening behind the scenes ❤️
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I had a LEEP done last week and every woman should be knocked out for that procedure. I felt the cutting of my cervix and the cauterization was awful and I felt it too. It was painful for me. There is nothing worse than being told to hold still and not move as you are getting lit up like the 4th of July down there. Having to position yourself so that they can get a clear view of your cervix is just crazy. They used paste to stop the bleeding after the LEEP procedure, and that paste was a mess. The drive home was so painful only to discover the next day that the paste had ran down to the vaginal opening and hardened up like a rock. I had to break it off just to get some relief. I'm just hoping that she got everything and that my pap smears come out clear over these next several months. I wish you all the very best in your journeys. Thank you Miss Emily for sharing your experience with us. It's videos like yours that helped me understand what the LEEP procedure was about. I too wasn't told what the procedure actually was until the day of the procedure. Thank goodness I did my own research but we shouldn't have to do that.
i got a Leep done last tuesday and im forever traumatized. If my next pap comes back positive im def not going thru that again unless they do general anesthesia or they take everything from me once and done im not having more kids! is insane to me that in 2023 women have to go thru procedures like this that are very painful for most! my doctor was horrible with bedside manners did not explain nothing like aftercare or nothing
I am so sorry you had to go through that. I couldn’t go through with it without anesthesia. It’s ridiculous that they make us go through stuff like this. 🩷
I’ve had 2 leeps in the last 2 years for cin3 so traumatic I have severe anxiety and stress thinking of it and I’ve just found out it’s back again and I have to have another colposcopy it’s taken over my life for 3 years
My doctor use anesthesia for me and I'm sleeping while.doing a procedure and I don't know anything I just woke up when the nurse tap my back and she said it's done.im so thankful for my doctor he is really good
Yes, my Dr. downplayed everything. Words were used like "a pinch". It was like midevel torture. They would never do that to a man.
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I’ve been on the fence of getting this done in office awake or at the hospital under GA. Can say this video definitely reassured me to stand firm on my decision of getting it done in the hospital. This can be a lonely experience and is not talked about enough, or at all even. Thank you for letting me know I’m not alone and sharing your experience ❤️
I’m literally going through the same thing. I’m high risk hpv +. This is my Second year of having abnormal pap and needing a colposcopy and praying they don’t recommend the leep procedure. 😫 my anxiety is through the roof. Thank you for sharing your story.
🤞🏻hopefully you continue to not need the LEEP, but if you do, advocate for yourself! Anxiety meds, pain meds, or ask if it can be done in a hospital under anesthesia like I did. I couldn’t handle it otherwise 😔
I’m completely terrified and traumatized.. I refused to get the procedure without sedation, and I had to hear from another woman (the nurse that was scheduling my appt) “but why do you need it?” .. it’s sad that woman’s pain is not take seriously. After a most 3 months, I was able to finally schedule my procedure u der moderate sedation
I'm glad you found such a great provider to see you through ❤❤
Ugh me too! Thank you 💗
I have HPV and when I first heard I had it I thought it was a death sentence lol. I mean it can be if it leads to cancer and it’s not taken care of. I haven’t had an irregular Pap smear in 12 years. Keep up with the regular pap and try to avoid stress. You’ll be alright!
That’s really reassuring!! Thanks for watching
I have a year with HPV and is now part of my life now and I try to keep my life positive and with faith. Since my father dead last year I hope and pray that I don't develop cancer cause it will destroy my mom completely. She went through so much with my father cancer and it was hard for her to battle with him but she never gave up begin in my father side since he left last year. To this day she can't accept that he is gone and same for me. But I hope and pray that everything will be okay with me since I'm still positive with HPV this year. So yeah I be depressed and my anxiety is up the roof but I have been doing ok so far.
HPV is not a virus he/she should be living with this virus almost ruined my life, thanks to DR ALAHO OLU on UA-cam Channel who helped me eradicated the virus with his Herbal mixture….
I've been high risk HPV positive for something like 10-12 years now. Finally had an abnormal PAP for the first time last year, which led to a colpo and biopsies. No surgeries yet, but the recovery from the biopsies were uncomfortable enough! I swear I'm pushing for a hysterectomy and take the damn cervix. I'm so sorry about your experience also though, nothing like waiting, not knowing and having no one to walk you through it
Ugh I’m sorry you’ve gone through this as well. The biopsies are ridiculously painful!!
Honestly I’d take a hysterectomy at this point too 😅
Your age?? What age you get the hysterectomy?
I just had my LEEP 6 days ago. I had general anesthesia. LISTEN WOMEN. Only have this procedure under general anesthesia. If your Dr says otherwise, find another. The comments on here are pure horror stories of those who didnt have general anesthesia. Also get a prescription of at least 4 days pain medicine. The recovery has been challenging & painful. I go back tomorrow to see my Dr bc im having complications & she told me on the phone that they didnt get it all & I'll have to go through another LEEP. 😢
Just an update to my recent procedure LEEP. So I had my LEEP last Thurs. No discharge paperwork or plan of care or what to expect during the healing process. By Sat 2 days after my LEEP I had intense burning in my vagina. It hurt to pee & wipe. My vagina felt like raw meat. I called her office on Tuesday & they got me in the next day. The pain was so intense those 5 days.😭😱. Luckily I have pain meds for chronic back pain so I the I was covered. No.....my regular dose of pain med did not touch the pain of my raw vagina. I had to take extra doses. As a nurse for 25 yrs I thought "why is my vagina the source of so much pain when it was the cervix that was surgically messed with. I think my vagina is having an allergic reaction to the chemicals used on my cervix) I'm finally at the Dr's office & she tried to put the speculum in & just her placing ot at the opening I was screaming with pain. I told her to put viscous lidocaine on the speculum really well & try again. No to that working I was screaming in pain. It felt like I had shards of glass in my vagina. She ended the exam knowing how much pain I was having. She did come to the conclusion that I had a rare complication 2-3 % get. That the chemicals did burn my vagina walls & I had hard scabs from the burns adhering to the walls. I got a medication for burns to insert & vials of the lidocaine viscous. It's been 3 days & I still have the pains but it is relieved with those medications. I need to reapply after I pee. And to top it off the day after my appt I got a bad UTI which I feel is related to what's going on down there. My next appt is in 3 days on Mon. I'm mad that this happened & I'm going to tell her that.
Good luck with your continued healing. I can't believe the go to move there is LEEP without general anesthesia 😱 there's no way I would do that awake!
Right?? It’s insane. Thank you 🩷
My Dr never mentioned anesthesia
I feel so awful for your story, they tried to send me for colposcopy for LSIL and I’m going against medical advice, I’m gonna wait six months and get another pap and then re evaluate. I’m so terrified of all these procedures every woman has an awful story. I opted to wait it out and build the immune system. They are always so quick to cut on you and I’m just not for it.
Ugh it’s awful. I’m so sorry you’re dealing with this, but glad you’ve taken some agency with your medical care 🩷
@@emilyshaack most of my friends have all gotten cut on and then had a negative within two years without intervention. Take AHCC it’s had some positive studies and I can see rapid clearance of a small growth I had in my arm which is a wart. It’s almost gone so I’m feeling hopeful. I take a lot of mushroom supplements, EGCG, alpha Lipoic acid and NAC, DIM, turmeric with a multivitamin 😂 it’s a lot but since I’m seeing results externally I’m gonna stick with it. I’ll know more in October I’m gonna schedule a pap then. Again I literally cried listening to your story I’m very sorry you’ve been traumatized by the medical industry. I watched my sister freak out like you describes and they cancelled her appointment and put her under for a cone biopsy. Just by watching her panic like that I’ve been traumatized too.
Colposcopy it's no painful I got LSIL as well and 6 month later I went for my colposcopy and it's much better than a cervical screening
I just had the LEEP done. The experience was horrific.
They did not prescribe be anything to take before.
My entire body was shaking so badly, my heart was racing and I thought it was going to go out my chest. And my hearing went crazy too, like mumbled and echoing.
That hurt so badly. She took 2 chunks of my cervix. The needle to numb me was huge (which she did 3 times and that was horrific).
They should absolutely do this procedure knock a person out for this procedure.
I 100000% agree. I’m so so sorry you had to go through that. Unfortunately women’s health and comfort isn’t taken seriously enough.
Last Friday I had my second leap procedure. My first one was done 10 years ago. My doctor was having me get biopsies done every six months and after the second one I said enough is enough let’s just do the leap procedure because it pretty painful even though I tolerated the pain in silence. She agreed I got it done last Friday and went back to work on Monday. I have five kids so I have had no time to slow down but I am refusing to lift anything like she told me not to over 30 pounds. I am definitely going to get the shot soon to prevent from it happening again third time. Thank you for sharing your story.
Thank you for this video. Truly. I was just diagnosed and am going to be scheduled for a leep. She said i can be awake and I shouldnt feel anything after anesthesia. But from all these comments and how you couldnt handle the pain ....its getting me more scared and worried about it than i already was. But at the same time its helping me reevaluate myself. Should i just go thru the pain or be put to sleep. How strong am I? Am i a wuss? Should i pamper myself abd be knocked out? Anesthesia in itself has its own risks as well. Im unsure at the moment.
I just had one done today and I was put to sleep they said they were giving me something to relax and I don't even remember falling asleep and I woke up fine I was terrified of being put to sleep I can't tell you about the pain because I also had my tubes removed at the same time and refused pills bc im breastfeeding but 100% be put to sleep so you don't traumatize yourself being awake while someone is inside you burning your cervix out I didn't want to lay there smelling my own burning flesh
They did a fricken uterine biopsy in the office without numbing meds?? WTAF. Why is that even considered a good idea?!
I recently had a colposcopy and the biopsy she did of my inner cervix was highly uncomfortable. I can't imagine anything going in further. Omg. I was shaking too.
Traumatized is the word i would use for my leep procedure. My Dr did not suggest any medication beforehand, and i felt extreme pain as soon as he pulled me open with the extra large speculum. I also felt every cut as continued to remove 3 areas, going 2 cm deep. Then the smoke and smell of my insides burning. What can i say? Ive had 2 babies and that was much easier . The reason they don't put you under is becasuse it "only takes 10 min. " Another lie.
I’m scheduled for a LEEp at the end of this month. They told me that I will be out under general anesthesia. Can you tell me about how long the recovery time was? I am taking 8 days off work. I have heard that some ladies return to work in a couple of days and others it can take up to 4 weeks. What was your experience?
Thanks for sharing with as your story for experience all that I hope you feel okay and good health for your future
I had LLETZ done, had high-grade dyskaryosis (CIN111), had my smear 2 weeks later, had a letter from nhs, then 2 weeks later, had my colpospy. Mine was fine and was awake. there was only a bit of pain from numbing. Had mine when I had my colpospy. I didn't want to wait
Last year my pap smear was fine, I'm 66 years old. This year, I've been having cramps like I'm going to have a period. So I went to see my gynecologist. They did an ultrasound, and found a mass in my womb. Did a biopsy and it's not good. I have squamous high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (p16 positive, CIN-3). So I had a pap smear and it seems that it's abnormal cells but not quite as bad as in the womb. I'm scheduled to have a leep, and I've already told them that I am already very squeamish and I don't think I can do it without being put under. I could hardly take the biopsy then when they went up way inside of me. I came up off the table. But there's another side to this. I have numerous spots in my lungs, so I'm getting that checked out to see if they're related. Not a smoker. I'm going to back out. Unless they give me something. I told them I can't even go to the dentist without IV sedation. You all got me really freaked out. Hope you all get better.
Ugh I’m so sorry you’re going through all of that
I got the cervical biopsy back in march and it was HORRIBLE. i went in optimistic and didnt think it would be that bad. I overly bled and it felt like my heart stopped and i was going to pass out... i have CIN 3. Symptoms are insanely bad and just keep getting worse so ima do the LEEP .but ima be put to sleep because i have horrible anxieyy and panic attacks. I just had an endosocpy done last december too where i had to be put to sleep as well. 😢😢😢😢
I was CIN 3 as well. I hope it al goes well for you
@@emilyshaack did you ever get the LEEP ? It says you didn't right?
Did u do the leep??
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I had a similar experience with getting my results after the colposcopy. They told me I would get results the following week. Three weeks went by and nothing. I had to call twice to get someone to explain my results. So frustrating!
It’s sucks so bad that women’s health isn’t taken seriously enough
I would say we deserve a sick leave,I had mine done but sick for a week and still when I stand or walk longer I would get very bad back pain and abdomen.
Thanks so much for posting this. Could you maybe explain more about what it was like to get put to sleep? This is the part that freaks me out!! Like, what does it feel like? How do they do it? What does it feel like when they put the stuff in, like do you get sleepy or is more like wide awake to instantly out? Could you have stayed awake if you would have tried or is it impossible? Haha. Basically whatever you remember about that part would be helpful. Thanks so much!
When you get into the OR, everything happens so fast! You lay on the table, and a million people start working around you, putting blankets on you and hooking up your IV. For me, i went from awake and saying bye to my doctor to instantly asleep. There’s no way I could’ve stayed awake if I tried. They give you the drugs to knock you out through an IV so you don’t even realize jt. Once I was out, I was out. No dreaming, nothing. And waking up in recovery feels like waking up from a groggy nap still drunk.
It’s not bad at all.
IUD insertion was not painful in my experience the biopsy’s was not either. But the if I ever need leep that might be
Yeah that’s what my doctor said. Like some people are fine and some people can’t handle it. I fall on the can’t handle it side haha
Thanks for sharing! I’m debating if I get the vaccine, I’m also 29 and I was told that it wouldn’t help with the current virus just prevent new ones and since I have one partner for long time, it wouldn’t make difference bc I’ve already been exposed to that. What did they tell you ab it?
Hi! I can tell you my experience with hpv. I was hpv positive for 7 years. I had cin3 and a LEEP procedure done. Last year I got vaccinated(3shots gardasil9). This year I’m hpv negative. I don’t know if it was the vaccine but you should give it a try.I also take ahcc mushroom supplement and turmeric.I’m 35 years old.
@@florb3698 thank you! This is really helpful.
@@rehnoseua you’re welcome! Don’t be afraid of the vaccine.I didn’t have any symptoms after that. I’m sorry I didn’t do it sooner.Wish you the best!If you have any questions please let me know.
@@florb3698Hi, thanks for sharing your story. My doc doesn’t give me any supplements! Were ahcc, mushroom and turmeric prescribed by your doc? Can you please give more details about this please?
@ hi! Just get the vaccine.Supplements sure help but will not solve the problem.And no,the doctor didn’t prescribe them to me.I was doing a lot of research on internet and I was reading many positive reviews on the ahcc supplements and I wanted to give it a try.
Hoping you are on the mend. Hugs ❤ what an ordeal.
Thank you ❤️
I know you’re praising your dr but I think she went overboard making you worry about polyps too on top of the LEEP. Polyps that are not painful often resolve on their own. And generally don’t need to be messed with. My periods were irregular for over a decade until I had my first baby and ever since then they’ve been very regular. She went overboard in my opinion.
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I'm glad you are on the mend! And +1 for women's pain not being taken seriously. Can you imagine if a doctor told a man he was going to have to go through a procedure where he will feel like he is being kicked in the balls for half an hour, and then recovery will involve periodic episodes of ball kicks for several days?
They would put a man in a medically induced coma so they wouldn’t have to deal with it 😂
Reminds me of the time my husband and I got root canals from the same dentist. I was prescribed ibuprofen, he was prescribed oxycodone 🙄
Men are given anesthesia and a week's worth of strong opioid pain meds for testicular and prostate biopsies. Uterine or endometrial biopsies? Doctors tell female patients to "just take a tylenol". 😡