Today I'm not feeling my best. I haven't been able to really workout besides walking to class and taking the stairs. Maybe it's the lack of exercise or the dread of what winter will bring but I am just not up to par or cheerful at the moment. I called off from work today. I've been having a few issues with my health lately. Well I'm not sure exactly what it is. My OBGYN visit resulted in me needing to undergo a colposcopy and what happened was, the doctor found abnormal cells in my cervix and I had to go back for her to do a close up look at my cervix and cut away some of the tissue to send to a lab to examine the abnormalities for serious risks. I'm awaiting those results but from the first pap smear my results said that I have LSIL which is basically a low grade abnormality suggesting that some of my cervix is infected with slightly abnormal cells. My doc said this is due to the virus HPV which is sexually transmitted. This virus is still an enigma to me because I don't understand it fully. The doctor told me, "We like to say that all men are carriers of HPV so always protect yourself." I had the shot Gardasil a few years back before I became sexually active and it was supposed to protect me from HPV. HPV can become cancerous or cause a form of genital warts. It's a very common virus, some people sho absolutely no symptoms but if symptoms do occur and are left untreated, I assume they can result in cervical cancer or genital warts. I suppose that my shot didn't work too well so for all of you readers, women please make sure you get the shot and protect yourself and for you men, I suggest you read up on it. I'm not sure how deadly the virus is or can be but the OBGYN made it sound scary. There are no real test to see if men have it and I haven't heard of doctors trying to protect men from getting it but I've never talked to a male about his medical visits. Other info I've found is that even people who have been with each other their entire lives can get it. If anyone has any other information I'd love to know it. I told my ex about it and he never responded to me, perhaps I didn't have to share the information with him but some comfort or anything would have been helpful to receive from him. The colposcopy feels very uncomfortable and it mimics the pain you feel on your period. It's not a pleasant experience so if you can protect yourself from needing one, you'll be all good. I hope this information helps someone. I don't like the idea that people go through things and never share their experience either out of shame or fear or because people can be very mean. Someone somewhere will have learned something and be able to pass it along. Well I'm off to hopefully finish some homework and housework and perhaps be lucky enough to exercise to lift my mood.
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