Reports

[MLEE77]

https://imgur.com/a/1390GaJ

[auntiejessi]

Ok, so it looks like that you have E6/E7, and here is how Quest (sort of) explains it:

https://education.questdiagnostics.com/faq/FAQ129v1

It basically means that you have high risk HPV, and a marker that means you have cells that could lead to the development of cervical cancer.

https://infectagentscancer.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13027-020-0278-x

You need more testing. The next thing that will probably happen is a colposcopy. This is a simple thing where they look at your cervix with a big microscope thing, and will probably take some biopsies. It's uncomfortable, but not hideously painful. (I've had it done, and would tell you if it was.) You might feel some cramping, like a period.

What happens next depends on what they find on the colposcopy. The whole colpo procedure doesn't even take an hour, and is done at the gyno office.

You're going to be fine, no matter what.

[MLEE77]

Thank you for looking them over. I already had the colposcopy. Nothing was found, negative for dysplasia. This is why it was so confusing. The actual lab reports say high risk wasn’t detected. The lab and tissue report is the 3rd and 4th papers pictured I believe

[auntiejessi]

Ohhh my bad. I should have looked at your previous posts first. Now I remember.

So you had a false positive on this - either by human error or by test error. No test is perfect. I understand why it's so confusing, but you had the colpo, and it ruled out anything further.

[MLEE77]

I think that’s what it says. Next to e6/e7 it says detected but then next to that it says not detected. Either way I go back in august for a retest but I think I’m switching doctors.

[auntiejessi]

Yeah, that was confusing. What does it say on the other side of Not Detected?

I took it to mean Detected, and the A was for Abnormal for abnormal test results?

I think switching doctors is a good idea. :)

[MLEE77]

Ok now I think I understand it. High risk was detected but 16/18 and 45 were not detected. So it’s apparently a different high risk strain detected, I’ll be stuck with this forever won’t I?

[auntiejessi]

No, not forever. Most people  - 90% - clear HPV from their bodies within 2 years. The rest will clear it, it just takes longer.

How did you figure that out?

Are you under 45? You should talk to your doctor about the HPV vaccine if you are.

[MLEE77]

I looked back again at my 2020 thinprep results. It says e/6-e/7 detected. Then under that it says HPV genotypes 16/18 and 45 not detected. Then I looked at my 2021 thinprep results and it says detected but that one doesn’t say what genotypes like the other paper said.
I’m 43 as soon and I get switched with drs I’ll talk to them about the vaccine

[auntiejessi]

Ohh clever detective work. :)