Hi Ladies-My name is Karen I am a 38yo Stay at Home Mom I am married for 10yrs with three daughters 15, 9, & 3. I live at the NJ Shore with my little clan and 2 very large black labs and 2 snooty cats. I am active in the Girl Scouts, Women & Childrens rights, Adoption Rights, & my childrens sports teams. I enjoy cooking, reading, crafts, tea and Heavy Metal. I am glad to have found this community and after lurking for sometime today I decided to post.
This week I found out that I had an abnormal pap smear. This is the first time ever in the 20years since my first exam. My gyno told me there was no presence of HPV and she is not sure why the test has come back abnormal. They have schedule me for a colposcopy on the 17th of July. The weird thing is I have been with my husband for 13years. For the past year we have not had intercourse due to my dead libido and the fact that he lied to me about quitting smoking (long story short). I had my last child three years ago and needed a c-section after a long , loooong labor. My body has never been the same. Last year I went on Seasonal due to heavy periods and stopped this June it was not working so what was the point. I started using deoderant pads & monistate powder because I tend to leak at unwanted times (EWW see long labor). So I am wondering if the abnormal is just and infection due to the pads and powder. And tomorrow I am off for a mammogram (are we allowed to mention boobs here) I have found a small lump and my dr confirmed but told me not to worry as I am sort of lumpy anyway so it is hard to tell if it anything.
So I am just falling apart and need some sympathetic women to kvetch to. Thanks-K