Yep. Nearly got it from being exposed to HPV from an asymptomatic male spouse. There weren’t any symptoms other than potentially a little skin tag. It was caught in the advanced precancerous stage or whatever. They offered me a hysterectomy at 29 or we could try cutting out what (visibly to me) looked like about large marble-sized chunk of cervix. We could try that twice. Thankfully I’ve been clear for years, have my vaccine now etc. You know, it’s wild they do that while you’re awake in an exam room to me. Anyway!! A little vaccine could have spared all that.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

it’s wild they do that while you’re awake in an exam room

It's a little hyperbolic to say, but the most dangerous part of a surgery really is the anesthesia. If you can do an operation without it it's far, far better for the patient, even though it sucks to have to be conscious through it.

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