Question: HI..I go by the screen name of Lippy Loo...This is my very first post and the first time on the HealthBoards site...I was diagnosed with PCOS in the year 2000...Had all of the classic symptoms since 9th grade; sporadic or no periods for months, excessive hair growth on face and legs, insulin resistance and the worst of all "infertility"...I am on marriage number 2 and I am 38 yrs old....My problem now is, in 2010 I had a pap smear ( the first abnormal pap smear in my life )...Tested positive for HPV and was totally devatstated...However, I received a second opinion from a doctor whom I had a very good relationship with ( the one who diagnosed me with PCOS back in 2000) and he took the same test and said I was fine and almost guaranteed me that I would not get cervical cancer....To make a long story short, for the past 3 weeks after 4 months without a period, I have been bleeding excessively...Even in the past, when I go for long periods of time without menstruating, my average period has only lasted 5 to 6 days ( it has now been 22 days )..There is some clotting and I bleed even when I pee, which really alarms me. I've scared myself with the stuff I read on the internet, cervical cancer,bladder cancer, uterine cancer, etc. I am 38 yrs old & happily married, no children ( cant have any unless I have IVF )...I have a very supportive spouse who loves me unconditionally and I thank God that he has a son from a previous relationship....Please help me..I am afraid to go to the doctor because of fear of what he or she might say...I have so much to live for right now and would just "perish" if I was told I have cancer....The blood is scaring me tremendously...Nobody else knows this but my husband and he says I am over-reacting and that all of this is just due to my PCOS and hormonal imbalance....Any advice ?
Thanks!