Question: I had an atypical pap (they said was 'High grade'), got referred to a gyn/onc...he scheduled a cold knife conization...afterwards during the follow up they said, "Oh, it turns out they weren't high grade'...Ummm, ok. But gyn/onc said come back in two weeks. I did. He didn't even examine me, just looked at his lap top and said, ok, come back in four months. I did. He examined and said, "well, since your cervix is so scarred over and closed off, I can't see in to get a good pap"...I recommend a D & C in the surgery center...! Excuse me, but if he had just done a D & C in the first place, I wouldn' have all the scar tissue from the cold knife...I can't help being a little skeptical that all this doctor is doing is Covering his ass as well as lining his pockets with expensive (and not risk free) procedures when other less invasive tests would be sufficient. Also, if I do have atypical cells further up, I will eventually have to have a Hysterectomy....another costly procedure...My biggest concern is that my health is not the priority here, but that I am being seen as a cash cow for this doctor...I don't like this feeling...I like and trust my original Gynecologist much better than this gyn/onc that I have been seeing, but she is Covering her ass too, because she is not a specialist...What is your advice?

Thank you. This does clarify.