Cryotherapy?

kamck

Has anyone had cryotherapy to treat pre-cancerous cervical cells?  What was it like?  How was your recovery?

I had a colposcopy and biospy and am scheduled for the cryo in about 2 weeks.

I didn't feel right after the colposcopy/biopsy for about a week.  Just crampy, bleeding...etc. 

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I had this done. It hurt a little since you are awake with no meds. It's kinda hard to stay still. It is very uncomfortable. Take Motrin before. Also it's the leaking that is the worst besides the pain. It smells so foul. I can still remember the smell. Remember it's dead cells so it smells rotten! For a whole week to 2! GL

kamck

I'm guessing he prefers cryo. 

It's aprocedure he does in his office.  So by recovery I didn't mean as in out of work for a week or having to be in bed... but more like feeling back to normal... cramping... discharge etc.

sroszc

I had cryo in college (13 yrs ago) so I don't remember a whole lot about it other than a lot of cramps for a couple of days. I don't remember any recovery difficulties but I'm sure every woman reacts to it differently. 

gymnst1013

I had it years ago - not for precancerous cells though.  It's been so long I honestly forget what the reasoning was - I think something to do with random bleeding.

Anyway, if yours is the same thing as I had, the doc did the freezing thing (so technical) on my cervix.  It took about 2 minutes and I had a tiny bit of cramping.  I was fine right afterwards though.

kamck

Thanks Mari.  Can't wait for the foul smelling discharge! lol

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kamck:

Thanks Mari.  Can't wait for the foul smelling discharge! lol

Sorry hon. Had to prepare you. I had all the cells frozen off of my whole cervix so it depends. Like Gymn said hers took like 2 min. Mine took about 15-20. It felt like bad cramping, and I took 1 day of bed rest and then I was back on my feet! The cramping went on for like a whole week!  

argonne

I didn't have Cryo, but I had LEEP and it was awful.  I totally felt the first pass of the loop and about jumped out of the chair.  He numbed me up some more, then it wasn't so bad. Crampy for about a week and spotting/discharge for about a month. 

May or may not be the same for Cryo. I would imagine that cryo is less intense than LEEP, but I could be very wrong.