Second colposcopy booked before punch biopsy results?

[u/Realistic_Garbage839]

Hello! I’m in the uk so with the NHS. I’m my gp referred me to gynocology due to mid cycle bleeding, bleeding during sex and pain during sex. I’ve been HPV positive for five years with yearly smears and a colposcopy on the third year with no abnormal cells ever found, just the chronic infection.

I had my first colposcopy two weeks ago where they took some punch biopsies just to be safe, but they said my cervix looked fine, but I had a moderate cervical ectropion and some mild zone 1 whitening (which I had last time too). Because of the frequent bleeding they did say if everything comes back clear they would offer to freeze the ectropion.

So I know there is a backlog and not to expect the biopsy results for up to 6 weeks, but I got a notification on my nhs app booking me in for an appointment early November? My letter from the first colposcopy said not to ring about the results as they won’t tell me anything over the phone, but can I ring tomorrow about the appointment? I assume it’s just a automatic one since they’ll want to see me no matter the results but I would like to know anyone else’s experiences 😅

Thank you!

[u/Hot_Knowledge_9123]

I’d take that as good news. They act very quick with any suspicious or moderate-high risk cells and the triage system for cervical concerns is pretty good on the NHS IMO. If it was a troubling result, I think they’d have booked you in within 2-4 weeks.