Is it normal to be tearful and emotional after colposcopy and biopsy
I had low grade abnormal cells come back on my smear test so went for a colposcopy yesterday.
3 years ago I had a LEEP to remove Cin3 and CGIN cells followed by another shortly after as they weren't happy with the margins and I had abnormal cells remaining. It wasn't a comfortable pleasant experience but it was ok. So this time I wasn't too anxious as I thought I knew what to expect.
This time there was no LEEP but I had a punch biopsy which I didn't have last time. I found this time alot more uncomfortable and there was one part where they took the first biopsy that was so painful I almost jumped off the chair in pain and started crying. I've usually got a very high pain threshold and never cry from pain so possibly that was the shock of it more than anything. They were really kind and apologetic and the rest of the procedure, although not pleasant, was ok and I left feeling crampy, embarrassed that i cried but ok.
It's now the next evening and since I got home yesterday everytime I think about it I sob. I'm trying not to think about it but I'm pretty crampy and each cramp or twinge makes me think of it. Has anyone else felt like this afterwards? I feel like I've genuinely been traumatised by it.
**also I don't want to scare anyone who might read this in advance of a colposcopy, generally my experience has been ok, not particularly comfortable or pleasant but nothing too awful