Smear test and colopscopy results

[mandy22]

I recently had a smear test come back with abnormal results. Within a few weeks I had appointment for a colopscopy to investigate this further. During this they could not find any abnormal cells, and i was told it was something called metaplasia and advised to reattend the gynae department in six months for another smear and was told nothing bad could happen in six months. Overall this was obviously good news, but now starting to wonder how the abnormal cells showed up in the first place and then disappeared (the colopscopy was within six weeks of the smear test) were the abnormal results on the smeat test metaplasia aswell ??
Would appreciate your thoughts, especially if you have had a similar experience. Thank you.

[queen 1954]

my daughter had abnormal cells about 3 years ago and was told they can quite simply go back to normal,she had to go back every 6 months and even developed more areas over the next 2 years but thankfully all of a sudden she is clear.dont know anything about metaplasia but if they didnt find any abnormal cells when you had the colopscopy that has to be good news and at least they will keep an eye on it now for you.good luck:)

[Sqad]

abnormal cells/metaplasia.......can be synonymous, depending upon the opinion of the cytologist.

No big deal.

[mandy22]

not worried but was just wondering how something could just disappear, sounds like i misunderstood what was explained at the time. sorted now thou, thanks both for advice.