Do you mean one of the strains of HPV that increase cervical cancer risk, Brigid?
I'm very sorry.
But I am certain that because you are diligent with the monitoring, anything they find
could be quickly removed.
About 12 years ago I had a "LEEP" procedure that removed about a third of my cervix
because of some odd cells. The pathologist couldn't identify them as malignant but they
were "atypical" so the gyn went for it. There have been no abnormalities since, none.
Just hope that cheers you a little. Thanks a lot for sharing this, Brig...you may save
somebody a lot of unecessary suffering.
I'm sorry you had the alarm, but early warning is ultimately a blessing.

Are you okay? ((((((((((Brigid))))))))))
Hops