Ciao, mia moglie è andata da un ginecologo per un controllo perché non stava ottenendo i periodi. Tutto andava bene e i periodi sono iniziati dopo 20 giorni di ritardo. Dato che mia moglie era in clinica, il ginecologo ha suggerito di fare uno screening iniziale del cancro. Niente correlato ai periodi. Dopo poche settimane di proiezione abbiamo ricevuto una lettera. L’ho allegato, per favore controlla. Ricevere una lettera del genere è una cosa normale in Germania? O può rivelarsi qualcosa di serio? Siamo abbastanza nuovi in Germania. Sono davvero preoccupato e spaventato. Visiteremo il medico questa settimana.
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di TadpoleExact
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>After few weeks of screening we recieved a letter. I have attached it, please check. Is receiving such a letter a normal thing in Germany? Or it may turn out something serious? We are fairly new in Germany. I am really worried and frightened. We will visit the doctor this week.
but why? the letter says pretty clearly what you should do and what’s going on with your wife.
**very roughly translated:**
“at the last screening something that needs to be controlled was found. please make an appointment in 6 months for controlling it. controlling this earlier would not make any sense since the cells renew itself only after 3 months.
Please do an appointment for your next control in the following days”
It probably won’t be anything serious, it is not rare to have a test result that shows some irregularities when screening for cervical cancer. That’s why they are telling you to return in 6 months as an earlier visit might not be useful because the cells haven’t fully regenerated before three months.
But if you are concerned, you can ask your doctor for clarification and I‘m sure they will explain the test results in more detail.
My wife got a similar letter and everything turned out good. Even if it turns out to be something, they found it, better now than never.
Yes, this is a relatively normal letter, and in the vast majority of cases nothing bad comes out of it. It is just recommended to follow-up. Then in most cases everything has resolved itself in the follow-up. In some cases a small procedure or another follow-up is recommended. This does not mean a cancer diagnosis at all.
If you are testing anything (not just cancer tests, really just anything in regard to organic tests) then you will always get some negative test results, some inconclusive test results, and some positive test results. If the test result is inconclusive, then sometimes further testing is recommended. This is one of these cases. The test will probably have found cells which could be normal or return to normal with further growth of new cells, but the result is not a 100% clear negative and not a 100% clear positive. That’s why they recommend to check in 6 months. Nothing needs to be done before that (except registering for an appointment in 6 months).