Pea Sized Lump - Side of Cervix?

Question

I'm very worried. 5 years ago I had cervical dysplasia due to an HPV infection with HPV type 16 - high cancer risk. I had 3 separate biopsies, which came back cancer free, then 3 months later my next pap came back normal.

Fast forward. For the last 6 months, I have had a lump on the side of my cervix that is growing in size. It is in the spot of my most painful biopsy (this area was very painful during the procedure.) At first I thought it was nothing, I get tiny little cysts which are normal, but this is very different. It is growing and becoming painful.

To describe it, it is large, round, somewhat hard (firm,) smooth, and painful. When I touch it, it aches and causes sharp pains. It's not a polyp (those are fingerlike growths) and it is about 3 cm in diameter. I have an appointment with my OBGYN, but first I have to get a pap, I can't request a biopsy.

I am truly afraid of cervical cancer. I have read nabothian cyst (which I do get) are small and pimple like, this is not that. It's on the side of my cervix, not the opening and it's much larger than that. It is not a polyp either (which hangs down from the cervix.)

Is there anything else this could be? If it is cancer, is the 3 mm size considered small? Yes, I am going to the doctor, but I don't think a pap is going to tell me much of anything and looking for other women who have gone through this...

Answer 1

Hello! I have the same exact problem, a pea-sized (or larger) lump on the right side of my cervix. I noticed it a few months ago and had to wait for insurance to kick in to check it out.

I posted at inspire.com about my TERRIBLE experience at the gyno today, who questioned my ability to even feel my cervix. I've had two kids. I know where my cervix is! She first said she didn't see anything, then when she put her fingers in there, she finally felt it, backpaddled and said she saw it before, and that it was a nabothian cyst.

I suggest heading over to the HPV section at inspire.com. There are so many women there with advice who are in the same boat.

I have also been diagnosed with HPV, so I'm concerned. This firt gyno sent away a pap, but I've already made another appt. with a different gyno for a second opinion because I really don't want to wait two weeks for the Pap results.