In November 2020, I returned to work after spending years at home with my then 6-year-old daughter. I started noticing irregular vaginal bleeding that I chalked up to stress or possibly needing to change birth control pills. I made an appointment with an OB-GYN near my home in Kansas.

After a few months, my doctor recommended a Pap test. Within two days, a nurse called to let me know that my Pap test results were abnormal and I...