Abnormal Pap

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I just had my first abnormal pap smear ever. My gyno told me that we will just wait a year and do another Pap smear.. is that normal? I am terrified. What if during that whole year it is something bad and it’s just spreading that whole time while we did nothing? And for some reason they didn’t do a check for a yeast or bacterial infection they just did STD tests which all came back negative but I’m reading it could come back abnormal from a yeast infection. I am so scared and freaking out. Someone please guide me in the right direction of what to do