Hi - are you in the UK 20032003? I am fairly sure they need to get you the result within 2 weeks. It sounds to me as if the nurse doing your test was talking too much
I don't think she has facts straight. I would say similar to earlier post, that it isn't the norm for tests to come back abnormal at all and that if they do, a large majority are for minor issues that are treatable. I think the leaflet I was given the last time around said all this - saying that you need not be alarmed if you are recalled for another test.
I have had regular smears, I was late for one I think. I have had two recalls and both were because the sample they took was not good enough.
I hope you can get the result sooner, 8 weeks seems too long. Another reason I think the nurse was having an irrelevant chat with herself