Thank goodness I went to GP!! – Joy’s Story

Hi all. I started off the year badly! I slipped over on a slimey wet path onto my front & badly bruised & battered myself, this was in February 2014! In March I had an itchy clear discharge, firstly I thought it was thrush, & treated accordingly. But still it continued! I made an appointment to see my GP for the following week. Believe it or not on the day, of my GP appointment the discharge became blood stained, I may not have mentioned it otherwise! As I’m 3 years post menopause my GP fast tracked me to the local hospital! So in April I had an appointment for an ultrasound in the morning & hysteroscopy & biopsy in the afternoon! The ultrasound showed my womb lining was 18mm thick & she told me this was why I was bleeding! The hysteroscopy attempt was painful as my cervix was stenosed-closed off & I had to wait for day surgery to be knocked out for the next attempt! The waiting was awful, but I went on the forums on here for support & it’s wonderful how we ladies can support each other when we don’t even know each other! On 24th April I had my 2nd attempted hysteroscopy & pipelle biopsy, when I came round they told me they were unable to do it again, but had taken lots of samples! I waited again For my results! 3 weeks later the Dr phoned me to say that there was no cancer or pre cancer!! I was elated!! But he said he’d consulted with the top oncologist team & they were still offering me a hysterectomy as they c...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - Category: OBGYN Authors: Tags: Women's Health cancer Source Type: news