I had a colposcopy on the 28th September and had to have a biopsy at the time due to an abnormal area of cells being found during the procedure. The whole procedure was fairly straight forward - they had to put some stuff on my cervix to remove excess mucus before they could begin, put the dye on and then also added some cream after to help reduce the bleeding. I had very uncomfortable pressure and cramps for the first 24 hours along with bleeding and the remnants of the cream mixture for the first few days. From day 4 post procedure this changed to bloody discharge with specs of black which seems to be the normal healing process however since day 8 I've had intermittent light bloody discharge/light yellow clear but sticky discharge with specs of blood. I'm now on day 12 post procedure and this is still happening. Is this normal? I've had friends that have had the procedure but not the biopsy and I've read conflicting information online about this. I don't want to call my GP unless I have to as it takes a month to get an appointment unless it's urgent, and even then they're very dismissive.
One thing I should probably also mention is that I don't get periods (I'm on the pill) and I bleed for approximately 24 hours after a normal smear test (I've had to have 3 in the past couple of years due to persistent HPV infection but no abnormal cells found until this procedure). When I mentioned this to the nurse at the procedure, she said that it was because the lining of my cervix is more delicate/different than most and although this isn't normal, it's not uncommon in women on the pill but she didn't go into anymore detail than that.
