Post menopausal bleeding. Cheesewitch

I’m 65 and have had some , obviously, post menopausal bleeding which I know from nhs guidelines requires early attention by a gp. I saw a gp on Wednesday but she said she couldn’t examine me until the bleeding stopped! It is very light, pink, and usually only occurs in the morning and I wasn’t bleeding at the time of the appointment but she just kept repeating “ come back when the bleeding stops “. I’m worried,

partly because we have travel plans in December and I wa trying to do the right thing by addressing this promptly. I’m still having some bleeding, still light after nearly a week. What do I do?

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  • Please book in and see a different GP, they should have referred you to see a gynaecologist.

    That is very poor practice, suppose you were bleeding for months.

    Demand a referral, post menopausal bleeding needs investigation. 

  • Thanks for your reply Clastegra. Unfortunately it is a very poor practice and as far as I’m aware has no permanent gps and the one I saw is the only female. I will call on Monday and hopefully get some result. I just can’t believe that people are being fobbed off like this especially by another woman! Hopefully it’s nothing but the unknown is really worrying and my poor husband must be fed up of me going on about it and not being able to concentrate on anything else. 

  • Hello just to let you know I had post menopausal bleeding 5 years ago and it was an instant 2 week referral without examination. It turned out to be atrophic vaginitis brought on by stress. Agree with the other comment demand a 2 week referral. Hugs x. 

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