Hello!

thank you for responding- we are in the same boat. I am annoyed with myself for not going to GP earlier - I now look at symptoms and so many things should have told me to go to GP and I simply went cause I could not shift a water infection. May I ask what prompted you to go to GP? I had to wait ten days for my scan - but I drove home from that scan and as I walked through front door my GP phoned me to say I was on cancer pathway via NHS - go back on 17th but I cannot fully remember what she told me. I will call tomorrow and see if she will repeat what she told me on Friday.

I am 54 - post menopausal, can remember the GP telling me lining of womb was in excess of 10mm. I did have to call hospital and progress my appt for scan and they had the wrong address for me - apparently hospital has different database to GP!! Letter went to where I lived four years ago! So glad I phoned to find out what was happening. Take care to you too and maybe it’s worth phoning hospital to check your referral is there?

hi laney

Appreciate your reply

I thought my `pains` were part of my ME / CFS, so did not really think they would be anything else, cos got sick of being told ` its the CFS / ME / FM`.  We also had a lot of upset with my dad recently being very ill very quickly and subsequently being diagnosed with leukemia - thankfully all is going well for him at the moment, with monthly check ups etc.  I had pelvic pain, which i put down to pelvic arthritis issues, hip arthirtis etc, but then started with agonising pain in my rectum at the same time as the frontal area.  When pains were bad i had frontal discharge which was pinky, and not pleasant.  I went to GP and had an ultrasound which showed a polylp and thickening of the endometria / womb lining .  Went for hysteroscopy, the polyp was too large to take out in an outpatients setting, so did biopsies.  A week later got a call on a friday aft to see consultant on monday.  Told womb cancer, biopsies `very abnormal` - treatment  needed within a 4 week period.  Went for MRI to see if spread to other pelvic areas , etc, thankfully has not.  Got my pre-op date and pencilled in surgery date - all just one day over the 4 wek period.   Hoping the hysterectomy can be done by key-hole, quicker recovery etc .  Thanks for your response, take care, x

Hi Laney

Can you tell me did the womb lining biopsy hurt. I have mine in three days and fee panicked. Thank you

Hi there, so sorry to hear your ordeal. Sadly, iv been told I have thickening of the womb plus a ton of nasty symptoms and need a biopsy of womb lining. My question is... I'm worrying, does the procedure hurt. Honesty is what I'm looking for. Thank you

I feel for you love, I'm at the same stage, I have to have a womb biopsy and have to say, dreading it. Have you had this, does it hurt

Thank you, you don't know how your post has helped me!! I'm in total panick, not about any results but about the "thickening womb biopsy"

Just the thought of it hurting is awful, that's because iv had cervical pre cancer cells in the past and the biopsies were very very screamable painful, therefore I'm dreading this procedure, please tell me more how it was for you. I have it done on 11/11/2019 maybe you won't see this by then, but hopefully you may, thank you x

hi

my womb lining biopsy did not hurt, just slightly uncomfortable, like a crampy feeling and a slight tug of the lining, told to `cough` when took sample.

hope all goes ok for you

x

Hi Peapaluka

I had my biopsy 3 weeks ago. They had first tried taking a sample without anasthetic and i did feel pain during the procedure but it was afterwards when i had a lot of cramping pain. Unfortuneately they didnt take enough sample so i had to endure the same procedure a week later. They wanted to remove a polyp and insert the mirena. The consultant said i needed an anasthetic so i had a choice of an epidural or general anasthetic. I opted for the epidural. There was very little pain. Procedure lasted about 20 minutes. It was done in an operating theatre. You get to see everything on the monitor. They removed the polyp and took sample of the womb lining and then inserted the mirena coil. I did not suffer the cramping pain afterwards. I am still bleeding/spotting 3 weeks later.

I was fast tracked because my ultrasound report showed i had thickening of the womb. The lining was 16mm. But, when i was in the operating room i asked the consultant if the liningvwas unusually thick and she said no the lining wasnt too thick. It was only thick where the polyp was.

Please feel free to ask me any questions and dont fear the procedure because its a means of identifying what the problem is. If anything is identified then a plan can be put into place for treatment.

I wish everyone all the best who are on this journey.

Nikki x

Bless you thank you for replying, that gives me hope. Thank you so much, its nice to read all the people who understand your fears etc. Thank you again

I have posted previously as I was post op following a hysterectomy for endometrial cancer on 8th Oct and awaiting histology reports to see if further treatment, eg radiotherapy was required..

I have a six week consultant appointment on 18th Nov but did not want to wait so long for the result. I e mailed my cancer nurse at the hospital to request that she let me know ASAP if the result came through.

They have a multi disciplinary meeting with relevant people to discuss each case and decide on the way forward once the result is through.

The specialist nurse phoned yesterday to say that they had managed to eradicate the cancer with the op alone and I need no further treatment. Massive relief.

if you are waiting for a result phone or e mail to chase it up.

Also tell all women friends and family to go to their GP for any changes in their body however small, 

I had the tiniest whisper of staining on my pants, post menopausal. It would have been so easy to ignore or to "wait and see" but I went straight away and caught it at what has been finally diagnosed as stage 1, grade 1. It was caught so as soon as it possibly could have been.

We all have family committments, work responsibilities, plans or head in the sand attitudes that make us put things off. I had my daughters wedding BUT putting off checking potential cancer risks the disease progressing and being much worse in the long run.

I have had a lucky escape and look forwatd to continuing in good health for many years to come.

Hi Nikki

i am awaiting a scan after a polyp removal. I’m told the polyp was late stage cancerous stage 3 but ovaries and endometrium were fine. 

Hysterectomy was mentioned. So I’m at the waiting stage for the scan. Now experiencing what feels like severe indigestion which could be anxiety or another symptom?

has anyone experienced cancerous polyp? I would welcome any advice and support 

Hi,

i had my last period in march 2018 and then a few pink shows and period pain 10 days ago which lasted 2 days, the bleeding was minimal and all stopped by Wednesday, I did go to see my gp and had a vaginal scan today and also seen the specialist after. She told me that a normal thickness should be anything between 4 and 5mm but mine is 5.8mm so she did a biopsy, I am worried but on reading some of your stories on here some of you have thicknesses of about 16mm, surely 5.8mm can't be that bad or are they just being over cautious. 

Any thoughts will be appreciated xx

Hi,

i had my last period in march 2018 and then a few pink shows and period pain 10 days ago which lasted 2 days, the bleeding was minimal and all stopped by Wednesday, I did go to see my gp and had a vaginal scan today and also seen the specialist after. She told me that a normal thickness should be anything between 4 and 5mm but mine is 5.8mm so she did a biopsy, I am worried but on reading some of your stories on here some of you have thicknesses of about 16mm, surely 5.8mm can't be that bad or are they just being over cautious. 

Any thoughts will be appreciated xx