Possible cervical cancer?

I know no one can help with diagnosis etc I'm just feeling very anxious and alone. I'm on the depot contraceptive injection and haven't had a period for over 7 years with no break through bleeding in that time. In the past 6 months I've had 3 incidents of spotting. 2nd incident I mentioned to GP who thought hormonal and to come back if a 3rd time happened. Also I've had painful sex for well over a year, to the point where we don't have actual sex but it coincided with a series of thrush infections from antibiotics  so I put it down to (1) healing after that and (2) my vagina being unhappy after a long period of not being bothered! I've also had pelvic pain for a while but have a history of kidney stones and infections so assumed the blame was urinary. So when a 3rd incident  of spotting/bleeding occurred and I called the GP and he asked if I had other symptoms I told him everything. He seemed very annoyed at me for not calling sooner and now I have an urgent appointment for a physical tomorrow with a plan for a referral for a womb ultrasound. I honestly thought the bleeding would be hormonal but given how annoyed yhe GP seemed with me for not calling sooner I am now feeling very anxious and pretty bloody stupid. 

  • Hi frillypig

    Please don’t feel you have been stupid at all, or let anyone else make you feel like that. Many of us are guilty of putting things off and not getting them seen to-me being one of those people!

    You headed your post cervical cancer, but you are looking at a referral for an ultrasound of your womb, so that confused me a little. Ultrasounds are not normally used in testing for/diagnosing cervical cancer, so It doesn’t sound like cervical cancer is actually in your doctor’s thoughts at this point? x

     

  • His exact words on the phone were "Well these are all signs of cervical cancer, you really should have come to us sooner, waiting until you're bleeding is a bit late" and then made the appointment for a face to face and said he wanted to send me for an ultrasound as well. I'm 38 and have been to all my cervical screenings but I feel like I should have known better? I feel like that's how my GP feels as well! 

  • Oh my goodness, what an unhelpful doctor! Spotting and painful sex CAN be symptoms of cervical cancer but can also be symptoms of many other gynaecological issues. And they are not all signs of cervical cancer-many ladies with this cancer don’t have them.  If he thinks you need investigations for cervical cancer, then an examination of your cervix should be a priority, not an ultrasound of your womb I would have thought. 

    How awful of him to put the thought of cancer in your head before you've had a single investigation! That’s very poor. x