Hi I'm looking for advice or even just reassurance I feel bad to be here when others are going through such a hard time so I apologise for that.

For the last few months I had been having issues with my periods. I had been spotting after sex and my periods were either coming really late or lasting for around 10 days.

Around 10 days before my most recent period was due I started with light bleeding which then turned into a lot of clots passing. I contacted my gp as the bleeding wouldn't stopped and was given some hormone medication to force it to stop. I also suffer with bad bloating and a heavy pain in my lower stomach.

I was booked in for an internal exam and after seeing my cervix she kept asking about when I last had a smear which was almost 3 years ago and then mentioned a colposcopy and went for a second opinion.

She referred me for an ultrasound but said they would wait before referring to colposcopy she said I could get my swab results today and they've now said there was a lab error and it will need to be re done Monday.

I've been panicking for days and now I'm just panicking even more since them saying about the lab error I just hoped to hear someone who has been through a similar thing or something