hysterescopy for endometrial growth

Hi, 

I'm waiting for an appointment for a hysterescopy for a growth found during a transvaginal ultrasound on my endometrial lining. It's all been a bit of a shock as i went for the ultrasound, asked when I'd get the results and was told 'about a week' however the very next morning at 8am my GP rang me to say I needed a hysterescopy. I think it's the speed of that which has alarmed me the most, as my GP surgery are usually pretty useless! 

Got the call from the clinic doing the hysterescopy yesterday explaining the procedure and also the fact they dont tend to use either local or general 'for speed'. Jeez! I can't help but think if blokes had to have these procedures that anaesthetic would be an absolute given! 

Anyway, I don't know what I'm here to say really, other than I'm afraid. I've tried not to let my brain go to the worst case scenario, but I lost both my parents to cancer and we generally have a depressing family history of it. I'm also concerned about the pain of the hysterscopy as historically i've always found smears very painful as I have a strange tilted cervix. 

  • Hi Gazzio and welcome to the forum.

    I'm not sure from your post when you are having your hysteroscopy but I just wanted to wish you the very best of luck and let you know we'll be thinking of you.

    I know the clinic have already explained what will happen but if you'd like to find out a little bit more about this procedure, then do be sure to have a read of this page on the NHS website. I do hope it will help to put your mind at ease but if you have any questions or would just like to talk this through with someone, our nurses are just a phone call away on 0808 800 4040, Monday - Friday between 9a.m - 5p.m. They're very helpful and will do all they can to support you.

    There have been many posts about this procedure within the community so I'm sure some of our members will share their experiences and advice with you soon.

    Kind regards,

    Steph, Cancer Chat Moderator

  • I had a hysreroscopy a few weeks ago and I'm not going to lie it is painful but bearable ,I think what helped me was not knowing I was having it I thought I was just going to explain my symptoms so it was a complete shock to my system I didn't have time to think about it ,Its still the best thing to do and I am really grateful to them because without all of these procedurers we wouldn't find out what was wrong with us ,they will stop if you want them to they are such lovely people I found .

  • Thank you for the reply. I bet if men had to have on they'd offer anesthetic