Growth on cervix

Hi,  so last week I went for a pelvic exam as I suspected a small prolapse but came.away much more worried and can't think about anything else since.

The nurse noticed something on my cervix. She said it could be a polyp but wants me to see a doctor on Tuesday. She asked when my last smear test was and I'm ashamed to admit it was 9 years ago. I know I'm a idiot. She said I definitely should have attended them which has put real fear in me, that she thinks it's cancer.

2 days later and I am spotting a little and having period like pains. I'm hoping this is just from the exam but now petrified that I could have been spotting for much longer and just not noticed as its such a tiny amount, literally just a dot on toilet paper. 

I'm 41 and have 3 kids and am absolutely terrified, can't eat or sleep and just wanna cry all the time. I'm.convinced it's cancer and it's all my own fault. 

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  • Update...

    Just had appointment with gyne doctor, all went well she was lovely and so reassuring. She said my cervix looked completely normal. She did a smear test and that was all that was needed. No signs of cancer or ectropion. She said GPs often refer and it turns out to be nothing, may have had a small ectropion which has now gone.  She did say my GP should have done smear test really before this appointment then she could have treated any abnormalities but she did one anyway.  To say I'm relieved is a understatement! 

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