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Post Menopausal Bleeding

Maebelle2014

Hi

Last night (Friday) I had some light brown discharge.  There is also slightly brighter brown/red when I insert my finger into my vagina (apologies if TMI!) but no further discharge as yet.  I’m 55 years old and it’s been over 3 years since my last period.  I’m terrified it’s cancer.  I spoke to the 111 service and she recommended I get a BV test kit, which indicated trichomoniasis which as I’ve not been sexually active suggests it’s not the most accurate result.  I will phone my GP on Monday but I’m already seeing a psychologist for health anxiety so this is my nightmare come true.

I live on my own, I don’t have anyone I can talk to (friends were never really my thing!) and my family have passed away over the last few years so I’m very isolated.  I just thought it might be helpful to reach out via this forum for connection.

Thank you for reading this.

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    Hi Maybelle , sorry that you and others are going through this . It is a difficult  and worrying time . You need to get an urgent appointment with your GP and explain your symptoms . Less than 10 per cent of cases of post menopausal bleeding are due to cancer , so the odds are in your favour . Benign reasons can be vaginal atrophy , polyps etc . You should then be put on a  2 week pathway for a scan . You won’t necessarily get this within 14 days , but should get an appointment date within this time frame . 

    I am a bit further along than you . I have had the GP appointment and then an abdominal scan . I was phoned an hour after the scan to say my womb lining was enlarged at  6mm and I am now waiting on a hospital appointment for a biopsy

    I hate all the waiting . I don’t deal well with uncertainty and am worrying that I may not have anyone to go with me to the hospital . 

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    Hi Maybelle , sorry that you and others are going through this . It is a difficult  and worrying time . You need to get an urgent appointment with your GP and explain your symptoms . Less than 10 per cent of cases of post menopausal bleeding are due to cancer , so the odds are in your favour . Benign reasons can be vaginal atrophy , polyps etc . You should then be put on a  2 week pathway for a scan . You won’t necessarily get this within 14 days , but should get an appointment date within this time frame . 

    I am a bit further along than you . I have had the GP appointment and then an abdominal scan . I was phoned an hour after the scan to say my womb lining was enlarged at  6mm and I am now waiting on a hospital appointment for a biopsy

    I hate all the waiting . I don’t deal well with uncertainty and am worrying that I may not have anyone to go with me to the hospital . 

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