Post Menopausal Bleeding

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.

  • Hi Dollysocks / Maebelle , 

    Thanks both for checking in with me - so kind to be thinking of me . I have had a bad cold since Saturday and I am really fatigued .

    The GPs appointment was to discuss further steps after the abdominal scan on 10 June . Things have obviously moved on since then,  as I got the urgent call from my GP and then the urgent referral . I decided that it probably wasn’t great to go as wasn’t feeling great and would also perhaps pass on the lurgy to others . I am able to cancel my GPs appointment via my mobile phone,  so just did that last night . 
    if I hadn’t been feeling so awful I probably would have gone along and just asked a few questions . xxx