Hi,
Just looking for some advice as I am worrying myself sick. I am 4 months postpartum and starting to worry I may have advanced cervical cancer that I have not picked up on due to dismissing symptoms as normal pregnancy related symptoms.
My symptoms are: spotting after sex, mucus yellow discharge and sometimes mucus with bowel movement, pain in lower right abdomen/hip and back, and occasional pain where my kidneys are. I had some bleeding between periods but I started the mini pill so this could be down to that. Other than my normal period and post coital spotting, I've not had any abnormal bleeding this month since stopping the pill.
I had a normal smear two years ago, not the HPV type. I visited the doctor last month who diagnosed me with a cervical ectropion and I also had thrush which I had treatment for but the discharge is still continuing and looks different to thrush discharge. I am worrying that she has mistaken cancer to be an ectropion. The final worry is that my partners ex had cervical cancer a couple of years ago so I am pretty sure I am a carrier of a high risk strain of HPV.
I just want some reassurance really. What are the chances of having an advanced cancer after a normal smear two years ago? What is discharge like with ectropion vs cancer? And if it is just an ectropion, what can be causing the pain? I am going back to the doctors on monday to request a colposcopy but I don't know how I will get through the wait for it. My anxiety is through the roof.
Thanks for reading. X