Hi Ana

I had a similar experience as yours, I am the biggest wimp and worrier in the world and don't bode well with anything pain wise.

I absolutely promise you that it was no where near as bad as I imagined it would be. It's uncomfortable and unpleasant (a bit like the smear test) but the nurses were so so kind and lovely. Something I found helped me was using positive self talk during the procedure (reminding myself how positive it was that I was looking after myself and making sure I got the treatment I needed so I could continue to have a happy life) and trying to focus on something else. The nurses also helped with this. You could even ask if you can ring your mum whilst they are doing it to keep you company 'virtually'? 
 

I was a bit sore for a few days and took some paracetamol and had a hot water bottle for my stomach and had a few 'duvet days'...bit like time of the month! Afterwards I had very light bleeding for a few weeks. Went to see Gp and they tested for infection and gave antibiotics just in case but everything was fine. I was back at the gym about 3 weeks later!

i wish someone had told me that it was going to be OK and that I would get through it because I know exactly how awful you will be feeling right now!

hope this helps x x x 

Hi Ana

I had a similar experience as yours, I am the biggest wimp and worrier in the world and don't bode well with anything pain wise.

I absolutely promise you that it was no where near as bad as I imagined it would be. It's uncomfortable and unpleasant (a bit like the smear test) but the nurses were so so kind and lovely. Something I found helped me was using positive self talk during the procedure (reminding myself how positive it was that I was looking after myself and making sure I got the treatment I needed so I could continue to have a happy life) and trying to focus on something else. The nurses also helped with this. You could even ask if you can ring your mum whilst they are doing it to keep you company 'virtually'? 
 

I was a bit sore for a few days and took some paracetamol and had a hot water bottle for my stomach and had a few 'duvet days'...bit like time of the month! Afterwards I had very light bleeding for a few weeks. Went to see Gp and they tested for infection and gave antibiotics just in case but everything was fine. I was back at the gym about 3 weeks later!

i wish someone had told me that it was going to be OK and that I would get through it because I know exactly how awful you will be feeling right now!

hope this helps x x x 

Thanks so much for this! This really helps make me feel better about it. I think I might try and watch something on my phone with headphones if I have the lletz treatment just so I don't see anything I don't want to see and will hopefully be a distraction! Did you find the biopsies and the local anesthetic okay or were they painful? I didn't feel my smear at all so if it's like that then it's great!

Did you get your results back and they were normal after the lletz? 

Thanks so much again for replying xx