Hello, looking for advice as I'm just going out of my mind with worry. I gave birth in June and during labour examinations a doctor found what she described as a 'large mass' on my cervix. When she touched it I yelped in pain and I couldn't withstand the examinations. Another two doctors attempted to do examinations (look at my waters) but both said they couldn't due to the size and location of the mass. There were a handful of midwives also looking at it with torches saying they hadn't seen anything like that before.
i can't quite describe the pain when they hit/touched the mass but I just know I was sobbing in pain and begged them to stop examining me. This was the third time I had given birth and all three were vaginally with no pain relief yet the pain from the examinations made me ask for epidural which I didn't end up having as they just listened to me and stopped checking cervix and let my labour progress
Anyhow, on my discharge notes it was written and I was verbally told that an urgent referral to gynaecologist has been made. 3 weeks from then, nothing came through so I chased it up. After speaking to three different departments, I was told the referral had never been made and they can only apologise. I was told the only person who can deal with it is the consultant I had when I was pregnant, and I was transferred to her Secretary, no answer all day so I left a voicemail which was never returned. I decided a few days later I would ring PALS for advice. They put me straight through to the Secretary. Again she apologised as she too couldn’t see a referral but could see on my discharge notes that one should have been made. Said she will chase it up and get back to me in the next couple of days. 3 further weeks from that conversation and still nothing. Decided to discuss with my GP and she did another referral and advised I make a formal complaint. An appointment has finally come through for the end of October. This would be 19 weeks from when I gave birth and nobody has examined the mass since or even spoken to me about it. I feel this is far too long and I'm honestly so worried and it's constantly in the back of my head.
is this a normal wait time?
