Hey everyone, I'm a 30 year old new mother and I had abnormal bleeding in 2022, I had a smear and it came back as abnormal cells. I was referred for a colposcopy which came back as okay and was told to attend my normal smear in 3 years.
Fast forward to May 2024 after I've had my little girl and my implant refitted after giving birth and the bleeding started again. I put it off for a bit as the bleeding was on and off and thought it may be to do with my new implant. Finally in October 2024 I went private to see a gyno who did an examination and said she couldn't see anything but also did a smear just in case.
I never heard back so assumed the smear came back fine (silly me didn't follow up with having a new baby and life getting in the way!)
Fast forward again to today (January 2nd 2025) and I get a call from the gyno saying they finally received my results and I'm now high risk and needs a LLETZ procedure next week. She said she wasn't worried its cancer but I should get the procedure done ASAP.
I'm absolutely terrified I've got cancer as the bleeding is definitely a symptom and the results took months to come back which has obviously delayed treatment. I've got an 8 month old little girl and I am so scared that I'm going to end up dying and leaving her. My mum had to have a radical hysterectomy when she was 38 and so i am so scared that I'm at a later stage of the cancer and won't be able to be cured.
Just looking for some words of reassurance!
Thank you for explaining a bit more about what’s happening, and I’m really sorry you had a call like that on Christmas Eve. No wonder it frightened you and spoiled things.
A biopsy is done to confirm whether this is cancer or not, but it sounds like your issue may be with your womb rather than cervix. A doctor would not normally tell you something was bad news until they were sure that there was cancer there, so I’m surprised they said this to you.
There are other reasons than cancer for a thickened womb lining, but I imagine they will be doing a hysteroscopy (small camera into the womb) and take some cells for checking. Cervical cancer is different to womb cancer, but you really need the biopsy to know for certain what’s happening and confirm whether you have either kind of cancer.
Do you know when your biopsy will happen? When you go, I’d ask to be told when you should expect your results back-you won’t get results on the day as the sample needs to be sent to a lab for testing. If you do get a cancer diagnosis, I will be able to help you further and point you in the right direction for support. If you have cervical cancer, then this is the right group for you, but if you have a womb cancer diagnosis, then we have a separate group specifically for this cancer.
However, I hope that the news is not as bad as you fear. Try not to work yourself up into a state before you have any more information, as this will make you feel much worse and won’t be good for you.
Sarah xx
Please do let me know. Your gp had no business making that phone call to you-they are not specialists and what they have done to you is awful. I’d be very tempted to put in a complaint to the practice manager.
Try and keep yourself busy while your waiting, though I know that’s much easier said than done, but it’s best to try and distract yourself as much as you can and try not to assume anything until you’re told more by a gynaecologist.
Sarah xx
