Hi everyone,
I didn’t really know where else to post this so please bare with!
6 months ago I had to go for a LEEP procedure due to CIN2 changes. I’ve had the HPV virus for a many years and have a smear every year. I got a letter to say they are confident they got all the cell changes and to attend a smear again in 6 months (in about a months time).
since my LEEP I followed all after care instructions and I eventually stopped bleeding and was healed. Unfortunately since then I’ve been bleeding in between periods, had periods lasting about a week and a half, bleeding after sex every single time and a majority of the time sex is very uncomfortable. I’ve been getting period type stomach pain and Back ache all Throughout the months and I only realised yesterday I’ve had an extreme loss of appetite. I can go 3/4 days without eating a meal because I’m just not feeling hungry and only realise I need to eat when I start to feel faint! I’ve been ignoring these symptoms for months but last night my partner nagged me to call the GP.
I called this morning and felt really silly as I thought they just brush me off but she’s actually fitted me in with the out of hours doctor for this evening as she said these symptoms are pretty worrying.
naturally I’m very scared now and very concerned about what’s going to come from it. I was just wondering if anyone else has experienced this before? Perhaps the results of the LEEP procedure were incorrect? I know it’s rare but I guess it does happen.
Things being missed by a gp is unfortunately all too common. I mentioned in a previous reply to you that last year my gp diagnosed me over the phone with a urine infection-I wasn’t seen in person, and wasn’t even offered a urine test to confirm.
2 days later I was in an ambulance and spent 9 days in hospital with a blocked bile duct, seriously ill being pumped full of antibiotics in an attempt to control a life threatening infection. Had he bothered to see me, he would I seen I was jaundiced but he didn’t. I have refused to deal with him again.
From that point on I have spoken up and changed my view that doctors know best. In your case, I don’t believe that a gp can get to the root of your issues and you should at the very least be seen by a gynaecologist. A GP isn’t a specialist, and women can be fobbed off particularly about menstrual issues, being told it’s their age, it’s hormonal, or it’s just one of those things.
Ask for a second opinion from another doctor if you need to, push for investigation regarding your loss of appetite and please don’t just assume that everything is ok. It might be, but it might not. As Spirit Wolf said, she was up to date with smears but was still diagnosed with locally advanced cervical cancer, and at stage 2b surgery like a hysterectomy is not an option.
Your fear of being left without being diagnosed should be the driving force for you to keep pushing forward with this. I hope there is a simple explanation in the end for you, but you do need to get these answers.
Sarah xx
