Hi, I am after abit of advice if possible. I have had really heavy periods for roughly two years maybe a little longer. My cycle shortened to every three weeks, but more recently I’m having my period every two weeks. I am 46yts old and thought this was a normal part of premipause. I spend the best part of every month having to use sanitary products. After my period I then have about four/five days where I suffer with watery discharge. I went to my doctor a few weeks ago to see if I could start HRT, after telling the doctor about my symptoms she said I couldn’t until they investigate my symptoms first. I was sent for an US which showed several fibriods the biggest been 5cm by 6cm, an enlarged uterus, and thickening lining 13mm. Also trace fluid in cervical canal. I have now been referred to gynae on the two week path way. I have had CINN3 in the past back in 2020 and had treatment for this and clear smears since. I am a little worried and just wondered if anyone has had similar symptoms. My periods are ridiculous and are affecting my life on bad days I soak through a super plus tampon every 10-20 minutes and suffer with big clots that kinda push the tampon out. At this point I would opt for an hysterectomy if it was offered to me. Thanks for reading ️
Hi Haylz16
I’m sorry to read all that you've been going through and I'm going to suggest that you join the womb cancer group, as you'll then connect directly with other women who have had similar experiences.
To join, just click on the link I've created and, once you've joined, you can start a new post in the same way as you did here and join in with existing conversations by clicking on 'reply'.
It would be great if you could put something about your symptoms and tests to date into your profile as it really helps others when replying to you and also when looking for someone on a similar pathway. It also means that you don't have to keep repeating yourself. To do this click on your username and then select 'Profile'. You can amend it at any time and if you're not sure what to write you can take a look at mine by clicking on my username.
Thank you ️ I wasn’t quite sure how to navigate the site. Thanks for taking time out to send me the link x
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