Hi Everyone. I have a gyno oncology appointment on Monday and am told they may want to do a biopsy. I know there are many of you out there who have gone through this experience already. I am obviously, like all of you will have been, terrified at the prospect. One of my biggest fears, (not to mention the actual procedure) is that it will make everything worse in the vulva area afterwards. Sounds crazy I know but when you are already experiencing itching/sores and scar tissue irritation (from giving birth) it feels mad having something done that might make things worse. I keep telling myself how can I be going to see an oncologist suddenly, when I was previously told this was due to the menopause and probably just atrophy? Now I am facing this? Makes no sense to me. I feel I have just got a rash that has got out of hand and is eased by using steroids, but never totally disappears. Why have a biopsy for that. The doctor said she could see something white down there and because I had experienced bleeding from that area (external) then I needed it looked at further. I saw a gyno a couple of years back and he declared everything 'normal' - even though I had started to experience the bleeding at that point. He wasnt very sympathetic and told me to just keep using the steroid cream. Which helps a bit. Surely if this were cancer the symptoms wouldn't come and go? Some days are worse than others. As you can see my mind is racing and I am almost at a point of running off and hiding my head in the sand? I havent had sex in years because of the discomfort. Can someone please tell me the biopsy will be ok and recovery not as awful as I am thinking?
