Hysteroscopy

Hi, you can ask for a localised numbing injection before you have the hysterscopy .

I had mine tried twice but I had a large clot in the way so in the end I had mine done under general anaesthetic. I hope everything goes well for you .

Thanks Tippybailey.  I hadn't even thought to ask for a local anaesthetic myself,  even if it isn't offered.  I think I'll need to stop being quite so submissive and tell them if it's just too much.  

I hope you're feeling well. x

Hi Nonentity and welcome to our spot in the Online Community. I was unable to have my hysteroscopy done in the normal manner as I had a stenosed cervix and it was just too painful. I was advised to take a couple of paracetamol and hour before the procedure and they also used a local anaesthetic.  I ended up having it done via general anaesthetic (epidural) which you can request. There's been a lot of posts on here about hysteroscopies, some ladies have no problems and state easier than childbirth. I haven't had children and I was grateful my nurse practitioner didn't persist in her efforts.

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Sending you welcoming hugs, B xx 

Hi Nonentity. Just to re-iterate what others have said: you can request for this to be done under anaesthetic. I have had 2 hysteroscopies: the first time they didn't attempt it in out-patients and just told me I would need to come in as a day-case to have general anaesthetic. So next time I needed one I was wise to it, and asked for it to be done under anaesthetic. Now it may be that you have other medical things going on that means they are reluctant to give you a "general" for this but I would hope the anaesthetist would have a few tricks up their sleeve in the way of sedation or pain relief for you. Wishing you all the best and I hope your diagnosis is something that's simple to fix. LR.

Thanks for your lovely welcoming response MrsBJH  I'll put together a synopsis of my story to-date - very good idea, thanks.  I've had 4 children - all delivered vaginally, one of which was a forceps delivery, and the pain was on a par with the nomal delivery, albeit short-lived in comparison!  I do think it's to do with my youngest child being 30,  me being 21 years postmenopausal and the cervic being so tightly closed.  The joys!

Thanks again xxx

Thanks LittleRunner. I do have some other issues  that may stop them giving me a general anaesthetic unless there is no other option, but maybe an epidural would be possible if I can't cope with the procedure. (I'm prone to chronic pulmonary oedema  - controlled by medication, sleep apnoea - I use a CPAP, device, Supraventricular Tachycardia - controlled with medication and I'm overweight.

Takecare xx