Hi all I had my hysteroscopy today. All went well with the procedure, only felt a little discomfort (nothing like my head was imagining). I was in and out of the hospital in an hour. The staff were fabulous. One lady did start 'small talk' conversation and I asked her not to because it would just make me anxious
, I felt a bit bad but I said you can chat about what's happing in the room as that will make me feel less anxious. She seemed fine with that (I hope).
The person doing the procedure said everything seemed OK and there was nothing of any concern. Took a biopsy, results in about 2 weeks.
I feel a bit weird because what they say they saw dosent explain my bleeding over the past 8/9 months, or my symptoms of period like pain, bloating, lower back pain....and I'm no whimp lol, I don't complain unless I'm forced to. So I guess I'll just have to wait for the biopsy results...but they're not worried in the slightest.
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Hi BlurryOne. It's strange, no way could I tolerate the hysteroscopy, it was too painful! I did grin when you mentioned about the lady doing "small talk". I remember the nurse stroking my arm and I felt like shouting "I'm not a blooming dog!"
It's hard when they can't explain your bleeding, as you say only the biopsy and probable subsequent hysterectomy histology results will reveal the true problem. The worst thing is you want answers now and you've got to wait a couple of weeks.
If you've any more questions, fire away.
Sending hugs, Barb xx
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Thank you MrsBJH, the lady who explained my after care did suggest a few things as to why I could be having bleeds...but none of them actually related to me. She did say if my biopsy comes back clear and I'm still having bleeds in 3 months then to go to my GP for another referral.
I felt so bad after saying small talk stresses me, but I remember having my first internal with the doctor and a lady was asking me about my holidays...it just felt odd because it had nothing to do with the situation and my mind was trying to concentrate on two things which just made it worse lol, I think she understood. X
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