Hi ladies - I had my hysterectomy, BSO and lymph glands removed on 5th July and apart from a week of heavy lymph fluid discharge had been progressing quite well.
At my first hospital check up on 18th August I was examined by what I think was a student doctor who was a little rough with the speculum and I found it extremely painful. The following morning I noticed a small amount of bleeding which was a bit of a shock, however I spoke with my CNS who said it should settle. Unfortunately it didn't and so a couple of weeks later they managed to fit me in to see my consultant to check it out - this was on 1st Sept and he felt that it was still due to the vaginal vault healing. I requested a smaller speculum and the examination was less uncomfortable although I still bled afterwards. I asked him if he thought I was overdoing things but he didn't feel this was the case.
The bleeding has continued although it is very small amounts....sometimes it is like pinhead size spots and I did wonder at one point whether it was coming from my urethra but I do seem to be passing urine okay without any pain. Other times it is a slight smear on the pant liner, along with what sometimes appears to be a bit of fluid.
I do have another appointment on 20th October so will just monitor the situation until then but I can't help feeling that my cancer has returned as surely if the examination had caused some irritation it would have healed by now? Can cancer come back within a few weeks of surgery? Some days there is hardly anything then the next day its back again.
Unless the bleeding gets worse I feel it will be better to wait until my appointment as at least there will be a number of weeks without examinations etc and if it hasn't improved by then I'm hoping they will do some further tests.
Just wondering if anyone else had experienced anything similar?
