Hello everyone,
As per title above, I had a hysteroscopy today under GA. I’ve been lurking here for a week and a half since I had my ultrasound. I’m 50 years old and probably peri-menopausal, although no obvious symptoms of menopause yet. I do not take any hormone therapies.
So going back about 7 months was when I first started to become concerned. I’d bled for a month and my haemoglobin was low (I tested it at work) so I went to the gp. She ordered iron studies and indeed mine was very low, so I started iron tablets. She also referred for an ultrasound. 3 months later I was still bleeding, passing large clots, painful cramps. No sign of the ultrasound appointment. At this point I decided to go private.
I saw a consultant on the 28th August and had an urgent ultrasound 5 days later. The ultrasound showed thickening of endometrium at 16-18mm on what was assumed day 15 of cycle. I haven’t been told anything else about the ultrasound except he thought it was better to do the hysteroscopy ‘sooner rather than later’.
Today I went in for hysteroscopy, biopsy and Mirena coil insertion. Afterwards the nurse told me I’d actually had curretage rather than biopsy. The consultant said he didn’t see anything of note during the procedure but that I had a bulky uterus.
Im not sure what to make of this. On the one hand it sounds good - ‘nothing seen of note’ but on the other a curretage rather than biopsy, and a bulky uterus. 16-18mm endometrium? Apparently 10 days for results so I guess only time will tell. It’s all I’ve been able to think about and I didn’t think I’d be like this at all.
Thanks for reading!
Hi Drace
Welcome to the Womb group.
I am sorry to hear of your heavy bleeding and you did the right thing in getting checked out.
It sounds like what has happened is that the ultrasound has picked up on some hyperplasia. Hyperplasia basically means that the womb lining is thicker than it should be. Hyperplasia can have different causes and cancer is only one of them- however with a lining of 16-18 further investigation is normally recommended.
The hysteroscopy is done to have a closer look. It sounds like nothing obvious such as polyps/fibroids etc have been seen which is good.
However during a hysteroscopy it is normal to have a biopsy. This is often a pipelle biopsy- where a sample is taken by suction however a sample may also be taken via curettage- a scrape- its just a slightly different way of taking a sample. The main thing is a sample has been taken and can be tested.
A bulky uterus simply means that the uterus is bigger than would be expected- but it can be enlarged for different reasons for eg; hormonal- particularly around menopause age
My results took around a week to come back so 10 days sounds about right. Sometimes it just depends how busy the lab is.
It is difficult to think of much else whilst waiting for results. Do give the Support Line a call if it would help to talk things through while you are waiting. They are there from 8am-8pm daily.
Jane
Thankyou Jane for your warm reply 
