Worried sick 19 mm thickness of the endometrial lining

Heya, 

I had atypical/complex hyperplasia all over my womb and the polyps were all cancerous.

I didn't have a hysterectomy, as it is seen as overkill in early cases in younger women these days, and instead had hormone therapy. This involves a coil being fitted into my uterus and twice daily tablets. No sign of cancer or hyperplasia - complex or otherwise - now.

Lass

Xx

Hi  lass 

Thankyoi for your reply did they remove the cancerous polyps ? My gyne said if it does come back cancerous it will be a hysterectomy if not then he will insert the coil .

I'm so glad you are on the road to recovery makes me feel more hopeful that if it is anything sinister something can be done .

I just wish I never googled anything as I've got myself in a right panic .

Carla xx

Hey Carla, 

Yup. It was what's called a myosure procedure that was done. It was very similar to a hysteroscopy in that I was awake and it was a camera put up into the womb. They just needed to widen my cervix, so gave me a local anaesthetic in the cervix to widen it enough. Then the straw-like tube chopped away the polyps and the lining, and it was all sent off for testing.

The hormone treatment I've had is quite a new one, and unfortunately not all gynaes are aware of it yet, or how well it's working. So a lot of women are still being unnecessarily put through a hysterectomy. 

So if you're pre-menopausal, I'm 38 now and 36 at womb cancer diagnosis, then if it comes back as cancerous and they say you need a hysterectomy - then challenge that if you don't want the hysterectomy. There is another option for early cancer in younger women, and a hysterectomy means your body is automatically forced into the menopause, which can give issues like osteoporosis later in life.

And yes, never ever Google any symptoms. Even if you've got nothing more than a cold then it can come back saying you've got cancer! Lol

Lass

Xx

What was the outcome of your endometrial thickness? Mine is the same and awaiting a biopsy.

Hi RosieP. As this thread is over 3 years over you might not get an answer from the member. There's quite a few recent posts about thickness of the endometrium and biopsies so why not read some of them and ask questions there?

B xx