Hi ladies
This is my first post - I have been reading the forums but not posted yet.
in October I had a period which started and didn’t seem to stop - after going to the docs I was given Provera three times a day and told to go back in a month to start HRT - I wasn’t really happy with this and spoke to another doctor at my surgery who said she would send me for a ultra sound scan and an internal scan which I had eight days later they found I had three fibroids and a polyp but my lining was 22 cm and she said she would scan again in six weeks.
That weekend I ended up in a and e as I was feeling so exhausted and rough and saw a gynae registrar who said they would fast track to see consultant gynae for a hysterescopy. This was done on 28th November and he took four biopsies - didn’t seem particularly worried and suggested I have a coil fitted there and then which I did.
he warned me that they take a while to start working and that it can normally take four or five months for them to settle in and to persevere - he said the results would be posted to me in four weeks - I said oh that’s Christmas - to which he replied “six then”!
the bleeding has slowed down significantly but I’m still spotting every day (but he said to expect this).
i haven’t received any results yet at all and this week is the sixth week and I’m getting increasingly agitated and am finding it hard waiting - I’ve managed to keep a brave face on for my family - I have a daughter whose 15
four years ago I lost my 20 year old son in a rtc and my daughter is so scared she is going to lose her mum too so I have had to keep going like I’m fine even though inside I’m a quivering wreck!
everytime the postman comes I feel nervous - I keep checking the phone for missed calls and now I’m into the sixth week I am beginning to really start to worry
Any advice would be good - I did contemplate ringing the gynae secretary but If I’m absolutely honest I was frightened too and know how busy they are and with Christmas and new year i didn’t want to be a nuisance.
my OH is great but he’s going away to France on Monday 13th and I’m terrified I’ll get a letter when he’s away!
i would hope that if any results were not good they would have posted me a follow up appointment or contacted me by now?
the Gynae consultant gave me a letter to hand to my doctor saying he had seen no masses or nothing abnormal and that my follow up should be via GP
he also said if the coil doesn’t work then get re referrred to him in six months for womb ablation and then if that didn’t work a hysterectomy but said this was way down the line - and the first line of treatment from the “drop down menu” was a coil.
any advice would be appreciated
Thank you xxx
