Has anyone else experienced a long wait to get their biopsy results? I had a hysteroscopy on 1 October where a large 3cm polyp was removed from my cervix and biopsies taken also from my endometrium.
The reason to have the test was because from December through to August I was having very heavy almost non stop periods, prior to that I hadn't bled for years due to a mirena coil which was removed last September after having it in situ for over 12 years (seems no polyp visible back then) I went to the doctor's in April and was put on HRT to try and alleviate the bleeding.. In August I went back to the Dr as I was so fed up after bleeding through 3 pairs of shorts in one day. I was referred for a vaginal ultrasound. By late August that bleeding had pretty much stopped, I actually felt guilty attending the US appointment! But it came back abnormal due to high vascularity also noted 7mm thickness and 3mm ovarian septated cyst but these did not seem to cause any concern. Gynae booked me in for a hysteroscopy. I'm 51yrs old.
So now I have not had a period for 3 months after 10 months of constant heavy bleeding, a few days before my hysteroscopy I started experiencing period like pains which have been persistent for 6 weeks now, along with bloating and grey spotting and clots with no smell (old blood?) I went back to the Dr on Thursday and asked them to follow up on my results as they could not see anything showing as processed by the hospital in my test results. I had also tried ringing direct but never get an answer, just a voicemail and they haven't returned my calls.
The worst part is the consultant told me the wait for results was 2 weeks!
Hi Miss Oracle
I am sorry to hear that you are still waiting for your results after 7 weeks. Was your hysteroscopy done on the 2 week urgent cancer pathway or routine?
7 weeks does seem a long time if it was done on the urgent pathway. There does seem to be quite a variation between hospitals and areas. In my own experience it just depends on how busy the hospital is. My biopsy was done on the urgent pathway and I had results around a week later, however my post op results took around 3 1/2 weeks and that was with me chasing them constantly.
The length of time in my experience does not have any bearing on whether it is good or not so good news- it just seems to be when the pathology lab gets to your sample. Once they have checked the sample then the results normally are processed quickly.
Asking your GP to chase up the results is a good plan. Mine was able to intervene for me.
On your appointment letter for the hysteroscopy is there an email address for the consultants secretary? That is how I managed to get my post op results. I contacted the secretary and the surgeon phoned me later the same day.
I am sorry that you are having to wait so long, I know that it is really frustrating. I hope that you hear very soon. In the meantime if your symptoms/bleeding change or you become concerned then do contact your doctor for advice.
Jane
The only other thing would be to consider contacting PALS at the hospital if you don't get a response soon.
It sounds like the pathology lab is really busy and they haven't yet got to your sample. 7 weeks is a long time to wait but there can be a big variation. I hope you hear very soon.
