Hi there,
thought I would pop a post on here as, other than my husband, I do not have anyone else I would share such intimate info with. So a nice group of complete strangers is better lol.
So I am a couple of months away from my 53rd birthday. I have been on HRT (Everil Conti) for 18 months. No spotting whatsoever until recently.
Around 18th February I har spotting, then it turned to more like the end of a period, not really a lot but warranted a pad. I did notice a couple of fresh drops of blood in the toilet as i stood up. This lasted for around 10 days.
GP surgery contacted on 21st February and it took 2 weeks to get an appointment which was on 5th March 24. Lovely doctor. He did not examine me at all, said he will do an immediate 2 week referral. He said it is not fibroids or polyps as he said there is not enough bleeding. He of course mentioned the possibility of Endometrial cancer and basically said it’s about 10% chance of this. He said I will probably need to have a hysteroscopy to rule out endometrial pathology.
I am very fortunate as I have private healthcare through work which I pay for. I have managed to secure an appointment for 7 days time with a Consultant Gyno Oncologist.
I am trying to focus on the 90% of everything being ok but of course it is not that simple.
So for now I am going to do my very best to remain positive, and to wish those of you who are going through the same thing good luck.
***NEW SYMPTOMS UPDATE 10/03/24
So since my referral last Thursday I am now getting bouts of cramping. They are like early period pains. Late at night, in the morning, lasting an hour or so. Spotting has stopped though. I am also having pain in my right hip which was sufficiently bad I needed paracetamol and mild pain in my left hip. I do have arthritis in my right hip but don’t usually have any pain.
So, the spotting has stopped but now these new symptoms. I’ve been reading through loads of posts on here and cramping definitely seems to be another symptom of EC. It is very hard to try and not to worry and my mind keeps going down some darker places. I am reassured by the vast amount of posts that show their EC was graded as 1a etc etc.
still hoping for a good result but I am now beginning to feel the inevitable is about to happen.
How can new symptoms start so fast? It was only Tuesday that I saw my GP and only 3 weeks since the spotting started. Should i be preparing for the worst?
