Hi! I haven't posted in ages, but I'm looking for a bit of reassurance, I guess. Back in December and January I was experiencing spotting followed by horrible yellow discharge every day for a month or so. At the time I hadn't had a period for over a year.. probably getting on for two years.. and realised something wasn't right. I saw my GP on 27th Dec and she referred me to the gynaecologist at my local hospital. At the time I had a copper IUD fitted and it had been in for about 5 years. I had an internal scan, internal examination etc and to cut a longish story short, the gynaecologist thought the coil was the problem (there was obviously an infection there) and arranged for me to have a hysteroscopy, D&C and IUD removal under general anaesthetic. That was on 16th Jan and a week later I got the all-clear from the gynaecologist saying there were no pre-cancerous cells and the IUD had been the problem. She'd done a blood test on my first visit which showed I was postmenopausal, so I had no need of further contraception (hurrah!). Around the time of this infection I also had urinary infections, which made me quite ill and had two lots of anti-biotics. After the hysteroscopy etc I experienced some pain and discomfort on the right side of my lower abdomen. The gynaecologist had said it was a good job I was under anaesthetic when they removed the IUD, as it was very difficult to remove. Anyway, by the end of Feb, everything seemed back to normal. No periods, no discharge, no discomfort. However, since the beginning of December when this all started and throughout Jan, Feb and March I was getting horrendous night sweats. I started taking sage tablets, starflower oil capsules and soya isoflavones. Gradually the sweats at night disappeared, but I was getting quite bad hot flushes in the day (making me break out in a sweat). These finally stopped in July/August (hurrah again!). I was starting to feel 'back to normal'. Then a week last Saturday I noticed a little bit of blood and some discharge when I wiped. A few days later I had some pale pinkish coloured discharge (quite watery) which then became more yellow and thicker (didn't smell). Just how it went back in December/Jan. I'm now really worried as I can't blame the IUD this time. Yesterday and Monday I also experienced some discomfort in that lower abdominal area to the right and a dragging sensation as if I was getting a period. I plan to make an appointment with my GP tomorrow, but wondered if any of you have experienced something similar. I'm almost 52 (birthday on Sunday.. great timing!!). Thank you!
