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[pepperminty]

Hi Ladies,

I have just been told after several months that my womb thickness was 8mm. Is this thick? I don't really know what the norm is ? I am really worried and have a further scan in June.

Peppermintyxx

[Robin]

Hi pepperminty,

I’m sorry this happening. Unfortunately this isn’t something I know much about but I have had a few scans to check womb lining.

Do you still have periods? What do you use for your progestogen/progesterone and how often? Did you use your progesterone 2 weeks before the scan to give a chance for the lining to clear?

What a shame they haven’t explained anything too you and left you to worry until your next scan. 

[pepperminty]

Hi Robin,

thank you for replying. They have booked me just as my with drawal bleed starts or it may be just about to start. I have been worrying for months and only just found out the measurement / thickness. The communication has been poor due to Covid. I refused another hysteroscopy, so they want to do  another scan. So I suspect my lining will be thick due to the bad timming. They wont let me change the appointment. My health anxiety is through the roof. I have other health stuff going on and I do not think I could cope with anything else.

I hope you are ok as I know that you are suffering too!

PMX

[Robin]

Oh PM, so worrying for you. The pandemic has made things so much more difficult.

Can you use your progesterone earlier that month so that you’ve had a bleed before the scan?

I’m about to go into the waiting room for my MRI 🤞😕

[pepperminty]

Unfortunately not, but my husband is going to come with me for the appointment , as I feel that I will be listened to with a man there.

 OMG hope your MRI goes ok!

I think we need a medical season ticket!

PMXX

[Taz2]

Have you had a bleed since the last scan? I think you should stick to your usual HRT regime as this will give a true picture of what's happening each month. Were you referred for the first scan because of bleeding? I think they like the lining to be less than 5cm but I'm not sure if that's when on HRT or not. Sorry not to be more helpful 

Taz x 

[pepperminty]

Thanks Taz2,

yes i will stay the same. I was referred due to watery bleeding either side of the bleed. The consultant who did the hysteroscopy last year seemed to be ok with results, but my meno clinic wanted to do another hysteroscopy- I refused and asked for a scan instead as I was quite ill after the last operation. I bleed and shed womb bits ( lovely) every withdrawal bleed . Coming back as a man next time!

PMXX

[Taz2]

A scan sounds a good idea and if everything is ok rules out the need for another hysteroscopy. Let us know how you get on.

Taz x   

[pepperminty]

Thank you all for your replies .

A scan sounds a good idea and if everything is ok rules out the need for another hysteroscopy. Let us know how you get on.

Taz x   

Thanks Taz, I will update and although I am pleased that they are monitoring me, I am worried that they will try to rail road me into something I don't want.

Hi pepperminty,

I did a lot of research on acceptable endometrial thickness on hrt when I had some build up last year.
Hurdity also wrote something on 8mm being the "safe" cut off thickness and that correlates with the journal article I found. There was no way I was going to be forced into a procedure that was unecessary.
Mine was actually 6mm after I had my last natural period and no one was concerned then 5.8 on hrt and suddenly it was alarm bells. Hopefully an increase or change of p may help you. Provera low dose put my endo back to 5mm.
What hrt are you on?

Hi Avalon,

I know what you mean about having proceedures that you don't need. I was so poorly after the hysteroscopy I had. My worry is that they are doing the scan right at the time I will be starting my bleed, of just before it starts as I am never on the same day. I am on Femosten 1/10 with a bit of extra zumenon evey other day. I do shed my womb evey month, very noticeably. I will have to wait and see what the consultant says. I am definately taking my husband though as I have noticed that I am taken more seriously when I do. I di know there was a cut off point and was not sure what it was.
If this happened to men , they would have invented something by know- Nick Pannay talked about the fact that HRT will eventually be individually tailored genetically to each woman - not in our life time!

PMX