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[Jules]

Let us know how you are tomorrow.

[CLKD]

 

[shrosphirelass]

Thanks all for your kind thoughts, it is much appreciated. Well it is over and done with!

The good news is that the lining was thin and everything looked normal. They didn't even do a biopsy of the lining. So much for panicked phone calls hugely raising my anxiety levels. They removed a fibroid and fitted a mirena. They are sending the fibroid for analysis.

As for the experience it showed the NHS at its best (for yesterday that is). I had to go in at 7.30 and went into a room on my own where my husband was invited to stay until I went to theatre. All the nursing staff were very kind and friendly. My blood pressure was through the roof but I was lucky that I was 1st on the list, went down at 10.00 and was back in that room at 11.35, having been in recovery for a short while. So it took a bit longer than I thought.

Well today I feel pretty awful. Yesterday I was extremely nauseous and quite dizzy. This has started to ease off now and is probably down to the anaesthetic and probably not helped by my acute anxiety and lack of sleep the previous week. I have a sore throat which they say is caused by the tube that was down my throat. This should improve in the next couple of days and is not too bad. The worst thing is the constant severe stomach cramps. It kept me awake all night even with back to back painkillers and a hot water bottle. Does anyone know is this due to the removal of the fibroid? I have known lots of women have hysteroscopies and they didn't have pain. I also don't seem to be able to wee. I don't understand it, I was fine yesterday but today despite drinking loads I don't seem to need to go. Very strange.

Anyway good news in the long term and hopefully I'll get to feel a bit more normal in the coming days.

Thanks again for the support.

[CLKD]

Have U Peed yet, if not ring the Dept for advice.  It may be that the whole body is taking up fluids, however by now I would have expected to pass urine.  Did U 'go' B4 you were discharged?

Treat yourself with soothing drinks/yoghurts/milk.  How is the pain now?  If in doubt, ring the dept.; then let us know.

[Northerngirl]

Hi Shropshirelass, glad everything went well yesterday and you can now relax a bit after a few stressful months (I know how that feels).
I'm sure your current symptoms will start to settle down soon. I had a sore throat...like you say its normal from the tube they put in. A bit of pain/discomfort is also normal for a while, as is some bleeding. I can't comment on the fibroid as I didn't have any of those.
Make sure you try weeing as you don't want any issues with it....I'm sure they made you wee before leaving hospital yesterday so hopefully that is just a short term problem but make sure you contact the ward or your gp if it continues...I'm sure they told you all this....they did me on the info leaflets.
Take care of yourself and I hope you get back to your normal self soon 

[Violetta808]

I'm really glad to hear it went well for you. I bet you're so relieved. When I had a fibroid removed 10 years ago I had crampy, dragging period pain sensations and bleeding for a few days but it settled pretty quickly. I hope you are managing to wee now - like the others say do ring the department if it continues to be a problem. Fibroids can cause a lot of bleeding so hopefully with that removed and a Mirena in you won't experience any more after everything has healed.

[Jules]

That's good news. Sorry you're feeling uncomfortable but hope you're much better by tomorrow.  Did you know you had a fibroid before you had the procedure?

[Dazedandconfused]

Glad it went well, you must be relieved.  I can only comment on the Mirena fitting and I had a couple of days of cramps after that.  Do get checked out if you haven't had a wee yet.  Hope you feel better soon. xx

[Jules]

I've just read your original message. It's shocking. Scaring you to death. Why on earth did they say that? Are these scans not reliable? And the radiographers conclusions? I'm now wondering if I can trust what I've been told.

[shrosphirelass]

After my op yesterday I went for a wee absolutely fine and actually was running back and forwards to go frequently. Today I just haven't seemed to need to go which is great in one way and for moths I've had that horrible urgency feeling all the time. I am going but just less flow and less often than usual.

Jules I did know I had a fibroid but they haven't been concerned about it in the past. The surgeon said they removed it in order to be able to fit the Mirena, so thank goodness I had a general.  I don't think the scans are unreliable in themselves. I think what happens or seems to have with me on more than one occasion is that the lining builds up, probably due to HRT use and the gynaes panic and then for me I start flooding and passing clots and it sheds the lining. So 2 scans in a reasonably short time scale look completely different.

It seems to me that the main issue is that the gynaes refuse to acknowledge that HRT is one of the major causes of PMB and therefore carry on doing frequent and often unnecessary invasive procedures and use frightening language to report initial findings. Obviously they need to err on the side of caution, but I had investigations 6 months previously and nothing sinister was found and this has happened more than once.

[Jules]

After my op yesterday I went for a wee absolutely fine and actually was running back and forwards to go frequently. Today I just haven't seemed to need to go which is great in one way and for moths I've had that horrible urgency feeling all the time. I am going but just less flow and less often than usual.

Jules I did know I had a fibroid but they haven't been concerned about it in the past. The surgeon said they removed it in order to be able to fit the Mirena, so thank goodness I had a general.  I don't think the scans are unreliable in themselves. I think what happens or seems to have with me on more than one occasion is that the lining builds up, probably due to HRT use and the gynaes panic and then for me I start flooding and passing clots and it sheds the lining. So 2 scans in a reasonably short time scale look completely different.

It seems to me that the main issue is that the gynaes refuse to acknowledge that HRT is one of the major causes of PMB and therefore carry on doing frequent and often unnecessary invasive procedures and use frightening language to report initial findings. Obviously they need to err on the side of caution, but I had investigations 6 months previously and nothing sinister was found and this has happened more than once.

Okay. There seems to be a few people on here with the same worry. I'm still waiting for the gyny team to get back to my GP. As it wasn't classed as urgent I'm expecting a wait but really don't want that procedure.  I think we sometimes have these invasive things just through caution and sometimes end up with discomfort we didn't have before

[shrosphirelass]

Jules, a couple of years back I had bleeding which was classed as PMB and the scan showed a lining of 5mm, I was on HRT at the time and only just going through the menopause (which they refused to believe as i was late 50's) They said I had to have a hysteroscopy there and then and were horrible to me making me feel like a failure when I refused mainly due to anxiety.

After PALS intervention I had a meeting with a dr who agreed the risks were extremely low  given my clinical data and agreed to a follow up scan in 6 months time and offered a future general anaesthetic if need be. The follow up scan was within normal limits.

[Jules]

Jules, a couple of years back I had bleeding which was classed as PMB and the scan showed a lining of 5mm, I was on HRT at the time and only just going through the menopause (which they refused to believe as i was late 50's) They said I had to have a hysteroscopy there and then and were horrible to me making me feel like a failure when I refused mainly due to anxiety.

After PALS intervention I had a meeting with a dr who agreed the risks were extremely low  given my clinical data and agreed to a follow up scan in 6 months time and offered a future general anaesthetic if need be. The follow up scan was within normal limits.

My lining was normal.  It's just this tiny thing inside my cervix. As nobody seems to think it's concerning I'd rather leave it and have a scan in a few months. I'll have to see.  I've not had anymore bleeding,  just that once 6 weeks ago.

[fiftyplus]

Glad all went well for you and I hope you feel better soon shropshirelass x

[shrosphirelass]

Just an update. I had my biopsy back today, all clear. This is what I was expecting as the gynaes had already discharged me following a hysteroscopy which showed a thin lining. It's still good to get it confirmed.

Thanks everyone for your support, just got the constant bleeding from the mirena to contend with now!