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[CLKD]

From BBC Scotland:



“It felt like getting a hot poker, like getting my insides ripped out. I think I described it to somebody before as like being clawed, like sharp nails, just ripping at my insides.”
Wendy said she lost consciousness twice, vomited and asked for the procedure to be stopped.

It was only when searching online she discovered thousands of other women had had similar experiences of painful hysteroscopies without anaesthetic.

NHS Grampian said they were sorry to hear about Wendy’s experience and encouraged her to get in touch with their feedback team.

“It shouldn't be happening,” Ms McLean said. “I never realised it was happening to so many people. I thought I was a rarity, I thought I was different and awkward and I was embarrassed.”


Full article can be found on BBC Scotland

[bombsh3ll]

Thanks for sharing this.

The gynaecological and obstetric interventions that women are expected to endure without appropriate pain relief and/or anaesthesia are barbaric.

This issue deserves more attention than it receives.

[discogirl]

I read the same article clkd on bbc news, and you're right bombsh3ll doing procedures such as these without anaesthaesia are barbaric x

[CLKD]

Again: medics are not being correctly informed.  I have always said that all medics should spend a week in a hospital bed B4 being allowed to practice! 

For this patient to vomit due to pain during a procedure  . 

As with VA info GPs should read this article and when referring a woman, make sure that 'GA should be used during this procedure' is included in the e-mail. 

[getting_old]

From BBC Scotland:



“It felt like getting a hot poker, like getting my insides ripped out. I think I described it to somebody before as like being clawed, like sharp nails, just ripping at my insides.”
Wendy said she lost consciousness twice, vomited and asked for the procedure to be stopped.

It was only when searching online she discovered thousands of other women had had similar experiences of painful hysteroscopies without anaesthetic.

NHS Grampian said they were sorry to hear about Wendy’s experience and encouraged her to get in touch with their feedback team.

“It shouldn't be happening,” Ms McLean said. “I never realised it was happening to so many people. I thought I was a rarity, I thought I was different and awkward and I was embarrassed.”


Full article can be found on BBC Scotland

This is the worst bit. So little is discussed that people suffer in silence because they think they are the problem, not the procedure 

[CLKD]

 

[CLKD]

Bounced for new members who have undergone this without being offered GA 

[Nas]

Trouble is, this is not every woman’s experience. Many women undertake this procedure, with little or no pain, or where appropriate, GA is offered.

There needs to be universal guidance with a consistent approach to this extremely invasive procedure, across the country.

[Kathleen]

Hello ladies.

The system at my hospital was that I would have the ultrasound scan and if the womb lining was thick ( mine was just over the limit) then I would go straight into another room for a hysteroscopy. I imagine this arrangement was a very efficient system for the hospital but there was no opportunity for pain relief and it wasn't offered.  I did notice that other women in the waiting room were swallowing tablets and I later realised why!

More recently I spoke with a consultant who said that a numbing agent should have been used as this is standard practice. I don't this was done in my case and if it was it didn't work. 

I suspect that if the priority is to get through as many patients as possible as quickly and efficiently as possible any delaying interventions are side lined for the sake of efficiency.

The above is just my experience of course and I am sure other ladies will have been dealt with differently.

Take care everyone.

K.