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[Raisinette]

I just want to update this, as often on these boards we speak out in panic, and nice people comfort us but then we disappear again into our own lives. I got the results of my endo biopsy and thankfully it came back BENIGN!

It did say I have a benign polyp, two fibroids, atrophic endometrial tissue with squamous metaplasia- but no atypical cells or displasia. The nurse practicioner I see wants to do another ultrasound in 5 months to see if the 8mm lining thickness continues to grow, as she can't understand why it went in two years from 2mm to 8mm.

I had lots of spotting after the biopsy but it seems to have stopped now, 5 days after.
Really I wanted to put the update here for any other woman going through this. While I'm relieved the biopsy is good, I am worried for the future. She said if it continues to grow I will get a D and C which is biopsied and then a hysterectomy.

Many women here have had both these procedures, but I hope my writing here helps someone as confused and anxious as I was/am. The nurse practicioner says sometimes enlarged lining resolves itself, sometimes not.

I said, "It's a uterus, a body part...NOT deep space! Why must this be such a damn mystery?"
She agreed but said, "It is."

So off I go into the next months. I feel crampy and crowded and uncomfortable in my vag-area, but perhaps that's to expected with fibroids, a polyp and an enlarged lining. I wish we were able to translate symptomatic feelings into clarity, but I still am grateful for the benign endometrial biopsy.

Wish all the best. I'm sure I'll be back here posting in some state of anxiety! 


Hello everyone

I hate to be a posting-pig (I posted recently in the Post-Menopause topic) but I'm very anxious and was hoping some of you out there have experienced something similar and might help my mind settle?

I have been unable to use any form of hrt (I tried often but had too many side effects-it was def like forcing a round peg into a square hole). So I've simply been using Aloe and Vitamin e inserts, which help a lot. I'm about 10 yrs full meno.

I am scheduled for an endometrial biopsy tomorrow  (I've had 4 in my life previously and this time I've got a Xanex and an Oxy to take an hour before-previously I had to raw dog it). About 3 weeks ago I had the tiniest bit of spotting and the gynocological nurse practicioner I see sent me for an ultrasound. This came back as 8 mm lining w/ microcystic changes.

I do have fibroids, which have gotten a bit smaller.
My primary care physician looked at the ultrasound report and said, "It can go either way- either cancer and you get a hysterectomy or it's just hyperplasia and you don't."

I had a tremendously stressful year caring for someone who nearly died of sepsis, so my body was definitely stressed. I ate weirdly, had problems sleeping, lost weight, gained weight then lost it again. I'm wondering if any of you had an out-of-bounds lining (mine was 2mm two years ago-now it's 8mm) and what might cause that to happen?

How do you all deal with this stuff? I'm so mentally exhausted.
Thanks in advance for your wisdom. People were extremely nice on my previous post but this being the "day before" I am in an unfortunate mind of needy panic....

[DottyD68]

Hi Raisinette,

I have not had any experience of this particular situation but wanted to reply as you sound understandably stressed. I have terrible health anxiety these days and I can empathise with you. Having gone through other life stresses, like you have, leaves us in a higher state of alert to deal with these situations.

The sooner you have this procedure the sooner you will get the results and know what you are dealing with (obvious I know). But for me it is the unknown that causes the greatest stress. If it is the worse case scenario you will know what you are dealing with then you will get a treatment plan and be able to progress with getting it sorted. In times like these I try to tell myself that, if it is worse case scenario, at least it has been identified early. Hopefully it wont be anything sinister.

Hope you get some sleep tonight and it all goes as well as it can tomorrow. Wishing you well X

[Raisinette]

Thank you so much DottyD68 for your time and very kind reply!
I appreciate it greatly. Everything you say is sane and true. I know that ignoring any health irregularity is far worse than as you say, getting the truth and then taking care of it. Everyone here is going through something (sometimes many somethings at once) and I hesitated to post. My friends, who are not currently experiencing anything health-wise, simply add to my panic with their own fear! So it got kind of crazy how I was keeping it in.

Be happy with yourself for helping a stranger online... I think this is a perfect example of when the internet is actually a good thing!

[DottyD68]

I find writing things down really helps me see/think more clearly, so this forum really helps with that. We are all human and all have "stuff" going on and some time or another in our lives, so you are not alone.

Sleep tight and let us know how you get on tomorrow. Sending positive thoughts X

[DottyD68]

How did it go today Raisinette?

[Raisinette]

Hi DottyD68

Thank you so much for following up! I went early in the morning for the biopsy and then went home and slept the entire day. I am unaccustomed to taking any medication, especially the two my primary gave me to "relax" during the vile procedure- 1 oxy and 1 xanex. I was not relaxed then because it is excruciatingly painful, and as we are fully awake during it, the ownness NOT TO MOVE is on the patient (INSANE, this!!!!). Needless to say, a man could not do it.

I brought my earbuds and had music too, but honestly, it is intrusive pain. I was thinking how the dentist advertises "Painless dentistry" and how colonoscopies are given to unconscious patients in a venue made especially for this procedure. But there is nothing painless for women.

That said, now I wait for the results. Nervous. Scared. You know.
Again, so many thanks for your responses. It really helps. This board is quite amazing in this way. We can understand and support one another from wherever we happen to be.

I was told I may get results within a week- or not.
Now the anxiety shifts from procedure to results.
It's not easy being human.

  Thank you though!

[DottyD68]

Sounds absolutely horrendous. Glad it is over now and hopefully it wont be too long a wait for the results and you'll know what you are dealing with or hopefully not.

Sending positive thoughts X

[Northerngirl]

Sounds like you've had a really tough time recently Raisinette....I've got my fingers crossed for you and hope you get your results back quickly.
I've had 2 hysteroscopies and one biopsy in the past few years so I feel for you .
Take care of yourself x

[CLKD]

Raisonette - a complaint to the Dept., lay it on thick. that you were despite 'medication' extremely distressed as it was painful.  Copy to your GP!  This procedure is invasive and there should be a process of signing a consent form as well as discussion in good time about appropriate treatment, i.e. full GA!