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[Clovie]

With all due respect, I agree with Mrs Mitch; you are really overthinking everything and endless googling isn’t healthy.

ALL procedures  and medications come with risks.

Seeking help with your anxiety, might be useful? As you said before, a different anti depressant or maybe CBT?

Many cancers are also treatable these days and do not always equate to a death sentence.

Yes Nas, I do overthink, especially when I have PMT, I started my period yesterday so I have been particularly bad, hope to feel relief soon. I'm worn out.

In my letter to the Dr I am asking for ideas on different anxiety meds they might suggest for times like this.
Thanks for your reply.

[Nas]

Good plan re: the anti anxiety meds. They can be trial and error too, but once you find one which suits, you may feel a little calmer.

[MrsMitch]

I'm glad you're going to see if you can get some meds to help you with anxiety,  Clovie. It is normal to worry about our health, of course, and you are having a rough time. Our minds can be wonderful things but also a pair in the neck & once a thought is there, it can spiral. I remember as a teenager having PMT & it doesn't help, does it! I was so angry at my mum once I slammed the living room door so hard the architrave fell off!
Let us know how you get on.

[Fuzzwhizzer]

Hi! I understand your anxiety, I had a scan two weeks ago and so I’m waiting now for a gynaecology appointment under the 2 week pathway. I’m trying to keep anxiety suppressed, but as we all know as the days go by waiting for appts and also results after those appts is a blinking nightmare. I’ve had sedation for a colonoscopy a few years ago, but I don’t know if they offer it for this stuff. I don’t know if they’ll hysteroscope me or biopsy me or what. I hope you have a comfortable experience though Clovie and wishing you well xx

[Clovie]

Hi! I understand your anxiety, I had a scan two weeks ago and so I’m waiting now for a gynaecology appointment under the 2 week pathway. I’m trying to keep anxiety suppressed, but as we all know as the days go by waiting for appts and also results after those appts is a blinking nightmare. I’ve had sedation for a colonoscopy a few years ago, but I don’t know if they offer it for this stuff. I don’t know if they’ll hysteroscope me or biopsy me or what. I hope you have a comfortable experience though Clovie and wishing you well xx

Thanks for your good wishes Fuzz, and the same back at you! 

[MadameOvary]

I've just had a hysteroscopy and biopsy under GA. There were loads of women in for the same thing on the day so I think it's pretty common.
Good luck!

[Fuzzwhizzer]

Thanks Clovie, I’ve taken up a new hobby - biting my nails he he. Bring out the maltesers that’s a plan, maltesers all round xx

[Clovie]

Thanks Clovie, I’ve taken up a new hobby - biting my nails he he. Bring out the maltesers that’s a plan, maltesers all round xx

Yay!!  Maltesers! 

Hope you thoroughly enjoy your new hobby Fuzz, a fine way to while away many a darkening Autumnal evening if ever I heard one!    

[Fuzzwhizzer]

Ha ha I hope not! Maybe I should take up oil painting more constructive!

[rachie]

I was advised a general from my consultant. She has done a lot of sedation ones where they had to stop and reschedule with a general.

[Cassie]

Surely if one can have a colonscopy under sedation a hysteroscopy should be the same?

[Clovie]

Thank you all for your input, it all helps me to 'talk' it through in my head

[Bungo]

I had one with sedation and have absolutely no memory of it so for me worked as well as general anesthetic. I don't know why they dont offer this instead of GA as a first choice

[Clovie]

Yes, Bungo, and Cassie, I had one myself for a tricky wisdom tooth removal. I would have thought if they could do it for THAT (open mouth, lots of saliva, blood, close to trachea etc etc) then why not for gynae stuff.
I'm not a doctor though... or an anaesthesiologist for that matter.

Rachie, interesting what you say -  I had read a snippet somewhere which kind of hinted at this, I couldn't find it again when I looked - did they say why in any more detail? Thanks