[SIZE=7] Hi All ~
I'm new here and needing some support. I just turned 54. Where to start?

Since I hadn't had a period in 2 years, I thought I had passed through everything and - after peri-menopause from hell which included ME ending a 27 year marriage during a depression - I thought I was finally waltzing through mid-life happy at last. Sigh. I met a wonderful man (he's lived through the worst of my peri-menopause including an almost non-existent sex life - but lots of affection), relocated to the West Coast to marry him, (we'll be maried 4 years this June!) found a great job (there is a stressful relationship there but... nothing's perfect, right?) and had finally reached a point in my life where my concerns were quite minimal.

About three weeks ago, I noticed that I was having tender breasts. I someitmes had tender breasts with my period - trying to remember that far back... A little over a week ago, we went on vacation to New Orleans to visit my family - my dad's 76th birthday!. The day after we arrived, I came down with sore throat and temp over 101 for three days. Just as that was subsiding (trip to the ER for antibiotics) - and the vacation was ending (fun yet?) I started a period! Home now and after 4 days - the regular for my periods - the bleeding has almost stopped - not even wearing a tampon today. Minimal cramps with this period just as they used to be. I had an appointment with my primary care doctor to follow-up the temp/sore throat and mentioned this period to her. She wants to do an ultrasound but thinks it will be a while before I can get one scheduled. Then, after that, she will discuss with a GYN to determine what, if anything, needs to be done.

I wasn't really worried about this period - I'd heard of women bleeding in menopause before. However, she did seem a bit concerned that this would happen after two years of no period and now her concern has ME concerned, too.

I'm not taking any homones or anything for thie menopause. I've gained about 20 pounds in the last 4 years but... am getting a handle on that and walking, etc. I am taking Wellbutrin and Buspar for residual depression/anxiety that seemed to accompany my start of menopause/divorce/relocation. I see a therapist about once a month to discuss work related stress issues and agree with her that these meds are helping me stay more focused and feel less anxious so I've agreed to keep taking them a while longer.

Mostly, I'm feeling great - much better than I have in years and now THIS PERIOD &^%$. I've read portions of this postmenopause thread and some of the questions to experts but... I'm wondering what ya'lls experiences have been along these lines. Is it such a big deal and must I rush into all this ultrasound stuff? Can't I just wait and see if I have another period next month? I don't want to sound like a 54 year old ostrich but...

Any crone age wisdom floating around wanting to be shared would be much appreciated.

Your new member ~ and sorry for the long post,

Liz

Liz,
I'm not post meno yet so I will leave someone else to answer those concerns. I would just like to say that an ultrasound is no big deal so why not have one just to be on the safe side? There is probably nothing wrong. Let us know what you decide and how things turn out.
Dee

Lizi......have the ultra sound, an internal one gives a very clear view of your uterus and you will have peace of mind. Don't hesitate, go ahead and have it done and then you will be able to relax.

Hi ~

Thanks for responding Lassie and Aussie.

I'm waiting now for the ultrasound scheduling desk to open so I can make an appointrment. Thought, yesterday, the bleeding had stopped so I didn't wear a tampon to bed. Mistake ! Cried the entire time I was getting ready for work. I'm more concerned than I thought I was or... is it possible - sigh - that I'm still peri-menopause? Ack My hubby, retired, is out buying another box of tampax and will bring to the office. This is just too fun for words - which won't keep me from posting. Trying to keep a positive outlook but can't deny the stress I'm feeling.

Any experiences to share?

Liz

Liz,

Some time in the past year, someone else posted about this happening! I'm so sorry I can't locate their posts right now. You might try flitting around on the site and seeing if you can find them.

Meanwhile, if I find the posts, I'll bring the info here.

Good luck - I feel for you. You didn't need this!

Hi Again ~

Thanks Jolie. I'm looking too - when I take a break from work (which I'm doing a lot of today, but... I work hard most of the time)

Well, I made the appointment for my 'transvaginal ultrasound' - oh doesn't that sound like too much fun? It will be late Thursday afternoon. I have to drink 40 oz of water and then not pee for an hour.

Anyway, the folks making my appointment were very nice and wnet out of their way to schedule me soon - I'll drive about 40 miles to one of the foundation's satelite offices but that neans getting in a week earlier than going just around the corner so... I'll go the extra miles just to ease the stress.

Meantime, my husband brought the tampons to the office and the bleeding stopped again. Go figure. He also brought me an iced chocolate 'java' which helped immensely.

Back at work after vacation and a super fast internet connection has me reading all the bad news about uterine cancer and post-menopausal bleeding I'm imagining myself in the 10% bad news group, of course. I'm usually much more level headed than this and rarely panic. Excuse me while I laugh at myself ( )

Well, needless to say, I'm not getting much work done today. I work in a university Registrar's Office and it's the calm before exam storm. I'd rather be 54 than 24 again

Talk to ya'll later. I may move into a full blown panic attack before this is over with but sharing here/reaching out helps.

Liz

Any post menopausal should be taken seriously and an appointment with a doctor is warranted. It really isn't normal and everything should be ruled out.

No they are not much fun when you haven't got much bladder control anyway.

I cried going to the hospital (10mins max) because I wanted to pee so badly and every bump on the road was very uncomfortable. The lady that did the scan told me to get off the table and get rid of the water. Next time I had a scan I didn't bother to drink. So, go figure?

Liz,

I can't help but think that if this was something serious going on with uterine or cervical stuff, why would you have gotten the tender breasts?? For me, that ALWAYS precipitated a period.

Yes, you must have this checked out, but try not to fret too much (easy to say, I know).

BTW, I've had a bunch of those vaginal ultrasounds (hypochondriac here). They are really no big deal - the hardest part is holding your pee. I have a bladder disorder, so never can drink as much as they recommend. I usually drink a little before leaving home, and then drink like mad on the car ride down.

I'll tell you, when they finally allow you to relieve yourself, it is some kind of heaven!!

Good luck to you. Please check in and let us know what you find out. We'll be thinking of you.


Jacquie

P.S. Your husband brought TAMPONS to the office, and even a SPECIAL COFFEE TREAT???!!!


(((((BRAVO)))) TO LIZ'S HUSBAND! HE WINS THE GOOD-GUY AWARD TODAY!

I had postmenopausal bleeding 4 years after my last period. To make a long story short, my gyn. sent me to a gyn/oncologist to determine cause since endometrial cancer was suspected. Postmenopausal bleeding is usually the first symptom. I had a D&C done on 3/9 and results were normal. Gyn/onc. said there were a few possible reasons for the postmenopausal bleeding......vaginal dryness, polyp (in my case they found none), fibroid (I have a large one) or just a last surge of hormones. In any case, postmenopausal bleeding must be checked out. Most times the reason is something minor.

Hello! And thanks to everyone for responding. Hubby just brought me a Bloody Mary and stared at the monitor. I've been discussing this site with him and how it is helping me cope with this uncertainty (though he seems certain I had a period). As he was staring, I said - "Don't worry. No men here, just women in menopause like me." His expression was and he wallked back to the couch to read his book about world beers. He's priceless!

Still sort of freaking out. Noodles, yes I read your post of 3/9 right off the bat but then - sigh - I couldn't find any follow-up! I'm so very glad all turned out wdl for you! I sure hope this won't happen again 4 years from now

I'm thinking/hoping the same thing, Jolie, that the tender breasts means it was one last period having its way with me. Hardly anything at all since yesterday - just like a period - not even wearing a tampon.

Discovered insta chat on my lunch hour today - oh lordy just what i needed - the ability to gab at work! I'll certainly get back to ya'll tomorrow nite after the test. Am planning to attend the guest chat tomorrow nite. How wonderful to have these experts literally at our fingertips. Thank you, Dearest, for all the effort you are putting into this site on our behalf. Do you ever need any assistance?

Well, let me go see what else it happening around here. Thank you all so much for your words of support and encouragement. Till tomorrow ~

Liz

Hi ~

It's me again with the results of my transvaginal ulltrasound that I had done yesterday. My primary care doctor wants me to see a GYN for an endometrial biopsy. There is some thickening of the wall and where she would expect to see 5 (mm?) there is 7 (mm?). What do these results mean - she says (my primary care doc) not to worry but don't stop the testing process now and that it's just a little bit out of the range of what they'd like to see. Sigh. I"m sitting here at my desk at work almost in tears as I'm truly scared now.

The scheduling nurse is talking with the GYN to see how soon I can have the biopsy - one sec.

The doctor can see me now but I can't reach my husband.

Liz

Wow! I am in just about exactly the same spot as you. Been crying all afternoon. I too haven't had a period for two years, had the sore breasts etc then low and behold! A period -- although mine was VERY heavy. I just got the results from the transvag-ultrasound and they also show a 7mm uterine stripe. Uncanny. All this happened this afternoon as well. Especially scary as I lost my mom to endometrial cancer. I know that the chances of it being something dreadful are pretty low -- I'm too am reasurred by my tender breasts (never thought I be saying that), but scary nevertheless.
The next step for me is a "Sonohystogram", then I've been referred to a gynie who will apparently decided if I will have a biopsy or go directly to a D&C or there were a few other option too, but I forget what they are now....my mind kind of went blank after the word "biopsy". I have to wait two weeks for the sonohystogram then who know how long after that to see a gynocolgist. I'm in Canada, and while I love the public health system, it can be slow sometimes.
Anyway, I'll be watching for your posts. I'm off now to curl up on the couch with my hubby and watch a movie.
Suzeh. In the great white north. PS. They're predicting a winter storm tonight!! YIKES

Hi Again ~

My good goddess! What a nightmare I hope this turns out to be.

I am home now. Miracle of miracles the GYN had a cancellation and saw me right away this affternoon and did the biopsy. Someone from work drove me to the doctor's (a man, no less!) and then, shortly afterwards, hubby arrived - he stayed with me for the entire procedure. Sigh.

Here is the news: the doctor was just wonderful! She was so reassuring. She explained the procedure and very honestly told me that she would be lying if she said it would not be uncomfortable. Showed me pictures of what she was going to do. Said she had been there doing these for almost two years and that she had never had a result come back with uterine cancer. She asked about the bleeding and any symptoms I'd had before the bleeding began and I told her about the tender breasts, etc. and how it had seemed just like a period to me.

She showed me this little tubish looking thing she was going to insert into my cervix and said once she got it in it would only take 10 seconds. She also said that since I had never had children, she wasn't sure if she would be able to accomplish the procedure in her office because it might be hard to get it past my cervix and that I might have to have the biopsy done in surgery. I'm putting all this down so people who wonder about this procedure might know more - first hand.

From beginning to end it took all of 10 - 15 minutes. Even though I'd never had children, I'd been a friend's Lamaz coach and practiced all the breathing techniques we'd learned to relax - thank goddess we practiced it lots and I remembered after almost 15 years! The doctor was suddenly saying "I'm in!" and started counting backwards from 10 then - it was over. Just the slightest discomfort - very slight.

When she finished she said judging from the little amount of tissue she'd gotten she didn't think it was anything serious. Then, since I was calmer - she reviewed my ultrasound. Besides the thickening there had also been a cyst - which she said she thought she took care of during the biopsy. She also said my ovaries looked just fine. She said, judging from my tender breasts (which I always used to get before my period) that chances are very good it was just one last egg and something about hormones.

She took work and home phone numbers and said she would call me in about a week - maybe less - with the results but... not to worry. She said - after two years w/o a period - they always like to check things out. If I have another period during the next year I'm not to worry but if I have one after a year, to make another appointment with her. Oh my god - another period! I don't think so!!!

I cannot tell everyone how lucky I feel to have such a good medical team - both my doctors - primany and GYN - are women. And everyone went out of their way to see me right away - from period to now has been only one week - that, I think was luck due to a cancellation today. I feel less stressed but... will wait for results to celebrate.

So, Sue, there ya have it. The doctor did say, by the way, that if a woman had to 'choose a cancer, which no one wants to do,' endometrial is one of the easiest to take care of - that's why it's so important to get any bleeding after so long checked out and not drag heels about it. But, she said, it is also very rare that that is what the bleeding ever means.

My hubby was all flushed when he arrived and, as the doctor explained things, he also seemed to relax. He, too, was amazed at how easy a time I had of it. I feel so blessed to have him and that he was able to get there in time to be with me. I know that some women may not want their husband's there but... we are in this life as partners and his support today and through my entire menopause experience has truly been amazing. He is out getting me ice cream and hot fudge for later tonite.

Sue, we must think alike. I plan to watch/rent movies all week until my results are in. Call it escapism - whatever. When we thought my hubby had a brain tumor the day after our wedding - turned out to be a fat deposit so now I can call him "fat head" - we watched ALL the Marilyn Monroe movies waiting for the results.

Thanks to everyone for hearing me out - god what a long post! And thanks for your support and concern. I'll be thinking of you, Sue, and sending posiyive vibrations your way. I'm sure I'm in for more weepy days while I wait for the results. I think I'm still in shock.

Liz

ps - even though I wasn't having periods, I was having hot flashes and some irritabiliy and very difficult time sleeping for the last 10 years. Very bothersone but... at the time it started, I was going to a GYN in New Orleans that I'd seen for 20 years and... he said hot flashes will last 5 mins or so and then go away. I always think of that when I have one - as intolerable as they can be and quite awful to have at work but... he was right - they only last a few minutes. Wet sheets - throwing the covers off, all that is still happening. Moved out West and my new primary care doctor said to be sure to let her know if menopause really bothered me and she would 'give me something'. I don't want to take hormones so... I try to look at the whole thing as something unavoidable and pray that things even out in time. I just had no idea all this would last this long. I was so happy not to have a period for the past two years, though okay, enuf.

Oh I'm so glad things went well for you today Liz, and you've reassured me greatly. That's what my Family Doctor said as well....probably just one last egg (almost makes me feel like sqawking!) but it needs to be checked. I'm going to try really hard not to spin out here and get myself all worked up. I have two weeks to wait before I can get in to see a gynie, so they're obviously not feeling like they need to rush.
I'm going to go and tell my husband what you said (he's so worried) and for the next two week I'll just adopt a new mantra.....one last egg, one last egg.....
suzeh

((((((LIZI))))))


I have been thinking about you - what a huge relief to hear your testing went so well! It sounds like you have fantastic doctors!

We will all pray that your final results are all normal, and that as you say, it's "one last egg."

Thanks for that very thorough post - it will no doubt help other women in the future who come to P-S terrified out of their wits by postmenopausal bleeding!




(((((SUZEH)))))

Good luck to you, as it's your turn to go thru' some of these tests. Hope you find real comfort in Lizi's posts. You're right - the tender breasts seem to be a good thing, suggesting a hormonal reason for the bleeding.

Bless your hearts, both of you!

Hi!

Just a check in - day after biopsy - just a tad of spotting. No cramping. I must have really exhausted myself with worry cuz I slept like a baby last night.

I'm glad these posts might help others, Jolie - other posts have certainly helped me through this!

How are you today, Sue? I've been thinking of you as I did my Saturday housecleaning. No The housework didn't disappear. Sigh. Grocery later and then... the rest of the week end free to play! Tomorrow we shall go hiking on the coast - something without hills for a change! Afterwards, there is a lil seafood place we'll go to. Think I will spoil myself and get mine fried for a change

Now... I want to try to find Nonna and if no luck reply to her post of earlir this morning.

Thanks to everyone for your support. Later ~

Liz

Hi Liz. Thanx for asking. I'm okay today. All my bleeding has stopped and it's just life as normal. I went into work to try and keep my mind busy. I've got 12 days to wait for my next test and then who knows how long after that to get the results so I've been trying really hard not to go into panic mode -- which has been a bit of a challenge for me. My daughter has threatened to cut me off from the net if I keep reading scary stuff.

I have been greatly reassured by yours and the other posts on this site. This really felt like a period to me....and that's probably exactly what it is....my final Hurrah! Serves me right. I had been gloating to my friends about sailing through menopause at 46 with no problems.

So I guess we just wait and see. I'm off now to tend to my poor recently widowed brother who has what sounds like a nasty sore throat and cold. He lost his wife to ovarian cancer in August so he's on his own now. I also lost one of my closest friends to the same disease in January. No wonder I'm having panic attacks. After watching those two vibrant active women succumb so quickly to that aweful disease.
I'll be watching this thread closely to see how we're all fairing.
Hang in there.

Thanks for posting Lizi, I am working backwards through the boards!

It's helpful to read posts such as your so we know what to expect. Hope you gals will both be fine...but it seems that there's not much to worry about .

Hi ~

It's me with an update/question. I'm still waiting for the results but.... right after the procedure, the gyn asked me to relax my "backside" while she removed some sort of instrument. Starting Sunday, I've had a back ache from hell Aleve and hot pad are helping but I'm wondering if anyone else has had this experience after an endometrial biopsy? I know I must look silly sitting at my desk with soft pillow and heating pad - oh how the heating pad is NOT helping the day flashes.

I'll keep ya'll posted but just wondering about this back ache and if I should call the doc?

Hi Again ~

Good news! The nurse called me back to discuss this back ache - which, of course, like a broken care had lessened - and, as we were talking she said looked like my biopsy results were back already. She gave me preliminary that nothing looks abnormal in the pathology report! The doctor is in surgery and will call me when she is finished. I'm keeping my fingers crossed - but just wanted to pop in with this update.

Thanks for your continued support.

Liz

Liz! That's wonderful news!! It must be such a relief. Do keep us all posted. It will be interesting to hear what the doctor has to say.
Suzeh

Hi Suzeh ~

Thanks for sticking with me through this Yes, fantastic news! The doctor did call just before I left the office to say that all is normal nothinh to worry anout. Such a relief! She said if I have another period between now and six months not to worry but if I have don't have one and then have one after six months I'm to call for an appointment. Soooo looks like I'm back to counting the months again - sigh. But... I can very well handle that. I'm back to the slow waltz through meno again.

Hubby and I went out for a dinner celebration - my back doesn't hurt at all now

I will be thinking of you Suzeh and checking in each day to see how things are going with you. You can also email me if you want. When is your exam? Isn't it in a week or so now?

Thanks to all ~

Liz

Lizi, that is just wonderful news. Indeed a cause for celebration!! What a scary experience, though, eh? Just getting past the "b" word (biopsy) in the Dr.'s office was enough to send me into a tailspin for a bit. But, I'm feeling very encouraged by your news. I'm pretty confident that it will be something similar for me.
My "Saline infusion hystosonogram" (how's THAT for an impressive sounding name?) is next week but I haven't heard from a gynocologist yet, so I don't know when I'll get the results. I'm thinking that they certainly can't be too worried about my symptoms or I'd have an appointment by now.
Anyway, congrats on ur good news. Whew, what a relief.
Suzeh.

Lizi Just read your post..ive been thinking of you & praying for you & i'm so happy your tests came back normal ! Anyhow hang in there & stay strong. (bye the way it sounds like you have a wonderful & supportive husband--mine's exactly the same, i must mention)

Hi Suzeh and April ~

Thanks for your thoughts and prayers! Yes, it does help to have a supportive hubby. I think I would have totally "lost it" otherwise. That and having a job helped me keep my mind off it for the most part - or at least deny the worrying.

Hubby finally bought my new 'previously owned' honda civic this morning. I've been test driving accords and civics. I"m still at work so I haven't seen it yet - he'll pick me up in it!! Driving and anxiety - that's another "thing" I'm working through. I'm on to conquer the California Freeway System this week end - oh my good goddess - I already feel the panic! I may start a new thread about this - I'm sure it's meno as I once drove from New Orleans to Toronto with absolutely no problem - always loved driving in fact. Oh well.....

Later ~

Liz

Imnot sure if im in the right message boards...i just want to send a message to suzeh...you too hang in there (sorry i forgot to mention earlier when i was on) & best of luck with your tests also. I will be looking for you on the posts or in the chat.

Hi, I've been away from this message board for awhile but I wanted to post my experience. First of all, I am happy for those of you who have received good results on your tests. Yes, post menopausal bleeding should always be checked out....even when it appears to be a regular period. I was 4 years post and started ovulating (I had the tell tale dischage and mittleschmerz). My Gyn ordered a transvaginal ultrasound which showed a thickening in the uterine lining. Two weeks later my breasts got tender and I had a very light period. My Gyn then did an endometrial biopsy which was negative. Why I ovulated and got a period 4 years post is unexplainable. I also read another poster who is supposedly post menopausal and still gets one period a year....with all the necesssary tests each time. I'm hoping this is not the case for me or for any of you....but now we know what to do. Good luck and take care, Ann

I don't know if this will help, but I read somewhere that our ovaries continue to produce estrogen in "fits and snatches" for about ten years after our last period. They don't just shut down completely right away.

I had the ovulation experience about six months ago myself (but no period to follow, although I wondered if that would happen). I know those telltale signs of ovulation very well after all those years: the feeling of lubrication and mittleschmerz (thank you, Ann )

Liz, maybe you just got enough estrogen from the fits and snatches to carry you through to a period as well. Well, I'm very glad that everything is okay.

speaking of ovaires - when i had my transvaginal ultrasound it took a while for them to find my left ovary. I was in a panic thinking oh my god sorts of thoughts and focusing all my attention on my RIGHT side Then - like it was nothing in this world - they said 'oh here it is - hiding behind you bowels' -

Liz

They told my sister that about one of her ovaries, it had somehow flopped over...a good reason for keeping those stomach muscles tighter!

Liz,

I have thought of you, and am delighted to hear your news! That's so great.

Suzeh,

Best of luck to you - we are rooting for you to have the same results!



Thanks to you 2 sisters for sharing these experiences. VERY informative!




Jacquie

oh alice you are such a hoot! Refresh my memory - what is a tummy muscle

Thanks for checking back, Jollie! Quite a learning experience and glad the posts might help - so many other posts here have helped me, that's for sure.

Howz it going today, Suzeh? Knowing you, yer prolly cuddled up with that hubby of yours reading a book or watching some romantic movie Exactly what day is your test again? I know it's next week. I want to send positive vibrations your way - Ontario, right? Saline infusion hystogram - oh my goiod goddess - what is that? I'll try to find a write up on that on this site. I thnk of you every day and am just with you every step on the way here. Email me anytime - I mean that! Try to rest this week end.

Oh no Ann a period after 4 years? Oh pleeeeze say it ain't so!! What in the world is mittleschmerz? Is that something my mother was supposed to tell me about before I started my period? We must start a thread on "What My Mother Forgot To Tell Me 40-odd Years Ago". (hubby - lived in Germany for a few years - thinks it means something like middle pain - hmmm cramps?) I'm clueless here.

Sugar - I was so enjoying no periods Such a crazy, mixed up time of life. I'm starting to wonder if I really want to 'run out' of estrogen. I read it does help cholesterol levels and I just worry about heart disease issues, ya know? I've never taken replacement hormones so I'm running on only what is left in my 54-year-old body parts. Oh well, I'm sure this is not the thread for this

That's all for now - am gonna wait for updates from you, Suzeh.

Liz

Lizi,
This happened to me after at least a year. I had lost track of when my last period actually was. At the time, I was traveling with a friend of mine who happens to be a OB/GYN. I told her that I believed I was having a period after a year. She said that it was not that unusual. I did have it checked out when I got home and nothing was found except a fibroid which I alreday knew I had. I, too, got the breast tenderness just before. Don't worry. It's probably nothing. Oh, yeah, did I mention that I had another period after this one? Now nothing for over a year again. Your ovaries are like a fish out of water during menopause. They flop around from time to time!

Hi Liz,
When a woman ovulates the ovarian follicle, where the egg is held, bulges out and ruptures to release the egg. Some women feel a dull pain on one side of the lower abdomen. The pain may precede or follow the rupture of the follicle and may not occur in all cycles. This is "Mittleschmertz" or "middle pain". The word "middle", I assume, because it happens in the middle of your cycle.

Oh thank you Ann! No, my mom would not have known to tell me of this Ya know, WHEN I was ovulating regularly - like 7 years ago - I did sometimes have like a quickening at that time. Also, I worked in a doctor's office for many years and, sometimes, young women would come in with very bad 'side pains' that had to be checked to rule out appendicitis. Ouch - can you imagine how painful that must have been? Most times the results would come back with something about ovulation in them.

Hello Suzeh? How goes it with you? I am sending comforting thoughts your way and waiting to hear from you either before or after your exam. Don't stop posting and keeping us up to date

Liz

Ann, thanks for that explanation of mittleschmerz. I have heard the word before, but never such a good definition as yours. I used to have a lot of problems with mittleschmerz when I was in my twenties. I'd get all bound up and constipated, and have the intense pain on one side. I finally went to the doctor about it, and he checked everything, then told me I was "ovulating." Boy, that surely would have been a good birth control method---no doubt about when it was happening, if I'd have wanted to either get pregnant or not!

But in my thirties, the pain gradually tapered off. Can't say I miss it at all!

Any news from Suzeh? I think she's to have follow up testing for bleeding tomorrow?

Are you there Suzeh? Haven't heard from you in a few days. Will be thinking of you and sending positive vibes your way tomorrow. Right

Liz

Hi all. Oh shoot. I just wrote a long post and somehow managed to lose the whole thing. Dah! me!

So the reader's digest version: I had my hysterosonogram today. It was very much like the transvaginal ultrasound, only they inserted a thin catheter through my cervix and into my uterus -- just a pinch. Then they inserted a small amount of water -- weird full feeling -- to spread the walls of my uterus apart to see just what was lurking around in there. The whole thing only took 15 minutes and I was ready to roll. Piece 'a cake.

What they found was a polyp -- apparently very common and almost always harmless and benign Whew, what a relief. Apparently a polyp is quite small and I guess that nasty little thing has somehow been causing all this trouble.
Then she said the gynocologist would probably want to remove it -- ???? and she would discuss the "options" when I see her

So while I'm greatly relieved it looks like my adventure isn't quite over yet. I'll keep you all posted.

I just want to take a minute and say thanks to Lizi and everyone one else on this msg board for being there, listening and sharing your experiences. What a wonderful support it's been to have others going through similar experiences to share with.
Talk soon.
Suzeh.

Suzeh,

Thanks for checking in and letting us know what's up.

It's WONDERFUL news that this is simply a polyp. I can understand your being disappointed that there's more to be done with this, but what a relief that it's not serious.

Let us know what's happening - we're still here with ya'!




Jacquie

Ohhhh Suzeh!

What wonderful news this must be for you and is for us! How relived you must be feeling right now I am so very glad you checked back in with us! The exam wasn't half bad at all was it? And to know right away, today, the results - my goodness! That beats waiting

I shall wait to hear after your next exam. I have read here of polyps being removed. When is your next exam?

I am so very relieved. Now go ahead and cuddle on the sofa with that hubby of your's and read another good book?

Yes, is a wonderful group of women here - so very nice to share our concerns with others who are or have been where we are. What a site!

Best wishes to you both ~

Liz

I'm not sure when my next appointment will be. I may have to wait awhile, as a polyp is such a minor thing I'm sure it's not a priority for them
I'll certainly post again once I know more -- and, curl up on the couch with my very understanding hubby is exactly what I intend to do -- I'm in such a good mood, I may even agree to watch and action flick!
Enjoy the weekend! I've got a nice long hike planned tomorrow as spring is finally here.
Stay well!
Suzeh.

It's been awhile since I've visited this board. Just an update. I go in for a D&C and hysteroscopy on Friday. It will be done under a general anesthetic and they'll remove the polyp (if indeed it is there) while they're at it. They will send everything off to the lab to ensure that there is no malignancy, but the Dr. assures me that it is rare.
I've never had a general anesthetic before so I'm a little curious about that, but from what I've heard....the whole procedure is no big deal. Except for a little cramping, I should be good as new by the next day.
Anyway, that's the latest in the story. Hope everyone is well.
Suzeh.

Hi Suzeh -

The very VERY best of wishes for Friday ((((((hugs)))))))). You sound really positive - if I was having a general anaesthetic curious would be the last thing Id say about the way I was feeling lmho

Julie x

Hi Suzeh,

Can you tell us about your experiences with the hysteroscopy? I have fibroids and polyps and am seeing my gyno tomorrow to decide what to do. I know that a hysteroscopy is one of the alternatives so I'm anxious to learn more about it
Thanks - and good luck!

Suzeh,

I pray everything goes well for you on Friday!

Zelma