Well i woke up this morning and once again i am bleeding like on a period, exactly 3 weeks and 2 days after the last lot.
The last time this happened my Breast Nurse mentioned all sorts of terrifying things to me like Womb Cancer etc…Really helpful! My doctor thought it was the tail end of the menopause which i gratefully latched onto as I am terrified that if i am not post menopausal then the Arimidex will be as much use to me as a smartie! Remember I never had the FSH test prior to going on Arimidex as they assumed i was post menopausal at 54! I had one after being on Arimidex for 3 months which i thought might just influence the test result but my doctor said it would not give a false reading
So here i am this morning all sorts of things going through my mind and i can’t get an appointment at the doctors till monday morning! All weekend to think i have either had a return to periods after 8 months of stopping my HRT or i have Womb cancer!
Sorry for the moan but i am so fed up of something being wrong with me, if it is not IBS then it is backache or headache i just never seem to be free from anything at the moment and i guess getting myself worked up does not help.
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Hi have just got back from doctors, i got a cancellation, it looks like it is something called a cervical ectopian, a spot on the cervix that bleeds. Well i am also being referred to a gynacologist to do a smear test as the doctor couldn’t do it, i always have problems, and also see what else could explain the bleeding. He said i was not to worry as he did not think it anything serious so until i see the doctor on Thurs (I am going private, daughter is treating me) i am going to try and put it to the back of my mind.
I’m sorry to hear you have this problem again. Please insist on a thorough examination and pelvic scan. Are you going to Stafford? ( I ‘spoke’ to you on another thread when you were considering changing hospitals ) I saw a gynae there a couple of years ago and found him fantastic. Let us know how you get on
I have a bit of the ‘ebby jeebies’ when it comes to our local Hospital and the waiting time for an ‘urgent’ referal was 6 to 8 weeks! Knowing my frame of mind my daughter has kindly offered to pay for me to go privately so i am going to Rowley Hall to see a Mr Dapper on Thursday. I know nothing about him but hope he will be good, i was offered Rowley Hall or the Nuffield but chose Rowley because it is nearer but anything to do with my breast after the next appointment in April i am transferring to Stoke. I have lost confidence in my breast unit as they nearly let me die with septicemia and i had to admit myself into hospital as they would not do it. I think once you have a bad experience that puts you off. I visited my sister in law on the ward i was on last week and it made me really sick and ill, all up in my mind but it was very real to me. Hubby, bless him, feels the same, he can’t even walk into the breast unit without having to psyche himself up first.
Saying that a lot of people have had wonderful experiences and i am just a ‘one off’ I would hate anyone to think that it was the same for everyone as it certainly is not.
I do hope some of you local ladies will come and see me in my shop one Sunday, my friend is trying to start up a new support group and is full of enthusiasm, we thought we might call ourselves Chrysalis (think you might get that) she is a younger lady and found the other support group also a bit dated.
I will let you know on Thursday night how i get on, i feel a lot happier knowing it is being seen sooner rather than later but as my GP said it is awful that in this day and age I have to pay to see someone urgently, i just think that if not for the generosity of my daughter I would have many weeks of terrible worry.
Have been up all night on the loo, when my young GP registrar tried to do a smear test he really battered me, could not do it anyway as apparently my cervix is too high up, just my luck he has caused a bladder infection so it is like my bladder and other bits are being squeezed in a vice, back to doctors this morning for antibiotic.
Thanks so much for responding, tell Staffy too i miss her posts, though we both had some deleted but not until we had each seen the others.
Dr Dapper wasn’t the doctor I saw though I’ve heard good things about him. It really isn’t good that you would have to wait 6-8 weeks for an NHS appt. Your daughter sounds very caring. I’ll be thinking of you on Thursday. Its a bit difficult for me to get into stafford on Sundays but I’m very interesed in the new group you’re thinking of setting up - much needed I would say! Please feel free to pm me if you want and we will try and sort out a way of exchanging email addresses.
Thanks for the pm. I got it ok and it is private. If you go into the private message forum you will see our thread, it has ‘private’ by the side which means it can only be viewed by you and me. You can post there, it may seem its going public but it isn’t!
I went and saw my Gyny yesterday and he says any bleeding after the menopause has to be investigated so I am going for a scan on Tuesday and then into hospital on the 13th for a hysteroscopy. As i have a very tight cervix i am having a general which i will hate! It should be a day jobby in at 12 op at 2 and hopefully home at 5. I have gone private as with my state of mind i need to get it over and done with and know what is going on. He did say i have a weak uterus with all the cesareans i have had. He banged on about abnormal cells that could be treated easily and i thought he thinks cervical cancer but the hysteroscopy is for other things like womb cancer, fibroids, polyps etc., well a worrying couple of weeks and it will be done. Then it is time for my yearly check up at the breast unit! My family keeps saying i must be positive, if one more person tells me that i feel like ramming my hand down their throat. When you have had one kind of cancer you are bound to think that it is cancer again.
Anyway just need to fill my days now till the 13th
All the best
Suzzanne
It sounds as though the gynae are being very thorough which is good. The waiting is awful and even though people mean well its so annoying to be told to ‘stay positive’! I’ll send you a private message later on the private message forum, I’m supposed to be working at the moment but just popped on to see how you had got on yesterday. Take care xx
I am 41 and finished my chemo in Aug 2006. I have had a few periods but over Christmas I had a continual light bleed and or discharge for 2 weeks, prior to this there was a bit of pain and a discharge. I have been to gynae for a scan and am being sent for a D and C, there is also a polop involved somewhere. I am a bit worried that they will find some thing else, I was trying to stay focussed on my reconstruction and now this has happened.
Hello
had WLE Oct 06. WLE and axillary clearance Nov 06. Grade 3 . triple Neg. During my second FEC exactly one year ago my periods stopped.
Did not return until 3 weeks ago. Then, the period lasted one day. 2 weeks ago periods returned and has not stopped since. Very, very heavy. GP has prescribed 2 lots of treatment to stop them but they will not stop and I am very drained. Blood tests show I am now anaemic… Any advice…has anyone else experienced such awful periods. GP admitted he is masking the problem and does not know the cause. Could it be just one final period, going out with a flourish. Look forward to hearing from someone. Thanks a lot. Ena