Post menopausal bleed

From what I can gather the method of hysteroscopy depends on where it is carried out a very fine instrument does not require a general but some less fine does. That was how a gynaecologist explained it to me Nothing to do with size of polyp He also said the percentage that are cancerous is very low. I think I remember him saying below 5%

When the bleeding which seemed to tail off over the weekend started up again on Monday morning, I did contact both the Gynaecology department and my GP. Just wanted to speak to the doc who performed the procedure to see what if anything she had done but they never called me back.

The GP surgery did though and I saw someone the same day. The GP advised that the whole area when there is atrophy present is very delicate and can bleed a lot when it has been disturbed (in my case by an invasive cervical check and prolonged TVS probing). I have been prescribed oestrogen cream to apply to help it heal.

Just awaiting further checks at the Urology department next week on the other issue. Trying not to think about it but after the latest round of trauma at the hands of the NHS I hope they will be more supportive and handle things better.

I had polyps in my 50s. I was told they would eventuallly shrink and so they did .

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I had a hysteroscopy on Thursday, awaiting results. Can I ask others who have had hysteroscopy, were you offered any pain relief?

I had one this year, under general anesthetic, with D&C. I was given paracetamol by the drip in recovery. I never had any pain afterwards.

It was suggested that I should take paracetamol a couple of hours beforehand which I did.

I've had 3 episodes of pmb. Each time a thickened womb lining was detected via ultrasound followed by a hysteroscopy where polyps were found followed by removal under GA.

I am wondering if it's really necessary to undergo a potentially painful hysteroscopy for pmb if trans-vaginal ultrasound shows a thickened womb lining.