I read on screen notes while nurse left room

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I'm seeing my GP on Monday morning for an appointment that I've had for a few weeks. To cut a long story short I had some extreme vaginal bleeding a month or so ago and went to see my GP because I was really quite alarmed. I've not been to the docs since ante natal appointments for my DD 2.8 so in no way a hypochondriac although I am really starting to feel like one. Since then, I've had a full set of bloods done and a full abdominal ultrasound. I was called in to have a smear taken (I presume as a precaution) a few days ago. The nurse had my notes up on the screen and left me to get unchanged and fetch another box of gloves. I unusually had my glasses on and could see a brief explanation of my symptoms and then a second paragrah where the word 'masses' jumped out at me just as she came back in. I was too chicken to pipe up and ask about it so lay back and had my smear. I'm now starting to feel a bit sick about the appointment on Monday. I worked on the assumption if the ultrasound (I had one and then was asked back for another but didn't see GP in between and assumed there was a problem with the first/went missing or something) showed anything nasty then they would call me.

I know that of course I may be over reacting and I haven't even mentioned it to DH but I am assuming it menas they've found a lump or something on the ultrasound. Please put my mind at rest. I think that fibroids are always benign in which case even if there is something it's no big deal?

Silly of me isn't it.

Did the GP have a feel of your abdomen. He may have written 'no masses' felt.

Usually if there was something suspicous found on USS they would have called you back in quickly. When was the scan?

Your GP sounds thorough, which is good.

I'm sure I would have been exactly the same!

I'm sure you have nothing to worry about - if they had found anything they would have called you in to talk about it as a seperate thing from the smear. Also I have to say if there had been anything 'sinister' the nurse would certainly not have left your notes up on screen! I think you can take it that if they had any real concerns you would know about it by now.

And it sounds like they're being really thorough with you which is great because it will set your mind at rest

Don't worry, don't let it prey on your mind. And tell your DH because he can give you a hug and reassure you!!!

It could well be "no masses" from either a palpation or from the ultrasound. Or it could be something like "ultrasound to rule out masses". I think if they thought they'd found something they'd have said.

Are they doing a gynae referral now? If you're worried ring your GP and ask for him to ring you back, tell them what you saw and that you're worried.

Bless you, poor thing! And yes, it could be fibroids - they're an annoyance but that's about it.

Crossing fingers for you.

The term 'masses' is an unusal one to use on an ultrasound as they are things you detect though feeling generally. An US would more typically refer to a cyst/polpy/collection.
If the GP had felt something I would suspect that is was unlikley to have felt 'masses' plural . A uterine or ovarian mass may be felt if large but you would be hard press to distinguish ' masses. So in my experience I would surmise that in fact the comment is ' no masses' as previously mentiones. A very common statement to have made .

I know I'm being really silly. He did feel my abdomen and that was when he sent me off for the ultrasound. The second ultrasound was 10 days ago and the appointment on Monday was to talk about those results - was told to leave a week to let the hospital get the results back. Smear was on Thursday. I've got myself into a paranoid mess because we had missed calls on the landline and mobile on Friday but from an unknown number and I doubt the surgery would have an unknown number.

I am being silly because I've been feeling a bit rough and tired. Just overworked and in need of a hols though. Roll on Monday and then I can know that I've been bing silly and move on!

Thanks ladies. Feel loads better for that brief vent.

So I saw the GP this morning. There are irregularities on one of my ovaries which is very enlarged and covered in what look like cysts (apparently). The fact that it is only one ovary and the bleeding mean that it needs to be looked at further. So it's been referred to a gynae consultant at the hospital. I don't know whether to feel relieved or not really. Anybody else had similar?

Did the GP elaborate as to what he thought might be going on? Will you have to wait long to see the gynae person?

Will bump for you and see if anyone else can help!

Fraud I've not had this, but am bumping for you. Good luck, hope it turns out fine.

D'oh! I obviously meant "'fraid".!

No he didn't elaborate. He said that the gynae would go through everything in detail. Just have to wait now for the next appointment. Feel like I've been in a series of waiting for the next thing and then the next. It's just the nature of the beast I suppose. Thanks for the bumps though!