Until last Christmas I had been on the combined pill for several years. For the last few months I was on it (possibly longer, can't remember) I noticed I had rather a lot of white vaginal discharge. It tended to mostly come out after a bowel movement. Sometimes a bit would drop into the toilet making me think for a while there was something wrong with my bowels, until I realised where it was actually coming from!
I then started to bleed in between periods. When the GP examined me she did remark that I had a lot of "leuchorrea" as she called it making me think it was probably abnormal (hadn't really worried about it until then). I then had a transvaginal ultrasound and was found to have fibroids. I then had a hysteroscopy to treat the fibroids and it was suggested I came off the pill and had the mirena coil fitted to try to help with the bleeding caused by the fibroids. So far its actually made things worse as I'm now bleeding for 2/3 weeks a month, but that's another story.
Since I've had the mirena I think the discharge has actually got worse (when I'm not bleeding of course). It still mostly comes out after a poo, but also occasionally when I pee too. A few times I've found a large amount of white sticky stuff in my underwear. I'm sure I'm now ovulating as I have obvious ovulation pain and the discharge is definitely worse around these times.
I did mention it in passing to the gynaecologist I saw for the fibroids but he barely raised an eyebrow. However, I've googled and found that excess discharge can be due to womb, cervical and ovarian cancers! I'm sure I don't have cervical cancer as my smears are up to date. I'm also sure I don't have womb cancer as I've had a hysteroscopy and clear biopsies. But what about ovarian? They did look at my ovaries at the transvaginal scan and they were fine, but do these scans see everything?? I have no symptoms of ovarian cancer and that scan was 6 months ago.
It's fair to say that the events of the past few months has triggered a bad case of health anxiety but can anyone advise me if I really am worrying about nothing?
Many thanks.