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Shit scared - gynaecology oncology referral

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GreasyHairDoNotCare · 13/04/2018 12:16

This is going to be really long I apologise but please stay with me.

So I have got a letter saying I have an appointment at the one stop gynae oncology clinic next week. I wrote a previous thread about going for a colposcopy but the GP never even mentioned the possibility of a cancer.

I'll give you a bit of history first. I am 18 in a few months and had my little boy 8 months ago. Labour was long, 24 hours, but mostly straightforward. However, during labour one doctor insisted that monitors needed to be placed on my sons head, so wires would obviously have to be inserted through the vagina and cervix. The doctor must have tried about 5 times to get these wires on his head, meanwhile I am screaming and crying because I am in so much pain. She finally manages to get one monitor on his head. I also had an episiotomy.

So in about October/November 2017 I start experiencing really intense stomach cramps during and after sex as well as bleeding after sex. Sex itself is also rather painful as well as other types of foreplay. My periods have got worse each month since then and are very painful and getting quite heavy. I put this down to the implant I had fitted in September 2017.

I went to my GP after Christmas and she sent me for a transvaginal ultrasound. This came back clear although I did bleed after it . She was unable to do a pelvic exam as I was bleeding.

Went back to the GP about a week and a half ago and she was able to conduct the pelvic exam. She explained that the neck of my womb was very inflamed and took swabs. As far as I know she did not do a smear because of my age. GP said that if the swabs came back showing anything she would treat according (there shouldn't be anything like an STI otherwise I would have a dead DP on my hands too). If the swabs were clear she'd send me to the colposcopy clinic to have the inflamed cells removed via laser.

My theory was that, during labour, when the doctor was fighting to get the monitors through my cervix she irritated it, causing the information.

I just feel a bit in the dark to be honest. I don't know whether the test results showed anything or not, my GP surgery haven't contacted me. Have I just been referred to the gynae oncology clinic to find a non cancerous cause as that's where all the gynae doctors are or have the doctors failed to contact me regarding my test results? I'm now just confused and a bit worried about it all.

OP posts:
GreasyHairDoNotCare · 13/04/2018 12:18

Also, what can I expect to happen at my appointment next week?

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whattodowithpoo · 13/04/2018 15:11

you may have been referred for the colposcopy and it is being performed a the gynaecologist clinic. If so, I have had a colposcopy before and can tell you what happened. I was very nervous! Didn't need to be, I was asked to lie down and remove bottom half of clothes and put feet in stirrups ((not as bad as it sounds!) and then the nurse wiped my cervix with some solution that highlights dodgy cells. I didn't need to have anything else done as mine was a cyst but if they need to remove cells I believe they can do that quite quickly and I have heard that it smarts more than hurts and you may have some bleeding afterwards.

I think it's poor form to not give you information so maybe you could call the clinic using the number on the letter?

Minime85 · 13/04/2018 20:02

Hi I had a coloposcopy about three weeks ago. Again I would say not as bad as I was expecting. Like an examination and swabs that doctor does at GP surgery.

Take sanitary towels for afterwards. They do give you an indication there and then about what they think. I’ve had a biopsy done so waiting on that.
Good luck

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