so - HONESTLY - how would you feel if when you go t the gynaecologist

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he turns your file round to you and in response to referral letter from your gp - he has scrawled 'URGENT - COLPOSCOPY' across it????

. Did he not speak to you???

Demand a colposcopy straight away?

Are you OK?

no he did - infact he was like TOP gynae in leeds teaching hosps and i have previousl found him intimidating - today he treated me like i can only imagine private patients get treated

he was shocked at nhs treatment of me in that i had been refused a smear because i was not due one....

i was shocked at his scawlings

scrawlings

anyone had colposcopy????????

But you are getting the colposcopy asap, aren't you?

Glad it seems you are being looked after now. I think medical notes can seem very blunt. My poor stepdad had a funny turn coming round from an anesthetic and had Warning - Violent tendancies written on his notes at the bottom of the bed.My Mum read them. Luckily we could laugh about it as he is the most gentle man.

I've had one. What do you want to know?

11th june depending on my cycle.... do you think its worrying - i am UNHEALTHILY laid back considering his words

Thanks lynette
Just 'why ' as opposed to just pap smear
is it 'just looking' or biopsy??

I've had one too, no bifg deal, legfs up in stirrups, he looks around with a cameraand chats, not as painful as a smear imho, maybe because this is his day job, no just the nurse doing between vaccinations?
Lynette Scavo, I envy you your name!!!!!!

The whole point of a colposcopy is to get rid of anything on your cervix that shouldn't be there, such a pre-cancerous cells. ( I think!) Why were you seeing the gynae?

but why would i have one are they just looking for cancer ?

i see the gynae fo post coital bleeding - i have always had it

Do you want me to tell you what happened when I went for mine?

Urgent just means he wants it done asap rather than putting it on a routine waiting list that you could go to the bottom of. It must be worrying when it's written on your own case notes though. Do you mind me asking which consultant it was - I used to work with them (a few years ago mind you) in both nhs and private sector

Why didn't he do the colposcopy today?
I had a colposcopy, biopsy and the treatment all in one go 10 days ago. It was my first appointment with the gyne..

No don't worry. It is just the next step at the moment.

I've had one too.Not so bad.Better than a smear really(I probably don't mean 'better'!) but they get better access so there's less 'rummaging'.
They swab your cervix with iodine (I think) and have a really good look with a colposcope(microscope thing). Think they also take another smear.
I also think if they see anything they can treat it there and then sometimes.I had to go back later for a loop diathermy(which wasnt a whole lot of fun but that was due to the pig of a gynae not the procedure itself.)

They are looking for pre- cancerous cells. Women who have the severest type of changes only 50% go on to actually devolop cancer if left untreated.

canmummy Mr Glass

do you know him?

Colposcopy is just a closer look with magnifying glass looking closer for changes and pre-cancerous cells. And poss biopsy on some occasions I think.

lynette yes please....