I'm 55 (hence why I didn't post this under 'Fertility') and had a polyp removed fully awake, just cream to numb pain last week. It was small but the doctor found another one much deeper inside and tried to get it. It was painful, so she stopped, as she couldn't reach it. She tried to biopsy it but still couldn't reach it.
It's over 1cm in size, so she is booking me in under G.A. A local anesthetic injection would not have reached the polyp area, so would have made no difference, she said.
The official term for the procedure is: 'Excision of lesion of cervix uteri' according to the letter from Homerton Hospital.
There is more risk of a rupturing of other organs under G.A. and I'm worried. I'm worried that if I hadn't said how uncomfortable I was last week, she would have continued and it was so deep, I can't image anyone being able to pull something out or not stabbing through my womb which is only 2.2mm thick, as I have menopaused. Funny thing is I thought I still was having periods until last month but it was the polyps causing spotting.
She said the reason there is more chance of rupture is because the patient isn't awake to say what she is feeling.
My very best friend had fibroids (myomectomy) removed under G.A. at a private hospital over 2 decades ago. She caught the flesh-eating bug and left with it for three weeks undiagnosed in the hospital and had a massive abdominal debridement (St Georges in Tooting saved her life). She was a ballet dancer and now she can't open a window nor carry a cup of tea. The General Medical Council gave the gynaecologist a 5 year warning for medical negligence.
I know this is rare but has anyone ever on here had problems with this procedure that I'm due to have? What questions should I ask? I did ask if she's ever had complications and she said no, but then the surgeon who got a five-year warning, hadn't had a warning before either.
Has anyone just not been able to have a polyp removed as it's far too deep?
I feel like just leaving the polyp in if it's a risky procedure under G.A.