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Please help... Worried :(

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AProblemHasOccured · 16/06/2019 23:14

I'm deliberately being vague here as this is embarrassing, but will try and give as much detail as needed.

My GP did a pelvic exam on me recently and she noticed lots of little tiny spots/lumps/warts inside my vagina. She didn't know what they were and requested I go to the GUM clinic to rule out any STI/Ds. She seemed worried and of course so was I and I convinced myself I had genital warts or herpes or something. At the clinic the doctor gave me another pelvic exam and I told her about my doctor's worries. After she had finished she told me that these little spot things were normal (something to do with glands) and nothing to worry about. Obviously I am thrilled to hear this, but there is a part of me that is ridden with anxiety and I keep thinking that she has 'missed' the spot things that my doctor saw and there is actually something wrong with me and I have to wait for another 2 weeks for the results😢 I realise how batshit this seems but I keep thinking about how worried my own gp seemed and if it's normal then wouldn't my own gp have known that? Would there be a chance that the clinic doctor could have not seen what my gp saw? Or would she have examined me very thoroughly? Everything I Google is coming up with spots on the vulva rather than inside vagina (unless it's an STI/D. Please can you reassure me? Thank you.

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AProblemHasOccured · 16/06/2019 23:43

Bumping...

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girlofthenorth · 16/06/2019 23:53

Hi, I can understand your worries, I get worried about stuff like this too, but I work with GPS and specialists , and the reason the specialist is one is because they know all the stuff there is to know about their specialist field. So if the Doc in the GUM clinic is saying don't worry, try to be reassured by that. The GP may not have come across it before, hence the concern.

avamiah · 16/06/2019 23:59

Hi OP,
It sounds normal to me but only you know if you have had unprotected sex in the last 6 months or longer ?

AProblemHasOccured · 17/06/2019 00:12

Thank you both so much for your replies. Sorry for sounding so silly 😩. I think I'm so worried because my doctor didn't know what these things were. I understand doctors are only human and can't know everything of course. I guess it just took me by surprise and I will worry and obsess over things I can't control 😢 I have only ever had sex with dh, and we stopped using condoms as we are ttc. He has been tested also and obviously we won't know the results for a while but his examination went fine and there weren't any visible signs of, well, anything! I do trust my husband but I still can't shake my fear. Ugh, I'm so messed up just wish I could be like a normal person.

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Graphista · 17/06/2019 00:22

I'm with girlofthenorth.

GP's are basically "Jack of all trades" and the specialist is a "master" of their trade.

I'd trust a specialist over a GP any day

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