Been to the gp this week as had some abnormal bleeding since no periods in 2023. All peri menopause symptoms for the last 18 months, trialled hrt and didn’t get on with it. I manage them with supplements.
2020 I finally had a normal smear result and was put back to 3 yearly smears. I honestly can’t remember any time I had a Normal smear before that, I’ve had a few colonoscopies along the way.
2023 I had mirena fitted and a smear done at the same time. I should have been recalled after this one my gp told me yesterday and I wasn’t, so it’s nearly been 3 years! So I’m worrying silly now. I have female cancer in my family (ovarian) 2 x on my maternal side.
on top of this my immune system seems to be crappy atm and I’m catching every thing going. I’ve random bruising and tbh yesterday I felt quite dismissed my the gp. I had a smear done. And I requested blood tests. Which she told me to book in for in the “next few weeks” I’ve taken the forms and I’ll get someone in work to do them this weekend rather than waiting.
I mentioned I’d been thinking of a hysterectomy. Given my years of abnormal smears and female cancer being in the family, and already having all the menopause symptoms and was told not to jump the gun. I’ve had my children. They are grown up or in late teens now and I don’t want to spend my life back and forth to gynae appts tbh worrying myself silly!
Im turning 44 in a few weeks, a close friend of mine has recently been diagnosed with cancer after all her symptoms were put down to menopause.
how can I get them to take me seriously! If I had the funds I’d go private tbh